Periodic Reporting for period 5 - NEURAMORPH (Dynamics of Amorphous Semiconductors: Intrinsic Nature and Application in Neuromorphic Hardware)
Berichtszeitraum: 2021-10-01 bis 2022-09-30
The NEURAMORPH project aimed to develop a simple and compact circuit element to modify the strength of synaptic connections between artificial neurons. The dynamics of electrical excitability intrinsic to the employed amorphous semiconductors should naturally be able to mimic features known from biological neural networks. For full control over the properties of these synaptic access elements, a fundamental understanding of the relaxation processes in such amorphous materials was imperative. To this end, in this project we performed physical experiments and computer simulations to elucidate the relationship between chemical composition, structural dynamics and changing electrical excitability.