IP Library Granted Patent US 9,679,242
Granted Patent B2
US 9,679,242 · App. 14/794,326 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Memristor apparatus with meta-stable switching elements

Inventor: Alex Nugent (Santa Fe, NM)
Assignee: Knowm Tech, LLC
G06N3/063G06N3/049G06N3/08
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Patent No.
US 9,679,242
App. No.
14/794,326
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memristor apparatus includes meta-stable switching elements and an AHAH (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian) feedback mechanism that operates the meta-stable switching elements by controlling the electric field across the meta-stable switching elements. The meta-stable switching elements form a device with an electrical resistance. Additionally, in some example embodiments the memristor apparatus can include a synapse apparatus comprising a differential pair of memristor apparatuses including the memristor apparatus.

Claims (10)

1. A memristor apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of meta-stable switching elements, wherein said plurality of meta-stable switching elements forms a device with an electrical resistance; and

an AHAH (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian) feedback mechanism that operates on said plurality of meta-stable switching elements by controlling an electric field across said plurality of meta-stable switching elements; and

a synapse apparatus comprising a differential pair of memristor apparatuses including said memristor apparatus.

2. The memristor apparatus of claim 1 wherein said AHAH feedback mechanism operates according to an AHAH rule.

3. The memristor apparatus of claim 1 wherein said memristor apparatus is employed as an adaptive synaptic weight.

4. The memristor apparatus of claim 1 wherein said AHAH feedback mechanism is utilized to extract independent components from a data stream.

5. The memristor apparatus of claim 1 wherein said memristor apparatus is employable as a discrete state synapse.

6. The memristor apparatus of claim 3 wherein said AHAH feedback mechanism extracts independent components from a data stream.

7. The memristor apparatus of claim 5 wherein said AHAH feedback mechanism extracts independent components from a data stream.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: NUGENT, ALEX
To: KNOWMTECH, LLC
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Continuity (18)
Continuation 13421398 · Mar 15, 2012
Continuation In Part 12100586 · Apr 10, 2008
Continuation In Part 10969789 · Oct 21, 2004
Continuation In Part 10730708 · Dec 8, 2003
Continuation In Part 10095273 · Mar 12, 2002
Continuation In Part 10162824 · Jun 5, 2002
Continuation In Part 10226191 · Aug 22, 2002
Continuation In Part 10748546 · Dec 30, 2003
Continuation In Part 10748631 · Dec 30, 2003
Continuation In Part 10730708 · Dec 8, 2003
Continuation In Part 12612677 · Nov 5, 2009
Continuation In Part 12938537 · Nov 3, 2010
Continuation In Part 12974829 · Dec 21, 2010
Continuation In Part 13113167 · May 23, 2011
Continuation In Part 13354537 · Jan 20, 2012
Continuation In Part 13268119 · Oct 7, 2011
Provisional Application 60458024 · Mar 27, 2003
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