Various STDP characteristics were also demonstrated via swapping the order of depression and potentiation pulses in the pre-spike Figure 4B. All the synaptic functions displayed by the PCM synapse benefitted from the consecutive transition between intermediate resistance states. Such nanoscale device showed picojoule level energy consumption, making a significant step toward achieving the compactness and energy efficiency traits of brain for future neuromorphic system.
Figure 4. A Schematic diagram of the crossbar array architecture of the PCM synapses. Ferroelectric materials have the properties of high dielectric constant and spontaneous polarization Chanthbouala et al. The polarization states of the ferroelectric materials can be modulated by the applied voltage, so these materials can be used as the active layer in synaptic devices.
The multilevel changes of channel conductance will meet the emulation of various synapse functions. An inorganic memristor based on ferroelectric tunnel junctions was constructed to harness the STDP Boyn et al.
As sketched in Figure 5B , well-defined voltage thresholds were shown in the hysteresis loop due to the inherent inhomogeneous polarization switching in the BFO. That made it possible for implementing STDP. By applying various voltage waveforms on the artificial synaptic device, various types of activities between the pre- and post-neuron were realized Figure 5C.
Figure 5. A Schematic diagram of the ferroelectric memristor. B The single pulse hysteresis loop of the memristor shows clear voltage thresholds.
Transistor with ferroelectric material as the gate insulator could be applied as a 3-T memristor device Yoon et al. The conductance of the device could be modulated alternately between decrement and increment by adjusting the polarity of applied voltages. Thus, the potentiation and depression of synaptic weight could be realized in the device Figure 6B. STDP was demonstrated by designing the waveforms. That organic ferroelectric synaptic transistor has relatively good endurance properties.
Figure 6. A Schematic diagram of the organic ferroelectric synaptic device. B Change of the channel conductance with the different voltage pulse sequences. D Change of the channel conductance with various gate voltage pulse amplitude after 10 7 cycles of total polarization switching adapted from Tian et al. Other ferroelectric materials are also utilized as the gate insulator in synaptic devices. For example, Kaneko et al. Although PZT based ferroelectric transistor exhibits great plasticity in emulating synapses, their inherent Pb content will inevitably bring harm to human beings and environment.
HfO 2 is another feasible candidate for non-volatile memory because of its ferroelectricity and anti-ferroelectricity Boescke et al. Recently, ferroelectric material HfZrO x was employed in a synaptic transistor, the ferroelectric transistor exhibited excellent plasticity potentiation and depression Kim and Lee, Gate electrolytes have been acted as by diverse materials, such as polyelectrolytes Yu et al.
Channel materials can be served as by both inorganic and organic materials, such as IZO Wan et al. For synaptic FETs, gate electrolytes have good ionic conductivity, in which ions can move randomly, but electrons are not allowed.
Synaptic FETs with such gate electrolytes can form electric-double-layer EDL at the interface of the channel layer and gate electrolyte. In the initial state, the hydrogen ions in the polymer were randomly distributed. When a positive voltage pulse was applied on the gate, the hydrogen ions began to move toward the CNTs channel, and an EDL was formed due to the electrostatic coupling effect, causing the channel current increased Figure 7B.
The CNT synapse had the potential that was integrated in large-scale circuit to emulate the parallel signal processing and learning features of biological neural network. Figure 7. A The schematic diagram of a carbon nanotube CNT synapse, which shows the transistor-like structure of the CNT synapse with a cell containing hydrogen ions in the electrolyte integrated in its gate. B EPSC triggered by the pre-synaptic spikes. C EPSCs triggered by a pair of pre-synaptic spikes.
No bottom conductive layer was needed, and the gate voltage could be directly coupled to the IZO channel laterally through only one lateral EDL capacitor. The device was employed to imitate a series of short-term plasticity behaviors, including PPF, high-pass filtering behavior and the spatiotemporal correlation dynamic logic Figures 8B—D. In addition, the laterally coupled synaptic transistor can be easily extended to multiple input gates to realize the function of synaptic interaction.
