Silicon-based neuromorphic implementation of the olfactory pathway

TC Pearce; C Fulvi-Mari; JA Covington; FS Tan; JW Gardner; TJ Koickal; A Hamilton

Silicon-based neuromorphic implementation of the olfactory pathway

TC Pearce, C Fulvi-Mari, JA Covington, FS Tan, JW Gardner, TJ Koickal, A Hamilton

School of Engineering

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Abstract

Here we describe the component subsystems which comprise the first silicon-based olfactory system, each implemented in analog VLSI/MEMS. These include a biologically constrained neuronal model, chemical micro-sensor array and associated interface circuitry. We present a spiking olfactory bulb model, a reduced 70 element broadly-tuned chemosensor array (25 different chemsensor tunings), alongside details of their silicon implementation. Our results show that the olfactory bulb model is capable of pattern classification and that the odour delivery, uptake and sensor circuitry, as well as the fundamental units of the neuromorphic model (spike-driven synapse and spiking soma), are all functional Work will continue towards completing a fully-integrated and scalable silicon implementation of the olfactory system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2005 2ND INTERNATINOAL IEEE/EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING
Place of Publication	NEW YORK
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	307-312
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-8709-0
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	2nd International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering - Arlington, Holy See (Vatican City) Duration: 16 Mar 2005 → 20 Mar 2005

Publication series

Name	International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	1948-3546

Conference

Conference	2nd International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering
Country/Territory	Holy See (Vatican City)
Period	16/03/05 → 20/03/05

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

neuromorphie aVLSI
chemosensor array
machine olfaction
olfactory bulb

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Pearce, TC, Fulvi-Mari, C, Covington, JA, Tan, FS, Gardner, JW, Koickal, TJ & Hamilton, A 2005, Silicon-based neuromorphic implementation of the olfactory pathway. in 2005 2ND INTERNATINOAL IEEE/EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING. International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, NEW YORK, pp. 307-312, 2nd International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, Holy See (Vatican City), 16/03/05.

Silicon-based neuromorphic implementation of the olfactory pathway. / Pearce, TC; Fulvi-Mari, C; Covington, JA et al.
2005 2ND INTERNATINOAL IEEE/EMBS CONFERENCE ON NEURAL ENGINEERING. NEW YORK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2005. p. 307-312 (International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering).

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