Title :
Towards the circuit implementation of the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model: A PWL approach
Author :
Storace, Marco ; Julian, Pedro ; Parodi, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biophys. & Electron. Eng., Genoa Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A novel approach is proposed for the synthesis of nonlinear multiport resistors using the high-level (HL) canonical piecewise-linear (PWL) representation. We use this methodology to represent the characteristics of the nonlinear multiport resistors contained in a circuit representation of the Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model. The preliminary results presented in this paper constitute a first step towards the VLSI implementation of a biological neuron
Keywords :
VLSI; analogue integrated circuits; equivalent circuits; integrated circuit design; neural nets; nonlinear network synthesis; Hodgkin-Huxley neuron model; PWL; VLSI; analogue implementation; biological neuron; high-level canonical piecewise-linear representation; neural nets; nonlinear multiport resistors; Biological system modeling; Cellular neural networks; Circuit synthesis; Equivalent circuits; Integrated circuit modeling; Laboratories; Neurons; Resistors; Vectors; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. ISCAS 2001. The 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2001.921459
