Title :
A biomimetic CMOS synapse
Author :
Lazaridis, E. ; Drakakis, E.M. ; Barahona, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng., Imperial Coll. London
Abstract :
This paper presents the synthesis, analysis and basic operation of a new VLSI-compatible CMOS current-mode synaptic circuit which implements the basic kinetics of a general chemical synapse in log-domain
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; current-mode circuits; neural chips; VLSI-compatible synaptic circuit; biomimetic CMOS synapse; current-mode synaptic circuit; general chemical synapse; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Biomimetics; Chemicals; Circuit synthesis; Circuit topology; Contacts; Kinetic theory; Neurons; Neurotransmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Island of Kos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9389-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1692694
