Title :
Implementation of digital neuron cell using 8-bit activation function
Author :
Singh, Setu P. ; Srivastava, Viranjay M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Jaypee Univ. of Inf. Technol., Solan, India
Abstract :
This paper presents the development of the neuron through digital component. The brain generated signals are in the form of spikes similar to electrical pulses. The most important property of neural networks is ability of learning and in artificial neural networks the knowledge (learning information) is represented in the form of weights of the connections between the neurons. Artificial neural networks simplify the behavior of the human brain so artificial neural network is applicable in different fields such as automation, medical, robotics, electronics, security, transport, military, aviation, etc. To deal with the problem of implementation here top down method is used. Which is nothing but to divide a complex design in easier designs or modules, each module is redefined with greater details or divided in more subsystems. Here sigmoid function is used as activation function and this nonlinear function is calculated by using linear piecewise technique. And further approximations have been taken on account of reducing the input output functions.
Keywords :
approximation theory; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; neural nets; nonlinear functions; piecewise linear techniques; 8-bit activation function; FPGA; VHDL; approximations; artificial neural networks; digital neuron cell; input output functions; linear piecewise technique; nonlinear function; sigmoid function; Approximation methods; Biological neural networks; Educational institutions; Hardware; Logic gates; Neurons; Piecewise linear approximation; Activation Function; Finite state machine; Sigmoid; VLSI;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering (NUiCONE), 2011 Nirma University International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2169-4
DOI :
10.1109/NUiConE.2011.6153247