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This reference text is the result of an evolving course at the University of Southern California on CMOS/Nano Neuromorphic Circuits, taught at graduate level. The book covers early neuromorphic circuits and focuses on circuits in the BioRC project, with examples taken from other concurrent projects. The text begins with an introduction to human neuroscience. It summarizes a short history of neuromorphic circuits and presents an extended discussion of the challenges of building an artificial brain with analog neuromorphic circuits. An approach to neuromorphic circuits taken from Parker’s BioRC project follows. A review of relevant mathematical models of neural behavior is covered, as well as basic neural circuits modeling neurons and synapses. The text contains more advanced neuromorphic circuits and a collection of BioRC approaches to nanotechnologies.
Key Features
- Presents a comprehensive overview of neuromorphic circuits and applications
- Covers neural input circuits, the synapse, and neural processing, the dendritic arbor, in detail
- Offers an overview of the latest research in variable neural behavior and neural systems
- Details the role of nanotechnology in neuromorphic circuits
- Based upon Parker’s class notes from her course taught over the past five years
- Includes end-of-chapter problems and solutions
Alice Parker would like to acknowledge funding provided by NSF Grant 0726815 and DARPA Seedling Contract W911NF-18-2-0264 that supported BioRC research described in this text, as well as funding provided by the USC WiSE Women in Science and Engineering program and the Viterbi School of Engineering.
1 Introduction
2 Introduction to neuromorphic circuits
3 Approach to neuromorphic circuits
4 Mathematical models
5 The axon and the spiking mechanism
6 Neural input circuits—the synapse
7 The passive dendritic arbor
8 Dendritic spiking and dendritic plasticity
9 Variable neural behavior
10 Learning and strengthening
11 Astrocytes
12 The retina
13 The neural code
14 Other neural codes
15 Circuits with nanotechnologies
16 Advanced topics
17 Neuromorphic systems
18 Epilogue