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Samsung patents chip design that fixes math errors in analog circuits

Samsung has been granted a patent for an electronic device featuring an analog computing circuit designed to reduce calculation errors. The system uses specific rows to input data signals for math operations and separate rows to input calibration signals. Columns then combine these signals to produce a final result where the errors have been corrected.

Why it mattersThis is interesting for tech enthusiasts because analog computing is a niche area that could potentially offer faster or more energy-efficient math processing than standard digital chips, though it is still in the patent stage.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes an analog computing circuit comprising a plurality of rows comprising a plurality of first rows to which a data signal for computations is input and one or more second rows to which a calibration signal for error calibration is input, and a plurality of columns connected to the plurality of rows and configured to output a computation result in which an error is calibrated, by accumulating signals transmitted from the connected plurality of rows in response to an input of the data signal and the calibration signal.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: an analog computing circuit comprising: a plurality of rows comprising a plurality of first rows to which a data signal for computations is input and one or more second rows to which a calibration signal for error calibration is input; and a plurality of columns connected to the plurality of rows and configured to output a computation result in which an error is calibrated, by accumulating signals transmitted from the connected plurality of rows in response to an input of the data signal and the calibration signal.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Electronic device and method for analog computing circuit
Patent number
US12744541B2
Application number
18738844
Filed
Jun 10, 2024
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H03M 1/1014 Electricity & electronicsH03M 1/0612 Electricity & electronics
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