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US 2025/0063264 A1Published application
Semiconductor device for performing light-based computation and operation method of semiconductor device
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorsHyun Soo KIM, Jeong Hwan SONG, Jun Hwe CHA, Youn Jae SONG
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Abstract
A semiconductor device may include a color filter array, an optical synapse array including a plurality of light passage paths transferring light incident through the color filter array with independently controlled transmissivities, and an optical-to-digital conversion circuit converting the transferred light through the plurality of light passage paths into digital data.
Claims20
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a color filter array;
- an optical synapse array including a plurality of light passage paths, the plurality of light passage paths transferring light incident through the color filter array with independently controlled transmissivities;
- and
- an optical-to-digital conversion circuit converting the transferred light through the plurality of light passage paths into digital data.
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An operation method of a semiconductor device, the operation method comprising:
- receiving light through a color filter array;
- transferring the light received through the color filter array using a plurality of light passage paths, each of the plurality of light passage paths having a programmed transmissivity;
- and
- converting the light transferred through the plurality of light passage paths into digital data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.