Patent ID: 7092272
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A first-in-first-out (FIFO) microelectromechanical memory apparatus, comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a plurality of beams supported above the substrate and arranged side-by-side, with a midpoint of each beam being moveable in a direction parallel to the plane of the substrate in response to a programming force mechanically coupled to bow the beam, and with a direction of bowing of each beam indicating one of two logic states of that beam; and (c) means for providing the programming force to sequentially program the logic state of each beam by programming one logic state at a time into an input beam of the plurality of beams and sequentially transferring that logic state to other beams of the plurality of beams until a plurality of bits of logic state information are stored therein.