Variable resistor and neuro device using the variable resistor for weighting
First Claim
1. A Neuro device comprising:
- a plurality of input means to which signals are respectively inputted;
weighting means respectively provided in said plurality of input means for respectively adding to the signals inputted to the input means weights which are determined for the input means,said weighting means comprising a chalcogenide semiconductor, a predetermined proportion of said chalcogenide semiconductor being transferred to a low resistive crystallized state and the remaining proportion thereof being in a high resistive amorphous state; and
operating means to which the signals respectively having the weights added thereto by said weighting means are respectively applied from said input means,said operating means adding said signals applied from the respective input means and deriving a predetermined output signal when the total amount of the signals exceeds a predetermined reference amount.
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Abstract
A Neuro device is a representation of a nerve cell constituting human brains, eyes and the like, that is, a neuron by an electronic circuit. A circuit of the Neuro device according to the present invention comprises n (n : natural number) input terminals 4, n variable resistors 8 (the resistance values of the n variable resistors 8 are respectively set to R1, R2,..., Rn) respectively connected to the input terminals 4, and an arithmetic circuit 100 to which signals from the variable resistors 8 are together applied, and an output terminal 5 to which a signal from the arithmetic circuit 100 is outputted. The variable resistor 8 is so constructed that a chalcogenide semiconductor is interposed between a pair of electrodes. The chalcogenide semiconductor can be reversibly transferred to a high resistive amorphous state and a low resistive crystallized state by applying a predetermined write voltage. In the present invention, a predetermined proportion of the chalcogenide semiconductor interposed between the pair of electrodes is brought into a crystallized state, while the remaining proportion thereof is brought into an amorphous state, thereby to construct a variable resistor having a desirable resistance value.
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1. A Neuro device comprising:
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a plurality of input means to which signals are respectively inputted; weighting means respectively provided in said plurality of input means for respectively adding to the signals inputted to the input means weights which are determined for the input means, said weighting means comprising a chalcogenide semiconductor, a predetermined proportion of said chalcogenide semiconductor being transferred to a low resistive crystallized state and the remaining proportion thereof being in a high resistive amorphous state; and operating means to which the signals respectively having the weights added thereto by said weighting means are respectively applied from said input means, said operating means adding said signals applied from the respective input means and deriving a predetermined output signal when the total amount of the signals exceeds a predetermined reference amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A variable resistor comprising:
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a plurality of pairs of opposed electrodes which differ in spacing; a chalcogenide semiconductor with which spaces between said pairs of opposed electrodes are filled; and connecting means for electrically connecting said plurality of pairs of opposed electrodes in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A variable resistor comprising:
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a plurality of chalcogenide semiconductor layers which are equal in thickness; resistors which are respectively connected in series with said chalcogenide semiconductor layers and differ in resistance value; and connecting means for electrically connecting series connections of said chalcogenide semiconductor layers and the resistors in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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