DocumentCode
2049807
Title
A pulse-stream neuron with sigmoidal transfer characteristic
Author
Haycock, R.J. ; York, T.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK
Volume
1
fYear
1996
fDate
18-21 Aug 1996
Firstpage
527
Abstract
A novel circuit is described that produces a sigmoidal neuron transfer function for a pulse-stream neural network. The input activation is represented by a voltage and the output by the time between pulses. The circuit has been implemented as an ASIC using BiCMOS technology and utilises 17 MOSFETs. Simulation results show that the neuron has excellent correspondence with the desired sigmoidal transfer function. In addition, the circuit has good temperature stability and small size, occupying only 600×150 μm
Keywords
BiCMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; neural chips; pulse circuits; transfer functions; ASIC; BiCMOS technology; circuit simulation; pulse-stream neural network; sigmoidal neuron transfer function; size; temperature stability; Application specific integrated circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; MOSFETs; Neural networks; Neurons; Pulse circuits; Temperature; Transfer functions; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE 39th Midwest symposium on
Conference_Location
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3636-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSCAS.1996.594226
Filename
594226
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