eprintid: 10042981 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/04/29/81 datestamp: 2018-02-12 15:02:16 lastmod: 2020-05-09 03:08:54 status_changed: 2018-02-12 15:02:16 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Zarudnyi, K creators_name: Mehonic, A creators_name: Montesi, L creators_name: Buckwell, M creators_name: Hudziak, S creators_name: Kenyon, AJ title: Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity in Unipolar Silicon Oxide RRAM Devices ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F43 divisions: F46 keywords: Resistive switching, resistance switching, STDP, RRAM, machine learning, neuromorphic systems note: © 2018 Zarudnyi, Mehonic, Montesi, Buckwell, Hudziak and Kenyon. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. abstract: Resistance switching, or Resistive RAM (RRAM) devices show considerable potential for application in hardware spiking neural networks (neuro-inspired computing) by mimicking some of the behavior of biological synapses, and hence enabling non-von Neumann computer architectures. Spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is one such behavior, and one example of several classes of plasticity that are being examined with the aim of finding suitable algorithms for application in many computing tasks such as coincidence detection, classification and image recognition. In previous work we have demonstrated that the neuromorphic capabilities of silicon-rich silicon oxide (SiOx) resistance switching devices extend beyond plasticity to include thresholding, spiking, and integration. We previously demonstrated such behaviors in devices operated in the unipolar mode, opening up the question of whether we could add plasticity to the list of features exhibited by our devices. Here we demonstrate clear STDP in unipolar devices. Significantly, we show that the response of our devices is broadly similar to that of biological synapses. This work further reinforces the potential of simple two-terminal RRAM devices to mimic neuronal functionality in hardware spiking neural networks. date: 2018-02-08 date_type: published publisher: Frontiers Media official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00057 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1533272 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00057 lyricists_name: Buckwell, Mark lyricists_name: Hudziak, Steve lyricists_name: Kenyon, Anthony lyricists_name: Mehonic, Adnan lyricists_name: Montesi, Luca lyricists_id: MBUCK33 lyricists_id: SHUDZ49 lyricists_id: AJKEN86 lyricists_id: AMEHO63 lyricists_id: LMONT04 actors_name: Kenyon, Anthony actors_id: AJKEN86 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Frontiers in Neuroscience volume: 12 article_number: 57 issn: 1662-4548 citation: Zarudnyi, K; Mehonic, A; Montesi, L; Buckwell, M; Hudziak, S; Kenyon, AJ; (2018) Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity in Unipolar Silicon Oxide RRAM Devices. Frontiers in Neuroscience , 12 , Article 57. 10.3389/fnins.2018.00057 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00057>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042981/1/Frontiers%20Neuroscience%202018.pdf