• DocumentCode
    1510312
  • Title

    In the blink of a silicon eye

  • Author

    Cheng, Chiu-Hung ; Wu, Chung-Yu ; Sheu, Bing ; Lin, Li-Ju ; Huang, Kuan-Hsun ; Jiang, Hsin-Chin ; Yen, Wen-Cheng ; Hsiao, Chiao-Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    In this article, a new device structure called the neuron-bipolar junction transistor (νBJT) was presented. It has been successfully applied to the design of a silicon retina and large-neighborhood cellular neural networks (CNNs). The νBJT-based smoothing array for the silicon retina has a simple and compact structure, which is suitable for the VLSI implementation. It can be integrated with other CMOS retinal signal processing circuits to form smart sensor systems
  • Keywords
    bipolar transistors; cellular neural nets; computer vision; image sensors; neural chips; CMOS signal processing circuit; VLSI; cellular neural network; human neural sensor; neuron-bipolar junction transistor; silicon retina; smart sensor; CMOS technology; Cellular neural networks; Image edge detection; Image processing; Integrated circuit interconnections; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Neurons; Physics; Retina; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    8755-3996
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/101.933788
  • Filename
    933788
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1510312