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Superconducting neural network computer and sensor array

  • US 4,943,556 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1988
  • Issued: 07/24/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A parallel processing computer apparatus formed by an array of triodes comprising:

  • a first group of N parallel filaments of a opto-electric light sensitive material, where N is an integer from 1 to 10,000, wherein each filament carries a current flow;

    a second group of M parallel filaments of a opto-electric light sensitive material, where M is an integer from 1 to 10,000, wherein each filament carries a current flow and is positioned perpendicular to and under a filament from the first group of filaments, in physical but not electric contact with the filaments from the said first group of filaments, collectively forming an array of M×

    N triodes at filament crossing nodes;

    a light-supplying control means above the array for focusing particular intensities of light in a fixed pattern to points perpendicular to the filaments of the first group of parallel filaments just beyond the individual nodes such that the light impinges only on filaments of the first group of parallel filaments and not on the second group of parallel filaments;

    a means of receiving output signals from one group of filaments and feeding the signals into the light-supplying control means to adjust the pattern of the light, thereby providing iterative convergence toward a solution matrix based on the initialization and the input.

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