학술논문

Bioinspired Artificial Infrared Neural System Based on Single-Crystal Thin Films for Spatiotemporal Fusion Imaging
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 24(9):15065-15072 May, 2024
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Sensors
Memristors
Sensor phenomena and characterization
Synapses
Infrared sensors
Temperature sensors
Pyroelectric devices
Artificial sensory memory
memristor
pyroelectric sensor
single-crystal thin film
spatiotemporal fusion imaging
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
Artificial sensory memory is a novel way to solve the contradiction between the information explosion in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the high demand for hardware resources by artificial intelligence, which achieves the integration of sensory and memory by mimicking biological neural system. Here, we innovatively propose an artificial infrared neural system (AINS) based on single-crystal thin films, consisting of artificial receptors, artificial afferent fibers, and artificial synapses. It is implemented by a pyroelectric sensor based on lithium tantalate (LT) thin film, a threshold-based signal processing module, and a memristor based on lithium niobate (LN). After demonstrating the detection ability of the pyroelectric sensor and the short-term plasticity (STP) and time coding ability of the memristor, we successfully coupled them together to achieve the conversion of pyroelectric current (PEC) signal to postsynaptic current (PSC). Based on the above characteristics, the output of an AINS-based visual array for multiple dynamic hand-waving action was further simulated. The results showed that our AINS can achieve intra-recognition of historical events via spatiotemporal fusion imaging. The proposed AINS realizes sensing, memorizing, and processing of sensor information in the analog domain, opening a novel avenue for sensor signal processing.