Title :
A CMOS monolithic implementation of a nonlinear interconnection module for a corticonic network
Author :
Yuan, Jie ; Farhat, Nabil ; Van der Spiegel, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA
Abstract :
A nonlinear interconnection module for a corticonic network is designed and fabricated in a 0.6 mum CMOS process. The module uses NMOS transistors in weak-inversion region for nonlinearity. A calibration scheme is developed to compensate for the process and temperature variation of the circuit. The designed module has an area of 0.35mm2. It consumes 200mW of power, with 5V power supply. Simulation results show that the circuit is able to implement the target parametric coupling function accurately
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; integrated circuit design; logic design; monolithic integrated circuits; neural nets; 0.6 micron; 200 mW; 5 V; CMOS integrated circuit; CMOS monolithic implementation; NMOS transistors; circuit simulation; corticonic network; nonlinear interconnection module; parametric coupling function; temperature variation; weak-inversion region; Bifurcation; Brain modeling; CMOS process; Calibration; Coupling circuits; Design engineering; Integrated circuit interconnections; Iron; MOSFETs; Systems engineering and theory;
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.2006.1693198
