Diorio, Chris and Hasler, Paul and Minch, Bradley A. and Mead, Carver (1997) A Complementary Pair of Four-Terminal Silicon Synapses. Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 13 (1-2). pp. 153-166. ISSN 0925-1030. doi:10.1023/A:1008244314595. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150127-165006071
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Abstract
We have developed a complementary pair of pFET and nFET floating-gate silicon MOS transistors for analog learning applications. The memory storage is nonvolatile; hot-electron injection and electron tunneling permit bidirectional memory updates. Because these updates depend on both the stored memory value and the transistor terminal voltages, the synapses can implement a learning function. We have derived a memory-update rule for both devices, and have shown that the synapse learning follows a simple power law. Unlike conventional EEPROMs, the synapses allow simultaneous memory reading and writing. Synapse transistor arrays can therefore compute both the array output, and local memory updates, in parallel. We have fabricated prototype synaptic arrays; because the tunneling and injection processes are exponential in the transistor terminal voltages, the write and erase isolation between array synapses is better than 0.01%. The synapses are small, and typically are operated at subthreshold current levels; they will permit the development of dense, low-power silicon learning systems.
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Additional Information: | © 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Received April 9, 1996; Accepted June 28, 1996. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research, by the Advanced Research Projects Agency, by the Beckman Hearing Institute, by the Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering as a part of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center Program, and by the California Trade and Commerce Agency, Office of Strategic Technology. | ||||||||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | synapse transistor, silicon learning, floating-gate MOSFET | ||||||||||||||
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