Patent ID: 9424893
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G10K,G11C

Claim Text:
1. A memory array, comprising: a plurality of particles; a plurality of sets wells uniformly spaced by a spacing distance along a longitudinal axis of a first surface, wherein each of the plurality of sets of wells is configured to selectively retain at least one set of the plurality of particles; a buffer surface positioned substantially parallel to the first surface, the buffer surface configured to selectively retain the plurality of particles; a transfer unit configured to selectively modify a characteristic of the memory array to transfer at least some of the plurality of particles between the first surface and the buffer surface; and an acoustic wave transducer configured to selectively generate an acoustic wave to displace one or more of the buffer surface and the first surface and associated wells along the longitudinal axis by at least one half of the spacing distance relative to the buffer surface at a peak amplitude of the acoustic wave.