Electronic synapses from stochastic binary memory devices
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBipin Rajendran, Mark B. Ritter
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Abstract
According to a technique, an electronic device is configured to correspond to characteristic features of a biological synapse. The electronic device includes multiple bipolar resistors arranged in parallel to form an electronic synapse, an axonal connection connected to one end of the electronic synapse and to a first electronic neuron, and a dendritic connection connected to another end of the electronic synapse and to a second electronic neuron. An increase and decrease of synaptic conduction in the electronic synapse is based on a probability of switching the plurality of bipolar resistors between a low resistance state and a high resistance state.
Claims7
A method for configuring an electronic device to correspond to characteristic features of a biological synapse, comprising:
- arranging a plurality of bipolar resistors in parallel to form an electronic synapse;
- connecting an axon connection to one end of the electronic synapse and to a first electronic neuron;
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- connecting a dendritic connection to another end of the electronic synapse and to a second electronic neuron;
- wherein an increase and decrease of synaptic conduction in the electronic synapse is based on an effective probability of switching the plurality of bipolar resistors between a low resistance state and a high resistance state.
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