Patent Document ID: 5475794
Application ID: 08292624
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of weighting internal output lines of a semiconductor neural network including: a plurality of input lines each for transmitting a data signal to be processed; a plurality of internal output lines provided in a direction intersecting said plurality of input lines and divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality of internal output lines and transmitting an internal output data signal; and a plurality of coupling elements provided at the intersections of said plurality of input lines and said plurality of internal output lines each for coupling, with a specific coupling strength, an input line with a corresponding internal output line and transmitting signals between said input line and said corresponding internal output line, said method comprising, concurrently in each group of said plurality of internal output lines, after a step of coupling, with a specific coupling strength, an input line to a corresponding internal output line and transmitting signals between said input line and said corresponding internal output line, the steps of: loading said transmitted signal on each of said plurality of internal output lines with a previously selected weight to produce weighted signals concurrently in said plurality of groups; and adding all of said weighted signals on said plurality of internal output lines together to produce an output signal concurrently in said plurality of groups.