Abstract
Bio-inspired semiconductor-based devices with adaptive and dynamic properties will have many advantages over conventional static digital silicon-based technologies. The ability to compute, process, and retain information in parallel, without referencing other circuit elements, offers enhanced speed, storage density, energy efficiency, and functionality benefits. A novel crossbar microwire-based device consisting of Nb/NbO/Pt structure that exhibits neural synapse-like adaptive conductivity (i.e., synaptic plasticity) is presented. The neuromorphic memristive junction, formed at the interface between the Pt metal wire and the thermally annealed core-shell Nb–NbO wire, demonstrates 1000 times conductivity change with an effective continuum of resistance levels. The device can also be fully activated to display standard resistance switching between two states. In the subthreshold regime, the voltage flux applied through the ~400 nm thick NbO junction is shown to have a linear relationship to the charge produced within the device. The conductance value G is a function of the total flux history applied. This has implications in emerging neuromorphic semiconductor hardware.
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