Control of Electron Transport in Two-Dimensional Array of Si Nanodisks for Spiking Neuron Device

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作者
Igarashi, Makoto [1 ,3 ]
Huang, Chi-Hsien [1 ,3 ]
Morie, Takashi [2 ]
Samukawa, Seiji [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Tohoku Univ, Inst Fluid Sci, Aoba Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9808577, Japan
[2] Kyushu Inst Technol, Grad Sch Life Sci & Syst Engn, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 8080196, Japan
[3] Japan Sci & Technol Agcy, CREST, Tokyo 1020075, Japan
关键词
QUANTUM DOTS; CONDUCTIVITY; CIRCUIT; MODELS;
D O I
10.1143/APEX.3.085202
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We fabricated a device with a two-dimensional Si-nanodisk array (2D ND array) with spiking neurons The 2D ND array was prepared using a 2D array of iron-oxide cores as a uniform mask and a defect-free chlorine neutral beam as an etcher The transformation from a pulse input signal (voltage) to a decayed analog output (current) was clearly observed, which may have resulted from the random hopping of electrons in the 2D ND array Additionally, these analog outputs could be integrated in this 2D array by applying consecutive pulse inputs (C) 2010 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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