A Solid State Replacement for Satellite Tape Recorders.

Abstract

Magnetic bubble circuits are a new type of integrated circuit employing movable magnetic domains. Because of the internal structure of magnetic bubble circuits, the most obvious applications are those involving serial data coding or storage. The report describes the operation of bubble devices and presents a detailed design of a bubble memory system for bulk data storage. This system is shown to have special application to satellite memory systems as a substitute for the present tape recorder memories. In this application the magnetic bubble memory appears to be superior to the tape recorder in power, size, and reliability. A 6 megabit bubble memory is described and a comparison made with the 6 megabit tape recorder used on the SAS-A satellite. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750660

Entities

People

  • R. F. Plachy

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bubble Memories
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Magnetic Domains
  • Recording Systems
  • Reliability
  • Tape Recorders

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster