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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jie Gu, Evanston, IL (US);
Zhengyu Chen, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/063 (2023.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/088 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/063 (2013.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06N 3/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for a low-cost mixed-signal time-domain accelerator for generative adversarial network (GAN) are provided. In one aspect, a system includes a memory and a training management unit (TMU) in communication with the memory. The TMU is configured to manage a training sequence. The system includes a time-domain multiplication-accumulation (TDMAC) unit in communication with the TMU, wherein the TDMAC unit is configured to perform time-domain multiplier operations and time-domain accumulator operations.