Wafer-Scale Dynamic Neural-Network-System with Optical Waveguide

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We proposed a new dynamic neural network system with optical wave guides. Living nerves have several thousand connections, namely synapses. These connections play an important role in living information processing system and provide recognition and association for human. The optical wave guide can simultaneously sum up many input signals like synapses. This study aimed in study the possibility of such optical neural network system with optical wave guides and to fabricate the test chips and test modules for the system. We adopted the learning algorithm using simultaneous perturbation for the dynamic neural network system with optical wave guides. We can simultaneously update the weights of synapses by the same increment in the learning algorithm using simultaneous perturbation. Therefore, the learning algorithm using simultaneous perturbation is very suitable for the dynamic neural network system with optical wave guides. We proposed new synapse circuit and learning circuit for this system. We also proposed a dynamic neural network system with three-dimensionally stacked structure. The re configurable circuits are used in this system in addition to the optical waveguides for synaptic connection. In order in fabricate the test chips and teat modules for this system, basic technologies such as the optical interconnection technology using waveguides and the three-dimensional integration technology using re-configurable circuits were developed.