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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard P Bocker, San Diego, CA (US);
Henry J Caulfield, Nagog Woods, MA (US);
Keith Bromley, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364845 ; 364606 ; 364841 ; 364837 ;
Abstract
A electrooptic systolic array architecture performs matrix-matrix multiplication using incoherent light. The incoherent light is collimated and passed through a polarizing beamsplitter and onto a pair of optically reflecting light valves. Each of the valves has a number of cells which are continuously being updated in a clocked sequence to vary their reflectivity in acc