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Area of Science:

  • Bio-inspired engineering
  • Neuromorphic computing
  • Advanced sensor technology

Background:

  • Current dynamic vision sensors offer high-speed imaging but lack color sensitivity and efficient data transfer.
  • Amphibian retinas process visual information hierarchically, enabling efficient and robust perception.
  • Ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeFETs) show potential for novel electronic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an amphibian-inspired dynamic vision system (ADVS) using ferroelectric transistors.
  • To emulate the spectral perception, spatial preprocessing, and neural encoding functions of amphibian retinas.
  • To overcome the limitations of existing dynamic vision sensors.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of an ADVS based on ferroelectric field-effect transistors.
  • Characterization of broadband photosensitivity and bidirectional photoresponses of the transistors.
  • Implementation of device arrays for center-surround receptive-field processing.
  • Integration with a bioinspired hierarchical preprocessing framework and an event-driven convolutional neural network.

Main Results:

  • Ferroelectric transistors demonstrated broadband photosensitivity (365-637 nm) and bidirectional responses for multichannel spectral recognition.
  • Device arrays replicated center-surround receptive-field processing, enhancing contrast and reducing noise under low light.
  • The system achieved microsecond-scale event-driven spiking responses due to steep switching characteristics (SSmin = 53.8 mV dec−1).
  • The ADVS achieved 96.5% accuracy in dynamic facial expression recognition and real-time multi-agent trajectory prediction with <5% error.

Conclusions:

  • The amphibian-inspired dynamic vision system effectively emulates retinal functions using ferroelectric transistors.
  • This bio-inspired approach significantly enhances dynamic vision capabilities, including spectral perception and spatial processing.
  • The ADVS offers a promising platform for advanced, high-performance neuromorphic vision applications.