Liquid metal computer

A liquid metal and computer technology, applied in the direction of computers, computing, digital computer components, etc., can solve the problems of high power consumption, slow computing speed, and large volume

Active Publication Date: 2017-11-07
TSINGHUA UNIV
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The first generation of computers used electronic tubes as data storage and processing components, but this component was large in size, consumed a lot of power, and had a slow operation speed. The subseq

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[0042] Reference attached figure 2 The basic logic device structure of the liquid metal computer of the present invention includes electrode lines 6, flexible film 2, liquid metal particles 7, etc., and multiple basic logic devices can form a simple element array 8 to perform complex functions.

Embodiment 2

[0044] Reference attached image 3 , by adjusting the ambient temperature to realize the control scheme of solid-liquid phase transition. The liquid metal 7 is encapsulated in the flexible film 2, and a temperature regulating device, such as a cooling plate 9, is attached on the surface of the flexible film 2. Use refrigerating plate 9 to cool down, liquid metal 7 becomes solid, reduces its contact area with electrode plate 10, thereby reduces electrical conductivity; Close refrigerating plate 9, liquid metal 7 becomes liquid at normal temperature, increases its contact area with electrode plate 10 contact area, thereby improving conductivity. In addition, the liquid metal 7 with a higher melting point is selected, and the liquid metal 7 is directly energized to melt it by using the thermal effect of the current, and then it is naturally cooled and solidified when the power is turned off, so that the effect of solid-liquid phase transition can also be achieved.

Embodiment 3

[0046] Reference attached Figure 4 , a control scheme that changes the surface oxidation degree of liquid metal particles by applying an external current, and then controls its electrical conductivity. Oxidation and deoxidation of the surface of the liquid metal particles 7 are achieved by applying currents 11 in different directions. Applying a positive current 11 causes it to lose electrons, forming an oxide film 12 on the surface, and the conductivity decreases; applying a reverse current 11 makes it gain electrons, removing the surface oxide film 12, and improving the conductivity.

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Abstract

The invention provides a liquid metal computer. The computer comprises a logic device which achieves the computer frame structure in a combined mode, and the logic device is a flexible device and mainly comprises liquid metal, flexible thin films and control components; the computer mainly uses the electroconductivity difference of the liquid metal in different physical or chemical states as the states of 0 and 1 of a logic operation, then logic units are constructed through combinations of multiple liquid metal components, and the programming calculation function of the computer is finally achieved; regulating methods of liquid metal conductive states comprise a solid-liquid phase change method, a current regulating oxide film method and a magnetic field environment controlling method. The invention further provides computer construction schemes, wherein the first scheme is that multiple liquid metal components are used for forming basic logic elements; the second scheme is that new circuit construction modes are combined with conventional electronic elements, and the liquid metal is used as connection switches of the electronic elements; the third scheme is that multiple basic elements are combined to construct an analogue computer.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of liquid metal application technology, in particular to a liquid metal computer. Background technique [0002] In recent decades, computer technology has developed by leaps and bounds and is widely used in all aspects of daily life and industrial production. In the early days of the development of computer technology, the Hungarian scientist von Neumann from the United States proposed the basic structure of modern computers. Today, the computer hardware system still follows this basic structure, which consists of arithmetic units, memories, controllers, The input device and output device are composed of five major components. The data and operation commands in the computer are stored and processed in binary form, and at the same time, the data is calculated and processed through the software system, and finally the result is output through the output device. [0003] Current computers generally use semiconductor co...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F15/78G06F7/575B05D7/24B05D3/02B05D1/02
CPCB05D1/02B05D3/0254B05D7/24B05D7/52G06F7/575G06F15/7882
Inventor 国瑞刘静
Owner TSINGHUA UNIV
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