Three-terminal magnetic tunnel junction synapse circuits showing spike-timing-dependent plasticity

Akinola, Otitoaleke; Hu, Xuan; Bennett, Christopher H.; Marinella, Matthew; Friedman, Joseph S.; Incorvia, Jean Anne C.

doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ab4157

Title: Three-terminal magnetic tunnel junction synapse circuits showing spike-timing-dependent plasticity

Journal Article · Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab4157· OSTI ID:1574455

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Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

There have been recent efforts towards the development of biologically-inspired neuromorphic devices and architecture. In this work, we demonstrate a synapse circuit that is designed to perform spike-timing-dependent plasticity which works with the leaky, integrate, and fire neuron in a neuromorphic computing architecture. The circuit consists of a three-terminal magnetic tunnel junction with a mobile domain wall between two low-pass filters and has been modeled in SPICE. The findings show that the current flowing through the synapse is highly correlated to the timing delay between the pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neurons. Using micromagnetic simulations, we show that introducing notches along the length of the domain wall track pins the domain wall at each successive notch to properly respond to the timing between the input and output current pulses of the circuit, producing a multi-state resistance representing synaptic weights. We show in SPICE that a notch-free ideal magnetic device also shows spike-timing dependent plasticity in response to the circuit current. This work is key progress towards making more bio-realistic artificial synapses with multiple weights, which can be trained online with a promise of CMOS compatibility and energy efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1574455

Report Number(s):: SAND-2019-12134J; 680164; TRN: US2001334

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics, Vol. 52, Issue 49; ISSN 0022-3727

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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