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# MPSCNNNeuronTanH

A hyperbolic tangent neuron filter.

```
class MPSCNNNeuronTanH
```

## Overview

For each pixel in an image, the filter applies the following function:

![f(x) = a * tanh(b * x)](images/com.apple.metalperformanceshaders/media-2903548@2x.png)

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(device:a:b:)`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNNeuronTanH/init(device:a:b:))

Initializes a hyperbolic tangent neuron filter.


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