Granted Patent B2

US 12,456,041 · App. 17/436,467 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Inventors: Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, JP); Rihito Wada (Kanagawa, JP); Masayuki Kimura (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Aoki (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

G06N3/063G06F16/93G06F30/327

Abstract

Claims (50)

1. An AI system comprising:

a first electronic device comprising an external interface; and

a second electronic device comprising a first database and a second database,

wherein the first electronic device comprises an input/output interface, a control portion, and a first conversion portion,

wherein the input/output interface is electrically connected to the control portion,

wherein the first conversion portion is electrically connected to the control portion,

wherein the input/output interface is configured to transmit input data generated by a user's operation to the control portion,

wherein the control portion is configured to transmit the input data to the first conversion portion,

wherein the first conversion portion comprises a neural network comprising a transistor,

wherein the first conversion portion is configured to convert the input data into a first net list with the use of the neural network,

wherein the input data is a circuit diagram illustrating a circuit structure or a document file showing the circuit structure,

wherein each of the first database and the second database is electrically connected to the external interface,

wherein a second net list is stored in the first database,

wherein document data linked with the second net list is stored in the second database,

wherein the control portion is configured to communicate with the second electronic device through the external interface,

wherein the control portion is configured to search the first database for the input data, and

wherein the control portion is configured to read the document data from the second database and to output the document data to the input/output interface in the case where the second net list is found in the first database in searching for the input data.

2. An AI system comprising:

a first electronic device; and

a second electronic device comprising a first database and a second database,

wherein the first electronic device comprises an input/output interface, a control portion, and an external interface,

wherein the second electronic device comprises a first conversion portion,

wherein the input/output interface is electrically connected to the control portion,

wherein the external interface is electrically connected to the control portion and the first conversion portion of the second electronic device,

wherein the input/output interface is configured to transmit input data generated by a user's operation to the control portion,

wherein the control portion is configured to transmit the input data to the first conversion portion of the second electronic device through the external interface,

wherein the first conversion portion comprises a circuit where a neural network comprising a transistor,

wherein the first conversion portion is configured to convert the input data into a first net list with the use of the neural network,

wherein the control portion has a function of obtaining the first net list from the second electronic device through the external interface,

wherein the input data is a circuit diagram illustrating a circuit structure or a document file showing the circuit structure,

wherein each of the first database and the second database is electrically connected to the external interface,

wherein a second net list is stored in the first database,

wherein document data linked with the second net list is stored in the second database,

wherein the control portion is configured to communicate with the second electronic device through the external interface,

wherein the control portion is configured to search the first database for the input data, and

wherein the control portion is configured to read the document data from the second database and to output the document data to the input/output interface in the case where the second net list is found in the first database in searching for the input data.

3. An operation method of an AI system, the AI system comprising:

an input/output interface;

a control portion electrically connected to the input/output interface;

a first database and a second database electrically connected to the control portion; and

a first conversion portion comprising a neural network comprising a transistor, the first conversion portion being electrically connected to the control portion,

wherein the operation method comprises a first step, a second step, a third step, a fourth step, a fifth step, and a sixth step,

wherein the first step comprises a step of inputting input data created by a user to the control portion,

wherein the second step comprises a step of converting the input data into a first net list by the neural network of the first conversion portion,

wherein the third step comprises a step of performing output to the input/output interface through the control portion,

wherein a second net list is stored in the first database,

wherein document data linked with the second net list is stored in the second database,

wherein the fourth step comprises a step of searching the first database for the input data,

wherein the fifth step comprises a step of reading the document data from the second database and outputting the document data to the input/output interface in the case where the second net list is found in the first database in the fourth step, and

wherein the sixth step comprises a step where the control portion outputs information that the first net list is not found in the first database to the input/output interface in the case where the second net list is not found in the first database in the fourth step.

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