• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 38, Issue 4, 399 (2023)
Renrui FANG1、2, Kuan REN1, Zeyu GUO1、2, Han XU1、2, Woyu ZHANG1、2, Fei WANG1、2, Peiwen ZHANG1、2, Yue LI1、2, and Dashan SHANG1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Key Laboratory of Microelectronic Devices and Integrated Technology, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
  • 22. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20220519 Cite this Article
    Renrui FANG, Kuan REN, Zeyu GUO, Han XU, Woyu ZHANG, Fei WANG, Peiwen ZHANG, Yue LI, Dashan SHANG. Associative Learning with Oxide-based Electrolyte-gated Transistor Synapses[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(4): 399 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The analog channel conductance modulation of electrolyte-gated transistors (EGTs) is a desirable property for the emulation of synaptic weight modulation and thus gives them great potential in neuromorphic computing systems. In this work, an all-solid-state electrochemical EGT was introduced with a low channel conductance (~120 nS) using amorphous Nb2O5 and Li-doped SiO2 (LixSiO2) as the channel and gate electrolyte materials, respectively. By adjusting the applied gate voltage pulse parameters, the reversable and nonvolatile modulation of channel conductance were achieved, which was ascribed to reversible intercalation/deintercalation of Li+ ions into/from the Nb2O5 lattice. Essential functionalities of synapses, such as the short-term plasticity (STP), long-term plasticity (LTP), and transformation from STP to LTP, were simulated successfully by conductive channel modulation of the EGTs. Based on these characteristics, a simple associative learning circuit was designed by parallel a resistor between the gate and the source terminals. The Pavlovian dog classical conditioning behavior was simulated based on associative learning circuit, where the resistor represented the unconditioned synapse and shared the gate voltage with EGT according to the proportion of its resistance, and the resistance between gate and source for negative feedback regulation of synaptic weights. These results demonstrate the potential of EGT for artificial synaptic devices and provide an insight into hardware implementation of neuromorphic computing systems.
    Renrui FANG, Kuan REN, Zeyu GUO, Han XU, Woyu ZHANG, Fei WANG, Peiwen ZHANG, Yue LI, Dashan SHANG. Associative Learning with Oxide-based Electrolyte-gated Transistor Synapses[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(4): 399
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