Silicon-neuron design: A dynamical systems approach

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1043

  Arthur, John V ^a   Boahen, Kwabena A ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation analysis; bursting; dynamical systems; neuromorphic engineering; silicon neuron

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SILICON; SYSTEM THEORY;

BIFURCATION ANALYSIS; BURSTING; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS APPROACH; INTEGRATE-AND-FIRE NEURONS; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING; SILICON NEURON; SUB-THRESHOLD CURRENT;

NEURONS;

EID: 79955521201     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2010.2089556     Document Type: Article

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