Low-voltage, very-low-power conductance mode neuron
USRE41658E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A neural network including a number of synaptic weighting elements, and a neuron stage; each of the synaptic weighting elements having a respective synaptic input connection supplied with a respective input signal; and the neuron stage having inputs connected to the synaptic weighting elements, and being connected to an output of the neural network supplying a digital output signal. The accumulated weighted inputs are represented as conductances, and a conductance-mode neuron is used to apply nonlinearity and produce an output. The synaptic weighting elements are formed by memory cells programmable to different threshold voltage levels, so that each presents a respective programmable conductance; and the neuron stage provides for measuring conductance on the basis of the current through the memory cells, and for generating a binary output signal on the basis of the total conductance of the synaptic elements.
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