Patent ID: 11961348
Assignee: NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 2:
3. The maze-based switch of claim 1, wherein each stage of the string of T stages further includes:
a first left switch adapted to be controlled by a respective one of the T entered maze pattern characters;
a second left switch adapted to be controlled by a directional complement of a respective one of the T entered maze pattern characters;
a third left switch adapted to be ON only when a respective one of the T required maze characters has a first value;
wherein the first left switch, the second left switch, and the third left switch are electrically connected in series between the stage power input and the stage power output;
a first right switch adapted to be controlled by a logical complement of the respective one of the directional complements of the T entered maze pattern characters;
a second right switch adapted to be controlled by a logical complement of the respective one of the T entered maze pattern characters; and
a third right switch adapted to be ON only when a respective one of the T required maze characters has a second value different from the first value;
wherein the first right switch, the second right switch, and the third right switch are electrically connected in series between the stage power input and the stage power output; and
wherein when the stage power input is electrically connected to the stage power output, the stage power input is electrically connected to the stage power output via the first left switch, the second left switch, and the third left switch or the first right switch, the second right switch, and the third right switch.