Study of Mn doped HfO₂ based synaptic devices for neuromorphic applications

Study of Mn doped HfO based synaptic devices for neuromorphic applications
Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 Introduction and Literature Review
1.1 The Human Brain: A brief outline
1.2 Neurons
1.3 Synapses
1.4 Learning and Plasticity
1.5 Neuromorphic computing using VLSI
1.6 Memristor
1.7 Synaptic Devices
1.8 Advantages of synaptic devices
2 Ru/Mn:HfO2/TiO2-x/Ru Memristive Devices
2.1 Fabrication
2.2 Electrical Characterization
2.3 Synaptic Behavior
2.3.1 STP and LTP
2.3.2 Implementation of STDP
3 Memristive Devices for STDP in Crossbar array
3.1 Fabrication
3.2 Device Characterization
3.2.1 Electrical Setup
3.2.2 Device Characteristics
3.3 STDP Simulation
4 Speech recognition using Memristive devices
4.1 Device Characteristics
4.2 Device modeling
4.3 STDP and Speech recognition
5 Working memory application
5.1 Relevance of Working Memory
5.2 Device Modeling and Analogy
5.3 Working memory application
6 Conclusions and Future Work
6.1 Conclusions
6.2 Future Work
References
A Process flow Ru/Mn:HfO2/TiO2-x/Ru
B Process flow Ru/Mn:HfO2/TiN/W
C E-beam Crossbar structure Mask Design
D Process flow for Silicon Nitride deposition and Etching