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Short-Term Memory(STM) is a primary capability of the human brain. Humans use STM to remember a small amount of information, like someone’s phone number, for a short period of time. Usually the duration of STM is less than 1 minute. Synapses, the connections between neurons, are of vital importance to memory in biological brains. For mimicking the memory function of synapses, Carbon Nanotube(CNT) networks based thinfilm transistors with Electric Double Layers(EDL) at the dielectric/channel interface were researched in this work.A response characteristic of pre-synaptic potential pulses on the gate electrode of this CNT synaptic transistor was shown remarkably similar to Excitatory Post-Synaptic Current(EPSC) of biological synapses. Also a multi-level modulatable STM of CNT synaptic transistors was investigated. Post-synaptic current was shown with tunable peak values, on-off ratio, and relaxation time.
Short-Term Memory (STM) is a primary capability of the human brain. Humans use STM to remember a small amount of information, like someone’s phone number, for a short period of time. Synapses, the connections between neurons, are of vital importance to memory in biological brains. For mimicking the memory function of synapses, Carbon Nanotube (CNT) networks based thinfilm transistors with Electric Double Layers (EDL) at the dielectric / channel interface were researched in this work. A response characteristic of pre-synaptic potential pulses on the gate electrode of this CNT synaptic transistor was marked similar to similar to Excitatory Post-Synaptic Current (EPSC) of biological synapses. Also a multi-level modulatable STM of CNT synaptic transistors was investigated. Post-synaptic current was shown with tunable peak values, on-off ratio, and relaxation time.