Investigating Source-Pocket TFETs for High-Speed, Energy-Efficient LIF Neural Devices: A Performance Estimation Study
摘要
This article investigates the performance of a source pocket diverse dielectric double gate tunnel FET (SP-DD-DG-TFET) as Leaky-Integrated-Fire (LIF) neuron model. Efficient learning and recognition tasks are enabled by a neurobiology-inspired spiking neural network (SNN). For this requirement a power and speed efficient electronic neuron is essential to achieve a large-scale network akin to biological neuron. The working principle of this device is band-to-band tunneling (BTBT), which enables low off-state leakage current (IOFF), high firing or spiking frequency (fo), and reduced energy consumption per spike, akin to LIF neurons. In this proposed article, LIF neuron consumes 0.4 aJ per spike, which is lower compared to DG-TFET, CMOS, DG-JLFET, PD-SOI-Fin FET, SOI JLFET, Bulk Fin-FET, SOI CMOS, and conventional MOSFET, respectively. This SP-DD-DG-TFET device, based on a LIF neuron, exhibits a firing frequency of 0.173 THz, highlighting its potential for extremely fast computation in neuromorphic circuits. Due to its high spiking frequency, low energy consumption per spike, and CMOS compatibility for neuromorphic computation, the proposed SP-DD-DG-TFET-based LIF neuron device is well-suited for large-scale hardware implementation of SNNs.