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  • Materials Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Computer Engineering

Background:

  • Brain-inspired computing requires artificial synapses mimicking biological learning.
  • Existing devices struggle with complete synaptic functionality, including spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP).
  • Multilevel synaptic behavior is crucial for advanced neuromorphic networks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an analog memristor based on HfO2 for synaptic emulation.
  • To implement STDP learning rules in a neuromorphic network using these memristors.
  • To demonstrate unsupervised learning for character recognition with the proposed synaptic device.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of HfO2-based analog memristors.
  • Integration of memristors into a spiking neuromorphic network.
  • Training the network for unsupervised character recognition using STDP.

Main Results:

  • The memristor demonstrated analog behavior and stable resistive states.
  • The neuromorphic network successfully performed unsupervised learning for character recognition.
  • The system achieved robustness against incomplete/noisy data and ±30% device variability.

Conclusions:

  • HfO2-based analog memristors are promising for emulating biological synapses.
  • The developed synaptic elements enable efficient unsupervised learning in neuromorphic systems.
  • This work advances the development of brain-inspired computing architectures.