On-Chip Compensation of Device-Mismatch Effects in Analog VLSI Neural Networks

Part of Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 17 (NIPS 2004)

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Miguel Figueroa, Seth Bridges, Chris Diorio

Abstract

Device mismatch in VLSI degrades the accuracy of analog arithmetic circuits and lowers the learning performance of large-scale neural net- works implemented in this technology. We show compact, low-power on-chip calibration techniques that compensate for device mismatch. Our techniques enable large-scale analog VLSI neural networks with learn- ing performance on the order of 10 bits. We demonstrate our techniques on a 64-synapse linear perceptron learning with the Least-Mean-Squares (LMS) algorithm, and fabricated in a 0.35m CMOS process.