摘要:
Techniques for improving stability of a feedback system are described. In an exemplary design, the feedback system includes a forward path and a feedback path. The forward path receives an input signal and a rotated feedback signal and provides an output signal having a phase shift. The feedback path receives the output signal, generates a feedback signal, and rotates the feedback signal to obtain the rotated feedback signal having at least part of the phase shift removed. In another exemplary design, the feedback system includes a forward path and a feedback loop. The forward path receives a combined signal and provides an output signal having a phase shift. The feedback loop generates an error signal based on an input signal and the output signal, generates the combined signal based on the error signal and the input signal, and performs phase rotation to remove at least part of the phase shift.
摘要:
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure support implementation of a digital neural processor with discrete-level synapses and probabilistic synapse weight training.
摘要:
An exemplary embodiment discloses a digital control block for dynamically regulating power consumption of the transmitter; and a first driver amplifier circuit comprising a plurality of bias-modes each corresponding to a power consumption level in the transmitter, the digital control block to instruct the first driver amplifier circuit to operate in a selected bias-mode to regulate power consumption of the transmitter.
摘要:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure present a technique for unsupervised training of input synapses of primary visual cortex (V1) simple cells and other neural circuits. The proposed unsupervised training method utilizes simple neuron models for both Retinal Ganglion Cell (RGC) and V1 layers. The model simply adds the weighted inputs of each cell, wherein the inputs can have positive or negative values. The resulting weighted sums of inputs represent activations that can also be positive or negative. In an aspect of the present disclosure, the weights of each V1 cell can be adjusted depending on a sign of corresponding RGC output and a sign of activation of that V1 cell in the direction of increasing the absolute value of the activation. The RGC-to-V1 weights can be positive and negative for modeling ON and OFF RGCs, respectively.
摘要:
An exemplary embodiment discloses a digital control block for dynamically regulating power consumption of the transmitter; and a first driver amplifier circuit comprising a plurality of bias-modes each corresponding to a power consumption level in the transmitter, the digital control block to instruct the first driver amplifier circuit to operate in a selected bias-mode to regulate power consumption of the transmitter.
摘要:
High-speed high-power semiconductor devices are disclosed. In an exemplary design, a high-speed high-power semiconductor device includes a source, a drain to provide an output signal, and an active gate to receive an input signal. The semiconductor device further includes at least one field gate located between the active gate and the drain, at least one shallow trench isolation (STI) strip formed transverse to the at least one field gate, and at least one drain active strip formed parallel to, and alternating with, the at least one STI strip. The semiconductor device may be modeled by a combination of an active FET and a MOS varactor. The active gate controls the active FET, and the at least one field gate controls the MOS varactor. The semiconductor device has a low on resistance and can handle a high voltage.
摘要:
The present disclosure proposes implementation of a three-memristor synapse where an adjustment of synaptic strength is based on Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) with dopamine signaling.
摘要:
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure support techniques for training of synapses in biologically inspired networks. Only one device based on a memristor can be used as a synaptic connection between a pair of neurons. The training of synaptic weights can be achieved with a low current consumption. A proposed synapse training circuit may be shared by a plurality of incoming/outgoing connections, while only one digitally implemented pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator can be utilized per neuron circuit for generating synapse-training pulses. Only up to three phases of a slow clock can be used for both the neuron-to-neuron communications and synapse training. Some special control signals can be also generated for setting up synapse training events. By means of these signals, the synapse training circuit can be in a high-impedance state outside the training events, thus the synaptic resistance (i.e., the synaptic weight) is not affected outside the training process.
摘要:
Techniques for mitigating nonlinearity of circuits with both pre-distortion and feedback are described. An apparatus may include at least one circuit (e.g., an upconverter, a power amplifier, etc.), a pre-distortion circuit, and a feedback circuit. The circuit(s) may generate an output signal having distortion components due to their nonlinearity. The pre-distortion circuit may receive an input signal and generate a pre-distorted signal based on at least one coefficient determined by the nonlinearity of the circuit(s). The pre-distortion circuit may adaptively determine the coefficient(s) based on the input signal and an error signal. The feedback circuit may generate the error signal based on the input signal and the output signal and may filter the error signal to obtain a filtered error signal. The circuit(s) may process the pre-distorted signal and the filtered error signal to generate the output signal, which may have attenuated distortion components due to pre-distortion and feedback.
摘要:
This disclosure describes techniques for reducing adverse effects of TX signal leakage in a full-duplex, wireless communication system. In particular, the disclosure describes techniques for reducing adverse effects of second order distortion of TX signal leakage. To reduce or eliminate second order distortion of transmit signal leakage, a wireless device squares a combined signal that carries both a desired RX signal and a TX leakage signal. For example, the device may include a device that exhibits a strong, second order nonlinearity to, in effect, square the combined signal. The device subtracts the squared signal from the output of the mixer in the receive path, canceling out at least some of the second-order distortion caused by the mixer. In this manner, the device can reduce the adverse effects of second order distortion of TX signal leakage, and thereby enhance or maintain receiver sensitivity.