Title :
Statistical model for evaluation of effects of nonuniformity in optically-programmed neural networks
Author :
Yang, Hai-Gang ; Reita, C. ; Migliorato, Piero
Author_Institution :
Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
A statistical approach to the evaluation of the performance of amorphous silicon photoconductive arrays for artificial neural networks is presented. By characterising the nonuniformity of the devices, its effect on a typical two-layer perceptron is investigated. Circuit simulation is employed to prove the theoretical prediction.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; neural nets; photoconducting devices; silicon; statistical analysis; amorphous Si photoconductive array; artificial neural networks; circuit simulation; nonuniformity; optically-programmed neural networks; performance; statistical model; two-layer perceptron;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19921019
