Industrial Technology Research Institute

Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Robert Rieger

Ying Sun

A method and a device are disclosed for an electronic neuron emulator for representing both passive and active electrical properties of a live neuron. The currents used to generate action potentials are derived from a pre-charged capacitor. The present invention provides for a more physiological state for testing neuroscience instruments such as the single-electrode voltage clamp and the patch clamp. The device can also include multiple pre-charged capacitors to represent ionic channels with more accurate physiologically parameters.

Apparatus for memristor/neuron emulation and testing

A combined digital output system includes two quantization modules, a common mode counter, a differential mode counter, and a summing module. The quantization modules provide two digital signals, the common mode counter generates a common mode signal according to the digital signals, the differential mode counter generates a differential mode signal according to the two digital signals, and the summing module obtains the common mode signal and the differential mode signal, so as to generate a summing signal.

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Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Robert Rieger