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Patent No.:

US 11354562 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2018

Programmable neuron for analog non-volatile memory in deep learning artificial neural network

Applicant:

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hieu Van Tran, San Jose, CA (US);

Stanley Hong, San Jose, CA (US);

Anh Ly, San Jose, CA (US);

Thuan Vu, San Jose, CA (US);

Hien Pham, Ho Chi Minh, VN;

Kha Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh, VN;

Han Tran, Ho Chi Minh, VN;

Assignee:

SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

DLA Piper LLP US

Primary Examiner:

Kamran Afshar

Assistant Examiner:

Randall K Baldwin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G06N 3/063 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/54 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G06N 3/063 (2013.01); G06N 3/0635 (2013.01); G11C 11/54 (2013.01); G11C 16/0425 (2013.01); H03F 3/45475 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); H03F 3/45269 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45524 (2013.01);
Abstract

Numerous embodiments for processing the current output of a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. The embodiments comprise a summer circuit and an activation function circuit. The summer circuit and/or the activation function circuit comprise circuit elements that can be adjusted in response to the total possible current received from the VMM to optimize power consumption.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tran, Hieu. (2022). Programmable neuron for analog non-volatile memory in deep learning artificial neural network (U.S. Patent No. 11354562). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11354562

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