Intelligence implementation on silicon based on four-terminal device electronics
T. Ohmi, T. Shibata · 2002
We propose the concept of a high-functionality "four-terminal device" which surpasses the three-terminal devices like MOSFET's and bipolar transistors in the ability of current control functions. The enhanced functionality at the very elemental transistor level is most essential to create human-like intelligence at system levels. The neuron MOSFET (/spl nu/MOS), a multiple-input-terminal floating-gate device, is taken as an example of a four-terminal device, and the implementation of intelligent electronic circuits on Si is demonstrated. The binary-multivalue-analog merged algorithm conducted by /spl nu/MOS circuits is a key to realizing highly flexible computation while assuring the noise immune feature of binary digital computation.