• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 42, Issue 6, 064101 (2021)
Yujia Li1、2, Jianshi Tang2、3, Bin Gao2、3, Xinyi Li2, Yue Xi2, Wanrong Zhang1, He Qian2、3, and Huaqiang Wu2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Faculty of Information Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 2Institute of Microelectronics, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Beijing Innovation Center for Future Chips (ICFC), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/6/064101 Cite this Article
    Yujia Li, Jianshi Tang, Bin Gao, Xinyi Li, Yue Xi, Wanrong Zhang, He Qian, Huaqiang Wu. Oscillation neuron based on a low-variability threshold switching device for high-performance neuromorphic computing[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(6): 064101 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Low-power and low-variability artificial neuronal devices are highly desired for high-performance neuromorphic computing. In this paper, an oscillation neuron based on a low-variability Ag nanodots (NDs) threshold switching (TS) device with low operation voltage, large on/off ratio and high uniformity is presented. Measurement results indicate that this neuron demonstrates self-oscillation behavior under applied voltages as low as 1 V. The oscillation frequency increases with the applied voltage pulse amplitude and decreases with the load resistance. It can then be used to evaluate the resistive random-access memory (RRAM) synaptic weights accurately when the oscillation neuron is connected to the output of the RRAM crossbar array for neuromorphic computing. Meanwhile, simulation results show that a large RRAM crossbar array (> 128 × 128) can be supported by our oscillation neuron owing to the high on/off ratio (> 108) of Ag NDs TS device. Moreover, the high uniformity of the Ag NDs TS device helps improve the distribution of the output frequency and suppress the degradation of neural network recognition accuracy (< 1%). Therefore, the developed oscillation neuron based on the Ag NDs TS device shows great potential for future neuromorphic computing applications.
    $ f=1/\left[{R}_{\rm L}{C}_{\rm L}\times {\rm{log}}\left(\frac{{V}_{\rm{hold}}-{V}_{\rm{in}}}{{V}_{\rm{th}}-{V}_{\rm{in}}}\right)\right]. $ (1)

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    Yujia Li, Jianshi Tang, Bin Gao, Xinyi Li, Yue Xi, Wanrong Zhang, He Qian, Huaqiang Wu. Oscillation neuron based on a low-variability threshold switching device for high-performance neuromorphic computing[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2021, 42(6): 064101
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