ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,421, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY (Kyoto, Japan) and ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Neural network" was invented by Mutsumi Kimura (Otsu, Japan), Isato Ogawa (Otsu, Japan) and Yoshinori Miyamae (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neural network includes first electrode lines in parallel, second electrode lines in parallel, a ferroelectric layer, neuron circuits, a first direction control circuit, and a second direction control circuit. The second electrode lines extend in a direction different from the first electrode lines. The ferroelectric layer is arranged between the first electrode lines and ...