NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION CIRCUIT INCLUDING NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY ELEMENT
Patent №
US 11,615,299
Granted
2023-03-28
Filed 2020
Owner
PANASONIC CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
2
ml · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
16809359
A neural network computation circuit that outputs output data according to a result of a multiply-accumulate operation between input data and connection weight coefficients, the neural network computation circuit includes computation units in each of which a memory element and a transistor are connected in series between data lines, a memory element and a transistor are connected in series between data lines, and gates of the transistors are connected to word lines. The connection weight coefficients are stored into the memory elements. A word line selection circuit places the word lines in a selection state or a non-selection state according to the input data. A determination circuit determines current values flowing in data lines to output output data. A current application circuit has a function of adjusting current values flowing in data lines, and adjusts connection weight coefficients without rewriting the memory elements.
AI classification
Ownership
PANASONIC CORPORATION
assignment · 527190331
Assignors
MOCHIDA, REIJI, KOUNO, KAZUYUKI, HAYATA, YURIKO, ONO, TAKASHI, NAKAYAMA, MASAYOSHI
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