Semiconductor arithmetic circuit

Details Semiconductor arithmetic circuit Semiconductor arithmetic circuit

1997-11-07

1999-07-13

Wells, Kenneth B.

Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and

Specific input to output function

Combining of plural signals

327355, 364769, 36478403, 36478404, G06G 742

Patent

active

059232056

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor arithmetic circuit, and in particular, relates to an arithmetic circuit which is capable of performing calculations on analog multi-valued data at high speed and with high accuracy.
2. Description of the Related Art.
In recent years, in concert with the development in computer technology, the progress in the field of data processing technology has been truly remarkable. However, when attempts were made to realize the flexible type of data processing conducted by human beings, it was almost impossible to obtain the results of such calculations in real time using present computers. The reasons advanced for this are that the data which human beings process in the course of their daily lives are analog data, so that there is firstly an enormous amount of such data, and moreover, these data are inexact and vague. It is thus a problem in present data processing systems that the extremely redundant analog data are all converted into digital values, and rigorous digital operations are conducted one by one.
An example of this is image processing. For example, if one screen is incorporated into a 500.times.500 two dimensional array, then the total number of pixels is 250, 000, and when the strength of the three colors red, green, and blue for each pixel is expressed in gterms of 8 hits, then the amount of data in one stationary image reaches 750,000 bits. In moving images, the amount of image data increases with time. Given these conditions, let us consider data processing in which the screen most resembling such an incorporated screen is selected from among a great number of screens incorporated and accumulated in the past. Even in this processing, which might at first seem to be simple, the analog vectors which comprise the screen information are used, and it is necessary to calculate the distances between analog vectors and to select that vector having the shortest distance. If an attempt is made to realize such processing by means of a computer, it is first necessary to convert all the analog vectors into digital vectors, and after this, to conduct 4-rules operations in sequence, and even if a present day super computer is used, it is impossible to manipulate the large amount of (1) and (0) data values and conduct picture recognition and understanding in real time.
On the other hand, attempts have been made to realize data processing approximating that of human beings by accepting real world data, which are analog values, in an unchanged form and conducting calculations and processing on these analog values, in order to overcome the problems described above. This approach represents the method best suited to real time processing; however, it has not yet been realized, and there exists presently no semiconductor arithmetic circuit capable of conducting such operations in real time and with high accuracy.
The present invention was created in light of the above circumstances; it has as an object thereof to provide a semiconductor arithmetic circuit which is capable of conducting calculations with respect to analog vectors at high speed and with high accuracy.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The semiconductor arithmetic circuit in the present invention having a plurality of MOS type transistors, wherein the source electrodes are connected to one another, the gate electrodes of said MOS type transistors are connected to a signal line having a prescribed potential via switching elements, and at least one inputs electrode is capacitively coupled with said gate electrodes; wherein a means is provided for applying first and second input voltages respectively applied to the input electrodes of at least one pair of first and second MOS type transistors among said plurality of MOS type transistors, and for equalizing potentials of said gate electrodes to the potential of said signal line by allowing said switching elements to conduct, and a means is provided for inputting said second and first input voltages into, respectivel

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