• DocumentCode
    3329595
  • Title

    Programmable non-linearity for neural networks applications

  • Author

    Sargeni, Fausto ; Bonaiuto, Vincenzo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-5 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    881
  • Lastpage
    884
  • Abstract
    The implementation of analogue circuits for modeling Artificial Neural Networks as well as Neuromorphic architectures, makes wide use of nonlinear circuits where the programmability feature could be a very interesting characteristic. This paper deals with the design of a "current-mode" digitally programmable transconductance comparator. In particular, it has been properly tailored for a "time-division architecture" implementation of a first order STAR CNN system.
  • Keywords
    analogue circuits; comparators (circuits); current-mode circuits; neural nets; nonlinear network synthesis; analogue circuits; artificial neural networks; current-mode transconductance amplifier; digitally programmable transconductance comparator; first order STAR CNN system; neuromorphic architectures; nonlinear circuits; programmable nonlinearity; time-division architecture; Neural networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2009. MWSCAS '09. 52nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Cancun
  • ISSN
    1548-3746
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4479-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1548-3746
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2009.5235907
  • Filename
    5235907