The laterally coupled IZO transistor based on proton conducting electrolyte is of great significance to synaptic electronics and neuromorphic engineering.
Figure 8. A Illustration of a laterally coupled IZO synaptic device with two in-plane gates. C EPSCs triggered by the stimulus trains with different frequencies.
Recently, Wan group demonstrated a multiterminal IGZO-based neuro-transistor for dendritic discrimination of different spatiotemporal input modes Figure 9A ; He et al. Chitosan electrolyte was used as the gate dielectric. In such neuro-transistor, the synaptic weight can be tuned by the modulatory gate due to the strong lateral electric-double-layer capacitive coupling effect in the electrolyte film.
In the nervous system, STP contributes to temporal filtering by facilitating or inhibiting the synaptic transmission. Since a larger PPF ratio was obtained with shorter time interval, high-pass temporal filtering could be realized in the transistor Figure 9D. Various temporal and spatial input patterns of dendrite recognition were also achieved in such multi-terminal neuro-transistor.
This kind neuro-transistor can be used as the temporal and spatial information processing unit of basic cortex computing, greatly improving the efficiency of artificial neural network. Figure 9. A Schematic diagram of the multiterminal artificial synaptic device. C PPF ratio plotted as the function of time interval between a pair of pulses under different G m.
D EPSCs triggered by spike trains containing 10 spikes with different frequencies when there is no G m bias. With the improved understanding of biological sensing process and the development of neuromorphic devices, the application of neuromorphic devices in bionic sensing and perception comes naturally.
In the section, we will first introduce synaptic devices that can sense external stimuli: light Li et al. Such devices can convert the external stimuli to the electrical signals, which can play a monitoring role for human to avoid being hurt. Then the incorporation of synaptic and sensing devices is displayed.
Finally, the artificial sensory neuron systems are shown. The employ of light-sensitive materials in neuromorphic devices is favorable for artificial sensory neuron, because photonic synapses have the merits of large bandwidths and no electrical energy loss at interconnections Sun et al.
Yang Y. The light pulse, the output potential V OUT and conductance of the channel were regarded as input, post-synaptic potential PSP and synaptic weight, respectively.
When incident light illuminated the IGZO channel layer, the channel conductance was reduced, and photocurrent could be generated. Two successive light spikes nm, mW cm —2 , 20 ms were applied on the channel, PPF characteristic was mimicked Figure 10B. Besides, depression to potentiation mode transition was also displayed by gate voltage modulation.
Figure A Schematic diagram of the photonic neuromorphic transistor loaded with a resistor. B PPF realized in the synaptic transistor with light input pulses. Except for artificial synaptic functions, biological behaviors at sensory receptors are highly demanded on synaptic devices.
A synaptic phototransistor based on the hybrid structure of transition-metal dichalcogenide TMD and mixed halide perovskite [CsPb Br 0. The lessening in the sensitivity of sensory system toward a constant stimulus over time was called sensory adaptation. The combination of TMDs and perovskite overcame the weak light absorption of TMDs, because the photoexcited charges transferred from the perovskite to the MoS 2 channel via the differences in band edge. As time went by, the photocurrent of the synaptic device under red light illumination degraded drastically within 3 min Figure 11B.
The phenomenon indicated the device could be applied for sensory-adaptation; the time-resolved photo-response of the device under continuous red-light illumination Figure 11C confirmed this.
The synaptic device could also mimic the reversibility behavior of sensory-adaptation Figure 11D , even though the recovery rate dropped slightly as the sequence repeated. The photosensory adaptation behavior of the device with selective light can be applied to intelligent sensors, and biomedical imaging.
A Phototransistor under illumination of blue, green, and red light. B Variation trend of photocurrent in the phototransistor under RGB light illumination time. C Distinction of the photocurrents in the phototransistor under constant red light illumination with respect to time in four measurement. D Photosensitivity of the device during emulating sensory adaptation adapted from Hong et al.
