DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERMEDIATE CAPACITY, HIGHSPEED MAGNETIC FILM MEMORY SYSTEM.

Abstract

The report describes the design and development of a magnetic film memory system with a storage capacity of 4096 bits arranged as 512 words of 8 bits each. The word-organized system has a read-write cycle time of 142 nanoseconds. The storage medium consists of continuous sheets of magnetic film deposited on polished aluminum substrates. The location and size of the storage bits are defined by the intersection of the word and digit-sense conductors. A transistor-current transformer matrix is used to perform word selection and to provide an 800-milliampere, 85-nanosecond base width word drive pulse. A bipolar digit pulse of =200-milliampere, 40-nanosecond base width is used. Current switching is used in the low-level logic circuits. Pertinent memory waveforms along with operating results are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0600271

Entities

People

  • H. D. Toombs
  • L. A. Delhom

Organizations

  • Texas Instruments

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Circuits
  • Films
  • Logic
  • Logic Gates
  • Magnetic Film Memories
  • Magnetic Films
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Substrates
  • Switching
  • Transformers
  • Transistors
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering