US Patent Issued to Silicon Storage Technology on April 22 for "Neural network classifier using array of three-gate non-volatile memory cells" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,314, issued on April 22, was assigned to Silicon Storage Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Neural network classifier using array of three-gate non-volatile memory cells" was invented by Hieu Van Tran (San Jose, Calif.), Steven Lemke (Boulder Creek, Calif.), Vipin Tiwari (Dublin, Calif.), Nhan Do (Saratoga, Calif.) and Mark Reiten (Alamo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neural network device with synapses having memory cells each having a floating gate and a first gate over first and second portions of a channel region between source and drain regions, and a second gate over the floating gate or the source region. First line...