A VLSI array of low-power spiking neurons and bistable synapses with spike-timing dependent plasticity

G Indiveri, E Chicca, R Douglas - IEEE transactions on neural …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a mixed-mode analog/digital VLSI device comprising an array of leaky integrate-
and-fire (I&F) neurons, adaptive synapses with spike-timing dependent plasticity, and an …

[HTML][HTML] New technologies for testing a model of cricket phonotaxis on an outdoor robot

R Reeve, B Webb, A Horchler, G Indiveri… - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2005 - Elsevier
If biological inspiration can be used to build robots that deal robustly with complex
environments, it should be possible to demonstrate that 'biorobots' can function in natural …

An FPGA-based silicon neuronal network with selectable excitability silicon neurons

J Li, Y Katori, T Kohno - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2012 - frontiersin.org
This paper presents a digital silicon neuronal network which simulates the nerve system in
creatures and has the ability to execute intelligent tasks, such as associative memory. Two …

A MOSFET-based model of a class 2 nerve membrane

T Kohno, K Aihara - IEEE transactions on neural networks, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have constructed a nerve membrane using MOSFET circuitry, which can be a basic
element of an FET-based neural system. Its mechanism of action potentials generation is …

Simulation of integrate-and-fire neuron circuits using HfO2-based ferroelectric field effect transistors

B Suresh, M Bertele, ET Breyer, P Klein… - 2019 26th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by neurobiological systems, Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are gaining an
increasing interest in the field of bio-inspired machine learning. Neurons, as central …

An Area‐Efficient Integrate‐and‐Fire Neuron Circuit with Enhanced Robustness against Synapse Variability in Hardware Neural Network

AK Shah, K Udaya Mohanan, J Park… - IET Circuits, Devices …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Neuron circuits are the fundamental building blocks in the modern neuromorphic system.
Designing compact and low‐power neuron circuits can significantly improve the overall area …

A Design Method for Analog and Digital Silicon Neurons???‐Mathematical‐Model‐Based Method‐

T Kohno, K Aihara - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Silicon neuron is electrical circuit that is analogous to biological neurons. Conventionally, it
was designed mainly in the following two attitudes. One is to realize circuitry that is as close …

Dynamic state and parameter estimation applied to neuromorphic systems

EO Neftci, B Toth, G Indiveri, HDI Abarbanel - Neural computation, 2012 - direct.mit.edu
Neuroscientists often propose detailed computational models to probe the properties of the
neural systems they study. With the advent of neuromorphic engineering, there is an …

A Compact Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Circuit Embedding Operational Transconductance Amplifier for Fidelity Enhancement

AK Shah, ES Cho, J Park, H Shin, S Cho - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, a compact CMOS integrate-and-fire (I&F) neuron circuit embedding an
operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) has been designed for enhancing the fidelity …

Reliability-Aware Design of Spike-Event Neuromorphic Circuits

JB Shaik, SM Picardo, S Singhal, N Goel - Authorea Preprints, 2021 - techrxiv.org
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) based neuromorphic circuits also known as Silicon
Neurons (SiNs) emulate the electrophysiological behavior of biological neurons. With the …