Patents by Inventor Leon O. Chua

Leon O. Chua has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8416604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a memristor, and more particularly, to a method of implementing a memristor-based multilevel memory using a reference resistor array and a write-in circuit and a read-out/restoration circuit for the memristor-based multilevel memory, in which a memristor can be used as a multilevel memory. In the present invention, a reference resistance value is written in a selected memristor of a memristor array by applying repeatedly the current pulses of which widths are proportional to the difference between the resistances of the selected memristor and the selected node of the reference resistor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Industrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Hyongsuk Kim, Leon O. Chua
  • Publication number: 20110182104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a memristor, and more particularly, to a method of implementing a memristor-based multilevel memory using a reference resistor array and a write-in circuit and a read-out/restoration circuit for the memristor-based multilevel memory, in which a memristor can be used as a multilevel memory. In the present invention, a reference resistance value is written in a selected memristor of a memristor array by applying repeatedly the current pulses of which widths are proportional to the difference between the resistances of the selected memristor and the selected node of the reference resistor array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Hyongsuk KIM, Leon O. Chua
  • Patent number: 6331974
    Abstract: In the present invention, the structure, principle and framework of chaotic digital code-division multiple access ((CD)2MA) communication systems are presented. Unlike the existing CDMA systems, (CD)2MA systems use continuous pseudo-random time series to spread the spectrum of message signal and the spread signal is then directly sent through channel to the receiver. In this sense, the carrier used in (CD)2MA is a continuous pseudo-random signal instead of a single tone as used in CDMA. The statistical properties of the noise-like carriers are given. In a (CD)2MA system, every mobile station has the same structure and parameters, only different initial conditions are assigned to different mobile stations. Instead of synchronizing two binary pseudo-random sequences as in CDMA systems, an impulsive control scheme is used to synchronize two chaotic systems in (CD)2MA. Simulation results show that the channel capacity of (CD)2MA is at least twice as large than that of CDMA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Tao Yang, Leon O. Chua
  • Patent number: 5717834
    Abstract: The main design components underlying the implementation of physiologically faithful retina and other topographic sensory organ models on Cellular Neural Network (CNN) universal chips is discussed. If the various retinas are implemented on a CNN universal chip, in a programmable way, it can be called a "CNN bionic eye", a device capable of performing a broad range of image processing functions similar to those performed by biological retinas. The CNN universal machine has the special properties that it is 1) programmable and 2) includes local memory. Programming is stored in analog and logical form (the analogic program) generated by an analogic programming and control unit, so the functions of the CNN universal machine can be modified as a function of complex internal and external constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Inventors: Frank S. Werblin, Tamas Roska, Leon O. Chua
  • Patent number: 5355528
    Abstract: This invention has 3 parts. Part 1 proposes a new CNN universal chip architecture with analog stored programs and time-multiplex templates. This breakthrough replaces hundreds of dedicated CNN chips with a single programmable, real-time VLSI chip with comparable significance to the invention of the microprocessor which gave birth to the personal computer industry. Part 2 proposes a unique wireless non-optical method for outputting information from the CNN analog array via electromagnetic waves generated by nonlinear oscillations and chaos. Part 3 combines a set of analog, or digitally emulated, CNN universal chips to design a CNN array supercomputer capable of solving nonlinear partial differential equations (e.g., wave type, Navier-Stokes-type, etc.) at a fraction of the time or cost required by current digital supercomputers. Indeed, "programmable physics" or "programmable bionics" can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Tamas Roska, Leon O. Chua
  • Patent number: 5140670
    Abstract: A novel class of information-processing systems called a cellular neural network is discussed. Like a neural network, it is a large-scale nonlinear analog circuit which processes signals in real time. Like cellular automata, it is made of a massive aggregate of regularly spaced circuit clones, called cells, which communicate with each other directly only through its nearest neighbors. Each cell is made of a linear capacitor, a nonlinear voltage-controlled current source, and a few resistive linear circuit elements. Cellular neural networks share the best features of both worlds; its continuous time feature allows real-time signal processing found within the digital domain and its local interconnection feature makes it tailor made for VLSI implementation. Cellular neural networks are uniquely suited for high-speed parallel signal processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Leon O. Chua, Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 4819200
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for use with a cathode ray oscilloscope for displaying from any desired perspective a multi-dimensional surface evolving in time multi electrical signal are introduced to attachment to related electrical signal-carrying means, a multiplicity of two-dimensional rotators. For the number N of signals and therefore of N dimensions there areN!/2 (N-2)!two dimensional rotators. Each rotator is connected to a different pair of these signals and provide two-dimensional rotation of the paired signals. The rotators are connected together to produce signal outputs corresponding to the number of signals introduced, each signal passing through two rotators as each signal makes its way to its respective signal output. The outputs are connected to a cathode ray oscilloscope, at least two at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Leon O. Chua, Isutomu Sugawara