International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 15, No 6: December 2025

Improving time-domain winner-take-all circuit for neuromorphic computing systems

Truong, Son Ngoc (Unknown)
Ngo, Tu Tien (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2025

Abstract

With the rapid advancements of information processing systems, winner- take-all (WTA) circuits have emerged as essential components in a wide range of cognitive functions and decision-making applications. Neuromorphic computing systems, inspired by the biological brain, utilize WTA circuits as selective mechanisms that identify and retain the strongest signal while suppressing all others. In this study, we present an effective time-domain WTA circuit with optimized multiple-input NOT AND (NAND) gate and delay circuit for neuromorphic computing applications. The circuit is evaluated using sinusoidal current inputs with varying phase delays, which successfully demonstrating precise winner selection. When applied to neuromorphic image recognition task, the enhanced time-domain WTA achieves an improvement of 0.2% in precision while significantly reducing power consumption, yielding a low figure of merit (FoM) of 0.03 µW/MHz, compared to the previous study with FoM of 0.25 µW/MHz. The optimized WTA circuit is highly promising for large-scale neuromorphic applications.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

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Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...