Integrated Neural Circuits for Tactile Sensing (B02)

• Subject Area: Biomaterials ; Computer-Aided Design of Materials and Simulation of Materials Behaviour from Atomic to Microscopic Scale ; Electronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 434434223

We propose to create and investigate a novel tactile sensor based on standard CMOS technology with the addition of a customized piezoelectric layer. The structure will yield spike firing patterns in response to a pressure stimulus. We also realize networks of oscillating silicon neurons operating on a biological time scale and study the effect of stimuli on the network dynamics. To eventually be able to better compare the response of artificial networks with biological ones, we set a track for accruing the necessary skills for recording local field potentials from reptiles and relating the technical and biological model domains.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1461: Neurotronics: Bio-inspired Information Pathways
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Project Heads: Dr. Adrian Petraru; Professor Dr. Robert Rieger