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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);
Ali Al-Shamma, San Jose, CA (US);
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Addison, TX (US);
Abstract
Various examples for accelerating multiplication operations are presented, which can be employed in neural network operations, among other applications. In one example, a circuit comprises a non-volatile memory cell, and an input circuit coupled to a gate terminal of the non-volatile memory cell. The input circuit is configured to ramp a control voltage applied to the gate terminal at a ramp rate representing a multiplicand value. An output circuit coupled to an output terminal of the non-volatile memory cell and is configured to generate an output pulse based on the control voltage satisfying a threshold voltage of the non-volatile memory cell, where the output pulse has a duration comprising the multiplicand value multiplied by a multiplier value represented by the threshold voltage.