• DocumentCode
    1555084
  • Title

    Selfrefreshing analogue memory cell for variable synaptic weights

  • Author

    Castello, Rinaldo ; Caviglia, D.D. ; Franciotta, M. ; Montecchi, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipartimento di Elettronica, Pavia Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    1871
  • Lastpage
    1873
  • Abstract
    An analogue memory cell based on a local selfrefreshing technique is presented. The circuit is suitable for long-term storage of synaptic weights in analogue VLSI implementations of neural networks. The cell refreshes the voltage on a capacitor in a multilevel fashion by automatic comparison and confirmation with a range of discrete levels locally reproduced from an external reference signal.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; analogue storage; neural nets; analogue VLSI implementations; analogue memory cell; automatic comparison; capacitor; external reference signal; local selfrefreshing; long-term storage; multilevel fashion; neural networks; standard CMOS technology; variable synaptic weights;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19911161
  • Filename
    97227