A spiking and bursting neuron circuit based on memristor

Abstract

In this paper, we propose two emulator circuits. Firstly, we present a novel memristor emulator based on operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) which is different from classical TiO2 memristor. This memristor emulator has a threshold switching mechanism. Secondly, we create a novel neuron circuit using proposed memristor, which is capable of generating spiking and bursting firing behaviors, with a biologically plausible spike shapes. The behavior of this neuron circuit can be adjusted by changing only one external biasing voltage. This neuron circuit mimics the behavior of cortical neurons, such as regular spiking (RS), intrinsic bursting (IB), chattering (CH) and fast spiking (FS). Proposed emulator circuits are compatible with VLSI systems and they can also be implemented by using discrete circuit components for different applications.