Tunable flexible artificial synapses: a new path toward a wearable electronic system

Artificial synapses: memristive transistors with mechanical and synaptic flexibility Mechanically flexible artificial synapses based on memristive transistors demonstrate different kinds of synaptic plasticity. The synapse is a fundamental component in neuromorphic computing (a brain-inspired comput...

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Autores principales: Kunlong Yang, Sijian Yuan, Yuxiang Huan, Jiao Wang, Li Tu, Jiawei Xu, Zhuo Zou, Yiqiang Zhan, Lirong Zheng, Fernando Seoane
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:17b2e2aaf6ed4211b818347c014500582021-12-02T13:43:48ZTunable flexible artificial synapses: a new path toward a wearable electronic system10.1038/s41528-018-0033-12397-4621https://doaj.org/article/17b2e2aaf6ed4211b818347c014500582018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-018-0033-1https://doaj.org/toc/2397-4621Artificial synapses: memristive transistors with mechanical and synaptic flexibility Mechanically flexible artificial synapses based on memristive transistors demonstrate different kinds of synaptic plasticity. The synapse is a fundamental component in neuromorphic computing (a brain-inspired computing approach that aims to provide more efficient computing compared to conventional approaches). Yiqiang Zhan, Lirong Zheng, and Fernando Seoane with collaborators in Sweden and China now report an artificial synapse based on a memristive transistor that is mechanically flexible. Key to the design of their synapse is a three-terminal structure, which enables gate tuning. The ability to adjust the voltage on the gate terminal enables variations in the device to be compensated thereby improving performance uniformity and repeatability. The researchers also show that gate tuning can reduce the total energy consumption per spiking event to 45 fJ and demonstrate a variety of synaptic plastic features important for replicating neuromorphic behavior.Kunlong YangSijian YuanYuxiang HuanJiao WangLi TuJiawei XuZhuo ZouYiqiang ZhanLirong ZhengFernando SeoaneNature PortfolioarticleElectronicsTK7800-8360Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materialsTA401-492ENnpj Flexible Electronics, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
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topic Electronics
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Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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TK7800-8360
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
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Kunlong Yang
Sijian Yuan
Yuxiang Huan
Jiao Wang
Li Tu
Jiawei Xu
Zhuo Zou
Yiqiang Zhan
Lirong Zheng
Fernando Seoane
Tunable flexible artificial synapses: a new path toward a wearable electronic system
description Artificial synapses: memristive transistors with mechanical and synaptic flexibility Mechanically flexible artificial synapses based on memristive transistors demonstrate different kinds of synaptic plasticity. The synapse is a fundamental component in neuromorphic computing (a brain-inspired computing approach that aims to provide more efficient computing compared to conventional approaches). Yiqiang Zhan, Lirong Zheng, and Fernando Seoane with collaborators in Sweden and China now report an artificial synapse based on a memristive transistor that is mechanically flexible. Key to the design of their synapse is a three-terminal structure, which enables gate tuning. The ability to adjust the voltage on the gate terminal enables variations in the device to be compensated thereby improving performance uniformity and repeatability. The researchers also show that gate tuning can reduce the total energy consumption per spiking event to 45 fJ and demonstrate a variety of synaptic plastic features important for replicating neuromorphic behavior.
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author Kunlong Yang
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Jiao Wang
Li Tu
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Jiawei Xu
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Yiqiang Zhan
Lirong Zheng
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title Tunable flexible artificial synapses: a new path toward a wearable electronic system
title_short Tunable flexible artificial synapses: a new path toward a wearable electronic system
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