Design of slime-mold-inspired multi-layered single-electron circuit

2023

NOLTA

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We designed an analog single-electron (SE) information-processing circuit that mimics the behavior of a fish shoal. Although SE circuits are functional, there is not yet an optimum information-processing method established for them. To tackle this issue, we take inspiration from the behavior of fish shoals, where each fish determines its behavior by interacting with other fish, as in a multi-agent system. We demonstrated our SE circuit to effectively mimic one of the three rules of the Boids algorithm regarding fish shoal behavior through computer simulation. We believe our approach is a strong candidate for SE circuits having optimum information processing.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of single-electron information-processing circuit modeled on Boids algorithm of fish shoals

Yamashita

2023

NOLTA

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“…11) It has advantages such as low power consumption, high integration, and non-linear operation, 12) and many applications for it have been proposed. 6,[13][14][15] However, it has the disadvantage of being sensitive to fluctuation 16) (i.e., it is sensitive to noise and causes variations in element parameters). Therefore, we focus on reservoir computing [17][18][19][20][21] (RC).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of a single-electron neural network circuit controlling weights for reservoir computing

Ueno

2021

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

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We propose a weight function controllable circuit for single-electron (SE) reservoir computing (RC). While an SE circuit has advantages, e.g., low power consumption and non-linear operation, it also has the disadvantage of being sensitive to fluctuation. Therefore, we focus on RC, as weights do not need to be adjusted in the reservoir layer and there is redundancy for noise. Our idea is that introducing RC can overcome the disadvantages of an SE circuit. Our designed circuit expresses and adjusts the weights by determining how many element signals can pass through it. The result of an operation test indicates that our circuit could accurately express the weights and change them correctly. We also evaluated the discrimination of input signals and found that our circuit could accurately do this. Therefore, our SE RC circuit has the potential to become a new information processing circuit that overcomes the problems of the SE circuit.

“…It is known that this has many advantages, including extremely low power consumption and high integrability [3]. However, there is a problem in that no optimal way for information-processing has been established, although many applications for SE devices have been proposed up to now [4][5][6]. As a candidate, we draw inspiration from a natural phenomenon, i.e., behaviors shown in soap bubble films, that can be regarded as a form of information processing [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of “bubble-inspired single-electron circuit” mimicking behavior of bubble film

Kurata

2019

NOLTA

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We propose a novel single-electron (SE) circuit with unique information-processing that mimics the behavior of bubble film, i.e., a "bubble-inspired SE circuit." It is known that the behavior of bubble film can be assumed to solve the shortest Steiner problem. In this study, we focus on the behavior to design a novel SE circuit. For this, there are three important points, we believe, for mimicking the behavior for the circuit: 1) the film gradually shrinking, 2) the film stopping shrinking when reaching points like pillars, and 3) films stopping shrinking when they collide with each other. We here designed and tested our SE circuit. By computer simulation, we confirmed that the designed circuit displayed the three processes correctly as desired. Therefore, the "bubble-inspired SE circuit" we designed has the potential for novel information processing.