Implementing hardware neurons using tunneling devices
AssigneeTetraMem Inc.
InventorNing Ge
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mitigating defects in a crossbar-based computing environment are disclosed. In some implementations, an apparatus comprises: a plurality of row wires; a plurality of column wires connecting between the plurality of row wires; a plurality of non-linear devices formed in each of a plurality of column wires configured to receive an input signal, wherein at least one of the non-linear devices has a characteristic of activation function and at least one of the non-linear devices has a characteristic of neuronal function.
Claims19
An apparatus of performing neural network functions comprising:
- a plurality of neural devices connected to a plurality of column wires, wherein the plurality of neural devices comprises a first neural device that performs a neuronal function, wherein the first neural device comprises a first non-linear tunneling device and a capacitor that is parallel to the first non-linear tunneling device, and wherein the first non-linear tunneling device and the capacitor perform the neuronal function when a first programming signal is applied to the first neural device through a first column wire of the plurality of column wires.
A method for implementing a physical neural network, comprising:
- providing a plurality of programing signals to a plurality of neural devices through a plurality of column wires, wherein the plurality of programming signals corresponds to a voltage matrix;
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- performing, using a first neural device of the plurality of neural devices, a neuronal function on a first programming signal of the plurality of signals, wherein the first neural device comprises a first non-linear tunneling device and a capacitor that is parallel to the first non-linear tunneling device, and wherein the first non-linear tunneling device and the capacitor perform the neuronal function when a first programming signal is applied to the first neural device through a first column wire of the plurality of column wires.
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