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Low-power and low-variability artificial neuronal devices are highly desired for high-performance neuromorphic com-puting.In this paper,an oscillation neuron based on a low-variability Ag nanodots(NDs)threshold switching(TS)device with low operation voltage,large on/off ratio and high uniformity is presented.Measurement results indicate that this neuron demon-strates self-oscillation behavior under applied voltages as low as 1 V.The oscillation frequency increases with the applied voltage pulse amplitude and decreases with the load resistance.It can then be used to evaluate the resistive random-access memory(RRAM)synaptic weights accurately when the oscillation neuron is connected to the output of the RRAM crossbar ar-ray for neuromorphic computing.Meanwhile,simulation results show that a large RRAM crossbar array(>128×128)can be sup-ported by our oscillation neuron owing to the high on/off ratio(>108)of Ag NDs TS device.Moreover,the high uniformity of the Ag NDs TS device helps improve the distribution of the output frequency and suppress the degradation of neural network recognition accuracy(<1%).Therefore,the developed oscillation neuron based on the Ag NDs TS device shows great poten-tial for future neuromorphic computing applications.
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半导体学报(英文版)
ISSN: 1674-4926
Year: 2021
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Page: 69-74
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