Stochastic Resonance in HfO2-Based Memristors: Impact of External Noise on the Binary STDP Protocol

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Contributors

  • E. Salvador - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Rosana Rodriguez Martinez - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • E. Miranda - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • J. Martin-Martinez - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • Antonio Rubio - , UPC Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona Tech) (Author)
  • V. Ntinas - , UPC Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona Tech) (Author)
  • G. Ch Sirakoulis - , Democritus University of Thrace (Author)
  • A. Crespo-Yepes - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)
  • M. Nafria - , Autonomous University of Barcelona (Author)

Abstract

This article deals with the stochastic resonance (SR) phenomenon experimentally observed in HfO2-based memristors. The SR impact on the binary spike time-dependent plasticity (STDP) protocol at the device level was investigated. We demonstrate that the two extreme conductance states of the device that represent the synaptic weights in neuromorphic systems can be better distinguished with the incorporation of Gaussian noise into the bias signal. This technique allows setting the memristor conductance which is directly related to the overlap between the pre- and postsynaptic pulses. The study is reproduced in the LTSPICE simulator using the dynamic memdiode model (DMM) for memristors.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5761-5766
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume71
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2367-5567/work/168720270

Keywords

Keywords

  • Memristor, resistive random access memory (RRAM), spike time-dependent plasticity (STDP), stochastic resonance (SR)