Accession Number:

ADD014625

Title:

Superconducting Neural Network Computer and Sensor Array.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 30 Sep 88, patented 24 Jul 90,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Szu, Harold H.

Report Date:

1990-07-24

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

This report describes a combination of optical interconnect technology with superconducting material to form a superconducting neural network array. Superconducting material in a matrix has the superconducting current decreased in one filament of the matrix by interaction of the Cooper pairs with radiation controlled by a spatial light modulator. This decrease in current results in a switch of current, in a relative sense, to another filament in the matrix. This switching mechanism can be used in a digital or analog fashion in a superconducting computer application. Keywords Patents, PAT-CL-505-1, Optical computers, Computer architecture. Author KR

Descriptors:

• *ARRAYS
• *NEURAL NETS
• *PATENTS
• *SUPERCONDUCTORS
• ANALOG SYSTEMS
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• COMPUTERS
• DETECTORS
• DIGITAL SYSTEMS
• FILAMENTS
• LIGHT MODULATORS
• MATERIALS
• OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
• SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• SWITCHES
• SWITCHING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE