DocumentCode
417978
Title
A bio-physically inspired silicon neuron
Author
Farquhar, Ethan ; Hasler, Paul
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
23-26 May 2004
Abstract
The physical principles governing ion flow in biological neurons share some interesting similarities to electron flow through the channel of a MOSFET transistor. Here we describe a circuit which seeks to exploit these similarities to produce a circuit which behaves in a manner similar to biology. Using this approach, we have developed a circuit which is extremely small in size and is capable of generating output similar to biology in shape, magnitude, and time.
Keywords
MOSFET; biophysics; neural chips; neurophysiology; MOSFET transistor; biological neurons; biophysically inspired silicon neuron; electron flow; ion flow; Biological system modeling; Biomembranes; Computational biology; Electrons; Equations; MOSFET circuits; Neurons; Physics; Silicon; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8251-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328193
Filename
1328193
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