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Adaptive silicon synapse and CMOS neuron for neuromorphic VLSI computing El-Khatib, Ziad; Moussa, Sherif; Kamalov, Firuz; Yagoub, Mustapha C. E.
IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) Vol 14, No 2: April 2025
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijai.v14.i2.pp1000-1021

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The design of a fully integrated adaptive modified complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) synapse circuit is presented. By using multiple-gated transistor configuration in the modified CMOS synapse an additional branch provide control where the synaptic output current time-constant is tuned. The effect of changing the multiple-gated transistor bias voltage from 0.25 to 0.45 V tunes the spiking output current exponential time-constant range by 200 ms as shown in simulation results. Moreover, a fully-integrated adaptive quadratic integrate-and-fire (QIF) CMOS neuron circuit is presented as well. A differential pair with variable capacitor integrator and a tunable schmitt trigger threshold detector circuit are integrated in the CMOS neuron that can be tuned varying its spiking frequency. The proposed adaptive quadratic integrate-and-fire (AQIF) neuron has the ability to adjust the spiking frequency without changing the input current. The simulation results show the proposed CMOS neuron circuit spiking frequency can be tuned from 58.4 to 312.5 Hz and its spiking period from 17.1 to 3.2 ms with tuning the bias voltage of variable capacitor integrator. Having a peak voltage Vpeak=0.95 V, a reset voltage Vreset=-0.75 V and a voltage threshold of 0.35 V with a membrane potential range of 1.5 V. The proposed CMOS neuron circuit is designed in 130 nm process with a supply voltage of 1.8 V and a total power dissipation of 1.8 mW.
Increasing the operating depth of an autonomous underwater vehicle using an intelligent magnetic field Jebelli, Ali; Mahabadi, Arezoo; Chaoui, Hicham; Yagoub, Mustapha C. E.
IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA) Vol 10, No 3: September 2021
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/ijra.v10i3.pp207-223

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Designing and manufacturing a suitable body is one of the most effective factors in increasing the efficiency of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). In fact, increasing the propulsive power of an AUV by reducing the frictional drag on its body and increasing its maneuverability will positively affect key parts of the AUV’s hardware and software such as control system, sensors, AUV vision, batteries and thrusters. On the other hand, a suitable body should have features such as lightness, underwater vehicle’s balance, high mechanical strength, and enough space for equipment. Therefore, the design and manufacture of the body requires a lot of analysis in terms of body material, aerodynamic calculations, etc., increases the overall cost. This paper aims to reduce the stress in the body of a Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) underwater robot and to increase its operating depth without changing the body’s structure by using fuzzy logic to intelligently controlling the magnetic force generated by the repulsion between the coil and the cylindrical magnet, which saves energy, reduces battery consumption, and increases system performance. The results show that the robot performance depth increases by more than 50% without changing the robot body structure.