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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nanbo Gong, White Plains, NY (US);
Takashi Ando, Eastchester, NY (US);
Guy M. Cohen, Westchester, NY (US);
Malte Johannes Rasch, Chappaqua, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Analog memory-based activation function for an artificial neural network can be provided. An apparatus can include at least two non-volatile memory devices connected in parallel such that the current can flow through one of the two non-volatile memory devices depending on the voltage level driving the current. To control which branch an input current flows through, each of the two non-volatile memory devices can be connected to a circuit element that can function as a switch, for example, a diode such as a semiconductor diode, a transistor, or another circuit element. Such apparatus can implement an analog memory-based activation function, for example, for an analog memory-based artificial neural network.