학술논문

Connecting spiking neurons to a spiking memristor network changes the memristor dynamics
Document Type
Conference
Source
2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS) Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), 2013 IEEE 20th International Conference on. :534-537 Dec, 2013
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Memristors
Neurons
Electrodes
Joining processes
Neuromorphics
Computational modeling
Current measurement
Language
Abstract
Memristors have been suggested as neuromorphic computing elements. Spike-time dependent plasticity and the Hodgkin-Huxley model of the neuron have both been modelled effectively by memristor theory. The d.c. response of the memris-tor is a current spike. Based on these three facts we suggest that memristors are well-placed to interface directly with neurons. In this paper we show that connecting a spiking memristor network to spiking neuronal cells causes a change in the memristor network dynamics by: causing a change in current decay rate consistent with a change in memristor state; presenting more-linear I-t dynamics; and increasing the memristor spiking rate, as a consequence of interaction with the spiking neurons. This demonstrates that neurons are capable of communicating directly with memristors, without the need for computer translation.