The sound location function of human brain was mimicked by artificial neural network based on a multi-terminal IGZO neuromorphic transistor He et al. The schematic diagram of locating sound was shown in the Figure 12A. When the sound was from the right direction, POSTN1 first processed the signal transmitted by a weak synapse and then processed the signal transmitted by a strong synapse. This time-dependent recognition shows the potential that the artificial neural network can detect the sound azimuth.
A Schematic diagram of sound location by binaural effect in human brain. B Sound location in artificial neural network based on the transistor. An organic transistor which had the function of detecting hazardous gas NO 2 leakage paved the way of human health monitoring Song et al. As depicted in the Figure 13A , human organs would be damaged under the influence of toxic gas. A large number of studies have shown that prolonged exposure to toxic gas environments could have varying degrees of health effects: respiratory diseases and even lung cancer Ezratty et al.
NO 2 molecules had the property of withdrawing electron. When there was 20 ppm NO 2 , the captured NO 2 remained on the surface of the channel, acting as electron trapping centers, contributed to the increase of holes in the channel, and resulted in the mounting of I ds. After removing the pulse for s, I ds had a greatly slow decay process, and did not restore to the original value Figure 13C. The functions implemented by the device provide great potential for human health monitoring and non-invasive diagnosis.
A Schematic image that shows different injuries of hazardous gas on human and organs and olfactory. B Schematic of the operation concept of the artificial organ-damage device. In-plane Al gate electrodes were used as control gates Liu N. The IZO channel could be efficiently tuned by the sensing and control gates, because of the electric field that was coupled by sensing and control gates.
Since the hydrogen ions in the solution would generate a charge repulsion reaction with the protons at the electrolyte interface, and more protons accumulated in the area below the channel, the EPSC was relatively increased. It could be inferred that an appropriate negative bias applied on the sensing gate would increase the sensitivity of the device Figure 14C and lessen the energy dissipation Figure 14D. B The change of current with pH value. The achievable functions of sensory synaptic devices under limited material selection are relatively simple and cannot show diverse synaptic characteristics.
Hence, higher level of device structures needs to be designed to make up for this shortcoming Chen et al. By integrating with various sensors, the external stimuli can be utilized as the inputs of synaptic devices to realize the emulation of more complex biological functions. The combination of the two parts promotes the development of neuromorphic engineering in the direction of sensory applications. Human visual system is essential for the knowledge acquisition, which via eyes to sense light and brain to storage image information.
Herein, structure of the device that integrated image sensor and memory to emulate visual memory was shown in the Figure 15A Chen et al. In 2 O 3 was chosen for the functional material to detect UV light, for it was light-sensitive; Al 2 O 3 was exploited as the memory material on account of the excellent bipolar resistive switching feature.
So, resistance state of the image sensor was transformed from high resistance to low resistance, due to the connection with the image sensor, the resistance switching state of the memory from OFF to ON. Even after the UV was removed, the state of the memory remained until the application of the reset potential, implying that the lighting information was stored in the memory.
Only the pixels exposed to the patterned UV light worked normally, and ultimately form the targeted pattern which could retain for 1 week Figure 15C. A Schematic diagram of the bio-inspired visual memory unit integrated by resistive switching memory device and image sensor. B Schematic diagram of detecting and memorizing the light distribution which generated from patterned diffraction optical element DOE.
C Schematic of the resistance states between memory device and image sensor adapted from Chen et al. Wang and co-workers presented a light-triggered organic neuromorphic device LOND to emulate the retinal functionalities Wang et al.
The NIR and green light with the identical frequency 64 Hz and intensity As mentioned above, the LONDs could achieve the goal of wavelength-recognition, that was expressed by the degree of non-volatility.
Tactile sense is indispensable for normal human activities. It has the functions of protecting the human body from injury and diagnosing diseases. In recent years, there have been an amount of studies on emulating haptic function. Yet the single function imitations of synaptic devices lack the functional memory of tactile, such devices are awkward when reacting to the same motion Tabot et al.
