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US 2016/0182024 A1Published application
Thyristor-Based Optical Flip-Flop
AssigneesOpel Solar, Inc., University of Connecticut
InventorGeoff W. Taylor
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Abstract
An optical flip-flop circuit that includes an optical thyristor configured to receive a digital optical signal input and produce a digital signal output based on the ON/OFF state of the digital optical signal input. The optical flip-flop circuit further includes control circuitry operably coupled to the terminals of the optical thyristor. The control circuitry is configured to control switching operation of the optical thyristor in response to the level of a digital electrical signal input.
Claims11
An optical flip-flop circuit comprising:
- an optical thyristor configured to receive a digital optical signal input and produce a digital signal output based on the ON/OFF state of the digital optical signal input;
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- control circuitry operably coupled to the terminals of the optical thyristor, wherein the control circuitry is configured to control switching operation of the optical thyristor in response to the level of a digital electrical signal input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.