학술논문

Direct Signal Encoding With Analog Resonate-and-Fire Neurons
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Access Access, IEEE. 11:50052-50063 2023
Subject
Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Neural networks
Resonant frequency
Encoding
Sensors
Codes
Biological neural networks
Oscillators
Neuromorphics
Sensor
spiking neural networks
neuromorphic hardware
signal encoding
Language
ISSN
2169-3536
Abstract
Sensors are an essential element in a wide range of applications. As the number of sensors increases, so does the amount of data collected with them. This raises the challenge of efficiently processing this data. Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) represents a promising approach to solve this problem through event-based, parallelized data processing. For SNNs to be genuinely efficient, some fundamental challenges arise, like converting analog signals to spike events. An emerging possibility is the use of Resonate-and-Fire (R&F) neurons, capable of reacting to specific frequency components of input signals. In this work, we present a possible analog implementation for a R&F neuron and show the practical encoding of analog signals into a spiking domain using actual measurements. The coding method allows analog sensor signals to be directly applied to SNNs for efficient data processing. In the future, this approach can potentially enable the direct integration of analog Spiking Neural Networks into sensors.