Therefore, the development of tactile-sensing system is of great significance for prosthetics and robotics Zang et al. In , Zang et al. A suspended-gate organic field-effect transistor was employed as the pressure sensing element, and integrated with a synaptic device, forming a prototype DOT-TPE Figure 16A. When there was an external pressure on the sensor, causing a change in capacitance of the dielectric.
Consequently, the conductivity of the sensor was tuned, resulting in the transport of presynaptic spike to the synaptic transistor. Tactile information was collected by monitoring the EPSC of synaptic transistor.
Figure 16D showed a falling EPSC of the first press action A1 from pixel 1—9, because the increased frequency made the contact time shorter. C Four continuous and repeated touch cycles applied to the nine pixel. The movement of human limbs benefits from the movement of muscles contracting and pulling bones to produce joints, and also requires the adjustment of the nervous system Graziano, ; Urgesi et al.
Integrating motion sensor and memory had great significance for robotics and health monitoring systems Figure 17A ; Liu et al. A hybrid substrate that was spatially separated into different mechanical properties was introduced. Therefore, both fragile memory device and flexible sensor could be combined as a uniform unit Figure 17B.
It was worth noting that gold film with microcrack morphology had a good ductility under stretching Lacour et al. The I-V characteristic curves of the memory showed typical resistance switching property, which implied its non-volatile feature Figure 17C. For the purpose of monitoring and storing the information of the elbow telescopic state, a simple circuit was built as shown in Figure 17D. The strain sensor and memory device were fabricated on the mechanical hybrid substrate, and the LED connected with the memory was adopted to observe the state of HRS and LRS.
The circuit chip was attached onto the arm near the elbow. When elbow was in the extension state, the telescopic state of the sensor had not changed, i. A Explanation of the biological concept of motions left and the corresponding bionic motion memory device right.
B Schematic diagram of the specific structure of the device. D The equivalent electrical circuit of the motion memory system left , and the detecting and storing information function of the system on elbow flexion right adapted from Liu et al. The previous section introduced the combination of sensors and synaptic devices to achieve more complex functionalities.
Nevertheless, the postsynaptic signals of the synaptic devices have not been employed to display practical functions such as motor behavior, distinguishing and identifying tasks. This section will introduce artificial neurons that are constructed by sensors, synaptic devices and proper electric elements.
Such artificial neurons can utilize their postsynaptic signals to achieve some sophisticated bionics functions. A neuromorphic tactile processing NeuTap system composed of resistive pressure sensor, ductile ionic cable and synaptic transistor was exerted to mimic the sensory neuron Figures 18A,B ; Wan et al. Once pressure was applied to the sensor, the resistance decreased rapidly to produce a voltage drop via the PVA wires, that was equivalent to applying a voltage on the PVA wires.
A NeuTap with two sensing terminals was fabricated to mimic the integrated functions for spatiotemporal correlated sensory stimulation. As a proof-of-concept, tactile pattern recognition was completed via one sensing terminal in the NeuTap neuron, the neuron was attached to a finger for the experiment. The typical current responses of the NeuTap with three various pattern pairs were depicted in Figure 18D. Supervised learning method was employed in NeuTap to imitate the perceptual learning process.
The change in channel conductance was defined as the recognition index RI Figure 18E. RI data and their corresponding labels were employed as the training data, which were imported into the computer program to partition the boundaries for each pattern. A Sensory neuron compared to the NeuTap. It would then be up to the player if the money saved by using these tools is a greater benefit than the time saved by skilling at faster, more expensive means. This item is almost exactly like the volatile tool , except that the player gets to choose the transformation type.
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Introduction The recent decline in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor CMOS technology after almost five decades of relentless growth necessitates alternate computing methods to circumvent existing challenges 1. Results Non-volatile and multi-bit graphene-based memristors We have achieved programmable conductance in graphene field effect transistor GFET devices similar to that seen in oxide-based memristors. Full size image.
Methods Device fabrication Commercially grown monolayer graphene Graphenea , procured on copper foil and with PMMA pre-spun, was used in our experiments. Code availability The codes used for plotting the data are available from the corresponding authors on reasonable request.
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