• DocumentCode
    2253308
  • Title

    Towards a bionic chemical synapse

  • Author

    Thanapitak, Surachoke ; Toumazou, Chris

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    24-27 May 2009
  • Firstpage
    677
  • Lastpage
    680
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an analogue VLSI circuit which implements three particular receptors of the chemical synapse: AMPA, GABAA and GABAB. The dynamics of postsynaptic receptor is implemented in CMOS current mode circuits. Furthermore with the implementation of chemical sensors in CMOS technology, the possibility of realising complete synapses which model the non-linear electrochemical behaviour of the synapse is now feasible.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VLSI; biomedical electronics; AMPA; CMOS current mode circuits; GABAA; GABAB; analogue VLSI circuit; bionic chemical synapse; nonlinear electrochemical behaviour; postsynaptic receptor; CMOS technology; Chemical engineering; Chemical sensors; Chemical technology; Circuits; Couplings; Kinetic theory; Neurons; Neurotransmitters; Semiconductor device modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2009. ISCAS 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3827-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3828-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5117839
  • Filename
    5117839
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2253308