RESEARCH IN SYSTEMS THEORY, DEVICES, AND PHYSICAL PHENOMENA FOR MICROSYSTEM ELECTRONICS.
Abstract
The microelectronics program was established to explore and develop new device, circuit, system, and physical concepts which might have influence on, and be influenced by, the rapidly growing field of microelectronics technology. As the program proceeded, attention was concentrated on certain particular areas, notably (1) theory and application of adaptive threshold elements and networks of such elements; (2) theory and fabrication techniques for new classes of solid-state components, with particular emphasis on variable-gain components for adaptive systems; and (3) the study of hot electrons in thin metal films. The central element in the study of adaptive networks was an adaptive linear threshold element (Adaline) which can be adjusted, or trained, to classify a set of manyvariable input patterns into any predetermined set of output categories, within certain restrictions. Networks of Adalines were trained to forecast local weather based on barometric pressure readings over a wide area, and to recognize speech waveforms after a limited amount of preprocessing by filters and quantizers. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0602445
Entities
Organizations
- Stanford University