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US 7,569,836 B2Granted
Transmission of data between microchips using a particle beam
AssigneeVirgin Islands Microsystems, Inc.
InventorJonathan Gorrell
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Abstract
A device includes first and second chips, each chip containing at least one electronic circuit. The second chip has one or more receivers. A deflection mechanism operationally connected to an electronic circuit of the first chip directs a charged particle beam to different ones of the receivers, based, at least in part, on a data signal provided by the electronic circuit.
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A method of communicating between a first chip and a second chip, each said chip having at least one microcircuit, the method comprising:
- providing information at the second chip for communication to the first chip;
- carrying the information in an electric signal in a metal structure;
- providing at least one receiver on said first chip;
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- encoding the information in the electric signal into a beam of charged particles by passing the beam near the metal structure;
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- directing the encoded beam to said at least one receiver on said first chip.
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A signal format converter for inter-chip communications, comprising:
- first and second microchips, the first microchip having information for inter-chip communication to the second microchip;
- a metal structure carrying the information in an electric signal;
- a charged particle beam path at the first microchip for receiving a charged particle beam, wherein the charged particle beam passes in the path near the metal structure to cause the information in the electric signal to be encoded into the charged particle beam;
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- a beam director to provide the encoded charged particle beam to the second microchip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.