ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,414, issued on March 17, was assigned to STMicroelectronics France (Montrouge, France).
"Artificial neuron" was invented by Valerian Cincon (Villard Bonnot, France) and Philippe Galy (Le Touvet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial neuron includes a first capacitive node of application of a membrane potential of the neuron. A first transistor is configured to discharge the first capacitive node. A second capacitive node is driven according to the membrane potential and delivers a potential for controlling the first transistor. A second transistor is configured to discharge the second capacitive node. The second transi...