Title :
Towards a bionic chemical synapse
Author :
Thanapitak, Surachoke ; Toumazou, Chris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents an analogue VLSI circuit which implements three particular receptors of the chemical synapse: AMPA, GABAA and GABAB. The dynamics of postsynaptic receptor is implemented in CMOS current mode circuits. Furthermore with the implementation of chemical sensors in CMOS technology, the possibility of realising complete synapses which model the non-linear electrochemical behaviour of the synapse is now feasible.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VLSI; biomedical electronics; AMPA; CMOS current mode circuits; GABAA; GABAB; analogue VLSI circuit; bionic chemical synapse; nonlinear electrochemical behaviour; postsynaptic receptor; CMOS technology; Chemical engineering; Chemical sensors; Chemical technology; Circuits; Couplings; Kinetic theory; Neurons; Neurotransmitters; Semiconductor device modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2009. ISCAS 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3827-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3828-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5117839