Invention Application
- Patent Title: NON-VOLATILE (NV) MEMORY (NVM) MATRIX CIRCUITS EMPLOYING NVM MATRIX CIRCUITS FOR PERFORMING MATRIX COMPUTATIONS
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Application No.: US15817441Application Date: 2017-11-20
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Publication No.: US20190019538A1Publication Date: 2019-01-17
- Inventor: Xia Li , Bin Yang , Gengming Tao
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Main IPC: G11C5/02
- IPC: G11C5/02 ; G11C5/06 ; G11C7/18 ; G11C7/12 ; G11C8/08 ; G06N3/08

Abstract:
Non-volatile (NV) memory (NVM) matrix circuits employing NVM circuits for performing matrix computations are disclosed. In exemplary aspects disclosed herein, an NVM matrix circuit is provided that has a plurality of NVM storage string circuits each comprising a plurality of NVM bit cell circuits each configured to store a memory state. Each NVM bit cell circuit has a stored memory state represented by a resistance, and includes a transistor whose gate node is coupled to a word line among a plurality of word lines configured to receive an input vector of 1×m size for example. Activation of the gate of a given NVM bit cell circuit controls whether its resistance is contributed to a respective source line. This causes a summation current to be generated on each source line based on the weighted summed contribution of each NVM bit cell circuit's resistance to its respective source line.
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