Patent ID: 7652398
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a magnetic logic device connected to a control circuit, the logic device comprising one single magnetic element that comprises two magnetic setting elements, each with two magnetically differentiable states which are set with an operator control signal SET for execution of at least one operator function F; wherein the control circuit has a current source and a switching device via which the two magnetic setting elements can receive the operator control signal SET; wherein the at least one output variable O=F (IA, IB) is formed by at least one logic operation from input variables IA, IB with the operator function F of the magnetic logic device, comprising the steps of: selecting an operator control signal SET from a group of control signals with which various non-volatile starting states can be set in a controlled manner, each signal being characteristic of a different logic function, setting the starting state of the magnetic logic device for executing the operator function F with the selected operator control signal SET, and subsequently executing the operation with the magnetic logic device.