Superconducting neural circuits using fluxon pulses

Yoshinao Mizugaki; Koji Nakajima; Yasuji Sawada; Tsutomu Yamashita

doi:10.1063/1.108571

Superconducting neural circuits using fluxon pulses

Yoshinao Mizugaki, Koji Nakajima, Yasuji Sawada, Tsutomu Yamashita

Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC)

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Abstract

A superconducting neural circuit is fabricated for the first time by use of a niobium integrated-circuit technology. Fluxon pulses on Josephson transmission lines (JTLs) are used as neural impulses. In this circuit a threshold element (a neuron) is composed of two JTL elements connected through a resistor. The conductance value of the resistor represent a synaptic strength. The fan-in and the fan-out are accomplished by the biased JTL branches. The operation of 2-bit neural based A/D converter is successfully observed. These circuits do not require any hysteretic Josephson junctions, and hence, have a potential to be fabricated with the high-T_c superconductors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	762-764
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	62
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108571
Publication status	Published - 1993 Dec 1

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