A survey of solid state devices for control and information handling systems

Summary form only given, as follows. A review is made of the present solid state deviees used for handling digital information. Semiconductor diodes and the unique properties of the transistor are briefly discussed. A more detailed discussion of magnetics includes the random ac cess memory ar rays, of cores, of holes in a plate, or of islands of evaporated films; various types of magnetic decoding and encoding switches; shüt registers; current and voltage driven circuits; the principle of current steering; transistor coupled circuits; the principle of the transfluxor; transfluxor logic circuits; transfluxor current steering; and non-destructive read-out memories. The potentialities of a numberofphenomenaas yet not widely exploited are dîscussed. This includes ferroelectric, electro-optical, and magneto-resistive effects.