Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Neuromorphic neuron apparatus for artificial neural networks
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Application No.: US16295007Application Date: 2019-03-07
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Publication No.: US11526735B2Publication Date: 2022-12-13
- Inventor: Stanislaw Wozniak , Angeliki Pantazi
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: G06N3/06
- IPC: G06N3/06 ; G06N3/063

Abstract:
A neuromorphic neuron apparatus includes an accumulation block and an output generation block. The apparatus has a current state variable corresponding to previously received one or more signals. The output generation block is configured to use an activation function for generating a current output value based on the current state variable. The accumulation block is configured to repeatedly: compute an adjustment of the current state variable using the current output value and a correction function indicative of a decay behaviour of a time constant of the apparatus; receive a current signal; update the current state variable using the computed adjustment and the received signal, the updated state variable becoming the current state variable; and cause the output generation block to generate a current output value based on the current state variable.
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