Title :
Digitally programmable nonlinear function generator for neural networks
Author :
Sargeni, F. ; Bonaiuto, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Rome `Tor Vergata´´
Abstract :
The design of a new digitally programmable analogue circuit well suited for the implementation of several sets of nonlinear functions by approximating them by using a linear combination of sigmoidal terms is presented. The proposed circuit, allowing the building of several collections of nonlinear functions, would be useful in modelling artificial neural networks, fuzzy as well as partial differential equations based circuits
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; SPICE; current-mode circuits; function generators; neural chips; nonlinear functions; programmable circuits; artificial neural networks; digitally programmable analogue circuit; digitally programmable nonlinear function generator; partial differential equations based circuits;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20056397
