ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,093, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device and electronic device" was invented by Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neuron circuit can switch between two functions: as an input neuron circuit, and as a hidden neuron circuit. An error circuit can switch between two functions: as a hidden error circuit, and as an output neuron circuit. A switching circuit is configured to be capable of changing the connections between the neuron circuit, a synapse circuit, and the error circuit. The synapse circuit includes an analog memory...