Patent ID: 6682951
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B82B,B82Y,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of propagating motion through an array of microscopic particles that are initially in a substantially fixed spatial relationship with respect to each other and with respect to a matrix that acts as a host material for holding the particles, each of the particles including at least one atom, comprising:selecting a first one of the particles; moving the first particle, so that (i) movement of a second particle that is in proximity with the first particle is induced as a result of physical interaction between the first particle and the second particle, and (ii) movement of a third particle that is in proximity with the second particle is induced as a result of physical interaction between the second particle and the third particle; and sequentially inducing movement of other particles in the array in a similar fashion, so that motion propagates through the array, wherein said propagation of motion represents information.