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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2024
Applicant:

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshiyuki Kurokawa, Sagamihara, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/06 (2006.01); G06N 3/063 (2023.01); G06N 3/065 (2023.01); G11C 11/24 (2006.01); G11C 11/54 (2006.01); G11C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/063 (2013.01); G06N 3/065 (2023.01); G11C 11/24 (2013.01); G11C 11/54 (2013.01); G11C 27/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A neuron circuit can switch between two functions: as an input neuron circuit, and as a hidden neuron circuit. An error circuit can switch between two functions: as a hidden error circuit, and as an output neuron circuit. A switching circuit is configured to be capable of changing the connections between the neuron circuit, a synapse circuit, and the error circuit. The synapse circuit includes an analog memory that stores data that corresponds to the connection strength between the input neuron circuit and the hidden neuron circuit or between the hidden neuron circuit and the output neuron circuit, a writing circuit that changes the data in the analog memory, and a weighting circuit that weights an input signal in reaction to the data of the analog memory and outputs the weighted output signal. The analog memory includes a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor with extremely low off-state current.


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