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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Frank C. Hoppensteadt, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Eugene Izhikevich, San Diego, CA (US);
Frank C. Hoppensteadt, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Eugene Izhikevich, San Diego, CA (US);
Arizona Board of Regents, Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A neurocomputer () comprises n oscillating processing elements (A,B,C,D andE) that communicate through a common medium () so that there are required only n connective junctions (A,B,C,D andE). A rhythmic external forcing input () modulates the oscillatory frequency of the medium () which, in turn, is imparted to the n oscillators (A,B,C,D andE). Any two oscillators oscillating at different frequencies may communicate provided that input's power spectrum includes the frequency equal to the difference between the frequencies of the two oscillators in question. Thus, selective communication, or dynamic connectivity, between different neurocomputer oscillators occurs due to the frequency modulation of the medium () by external forcing.