OPTOELECTRONIC MINIMUM BINARY NUMBER SELECTOR Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G06E1/04 G06E3/00 

FIELD: computing.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to computing and can be used in optical devices for information processing in the analysis of binary numbers. The device contains N optoelectronic cells, consisting of a controlled optical transparency, a photodetector, an optical trigger, an optical Y-combiner and an optical Y-splitter, N optical Y-splitters, N optical Y-combiners, N optical bistable elements (“OBE”), output OBE, output optical Y-splitter, N-input optical combiner, N-output optical splitter and common device reset input.

EFFECT: invention ensures determination of the minimum binary number from the set of N binary numbers with high performance.

1 cl, 1 dwg