Patent ID: 7847596
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
1. An electronic device for performing at least one logic function, the device comprising: an electron emission based electrode arrangement associated with an electron extractor, the electrode arrangement comprising at least one basic unit, said basic unit comprising: a photocathode, an anode, and one or more gates arranged in one or more planes between the photocathode and the anode planes, wherein said one or more gates are connectable to a voltage supply unit to be operated by one or more input voltages signals corresponding to one or more logical values, respectively, and one of said photocathode and anode is connected to a controllable voltage supply and the other of said photocathode and anode is operable as a floating electrode from which an electrical output of the device indicative of a resulted logic function is read, and is electrically connected to an electrode of another cathode-anode unit, or to an electrode of another electronic device.