| 摘要 |
<p>A neural plane, which can form the basis of a neural network or a component thereof, is comprised by an optical modulator, an electrical non-linearity circuit and an optical detector interconnected whereby in use the non-linearity circuit controls the modulator in dependence on the detector output. There are parallel arrays (10, 11, 12) of such modulators, non-linearity circuits and detectors (M, T, D, 30, 33, 34). The modulator, non-linearity circuits and detectors have components formed in a common semiconductor substrate (20), for example by VLSI techniques with a silicon substrate, the modulators (30) may be comprised by liquid crystal on silicon in that case.</p> |
