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Enhanced Read Resolution in Reconfigurable Memristive Synapses for Spiking Neural Networks (2306.13721v1)

Published 23 Jun 2023 in cs.ET

Abstract: Synapse is a key element of any neuromorphic computing system which is mostly constructed with memristor devices. A memristor is a two-terminal analog memory device. Memristive synapse suffers from various challenges such as forming at high voltage, SET, RESET failure, and READ margin or resolution issue between two weights. Enhanced READ resolution is very important to make a memristive synapse functionally reliable. Usually, the READ resolution is very small for a memristive synapse with 4-bit data precision. This work considers a step-by-step analysis to enhance the READ current resolution for a current-controlled memristor-based synapse. An empirical model is used to characterize the HfO2-based memristive device. 1st and 2nd stage device of our proposed synapse can be scaled to enhance the READ current margin up to ~ 4.3x and ~ 21% respectively. Moreover, READ current resolution can be enhanced with run-time adaptation features such as READ voltage scaling and body biasing. The READ voltage scaling and body biasing can improve the READ current resolution by about 46% and 15% respectively. TENNLabs' neuromorphic computing framework is leveraged to evaluate the effect of READ current resolution on classification applications. Higher READ current resolution shows better accuracy than lower resolution with different percentages of read noise scenarios.

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