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      Analog neural networks for real-time constrained optimization 

      Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Huertas Díaz, José Luis; Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar; Linares Barranco, Bernabé (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1990)
      Architectures and circuit techniques for implementing general piecewise constrained optimization problems using VLSI ...
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      Analog Neural Programmable Optimizers in CMOS VLSI Technologies 

      Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Huertas Díaz, José Luis; Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1992)
      A 3-μm CMOS IC is presented demonstrating the concept of an analog neural system for constrained optimization. A serial ...
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      Analog weight buffering strategy for CNN chips 

      Liñán Cembrano, Gustavo; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Carmona Galán, Ricardo; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Domínguez Castro, Rafael (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2003)
      Large, gray-scale CNN chips employ analog signals to achieve high-density in the internal distribution of the template ...
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      Architectures and building blocks for CMOS VLSI analog "neural" programmable optimizers 

      Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Huertas Díaz, José Luis; Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1992)
      A modular reconfigurable serial architecture is presented for the analog/digital implementation of constrained optimization ...
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      Bio-inspired analog parallel array processor chip with programmable spatio-temporal dynamics 

      Carmona Galán, Ricardo; Jiménez Garrido, Francisco José; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002)
      A bio-inspired model for an analog parallel array processor (APAP), based on studies on the vertebrate retina, permits the ...
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      Challenges in mixed-signal IC design of CNN chips in submicron CMOS 

      Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1998)
      Summary form only given. The contrast observed between the performance of artificial vision machines and "natural" vision ...
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      CMOS Architectures and circuits for high-speed decision-making from image flows 

      Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Jiménez Garrido, Francisco José; Morillas Castillo, Sergio; Listán, Juan; Alba, Luis; Utrera, Cayetana; Romay Juárez, Rafael; Medeiro Hidalgo, Fernando (The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), 2008)
      We present architectures, CMOS circuits and CMOS chips to process image flows at very high speed. This is achieved by ...
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      CMOS optical-sensor array with high output current levels and automatic signal-range centring 

      Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Carmona Galán, Ricardo; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1994)
      A CMOS compatible photosensor with high output current levels, and an area-efficient scheme for automatic signal-range ...
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      CMOS realization of a 2-layer CNN universal machine chip 

      Carmona Galán, Ricardo; Jiménez Garrido, Francisco José; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2002)
      Some of the features of the biological retina can be modelled by a cellular neural network (CNN) composed of two dynamically ...
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      CNN universal chip in CMOS technology 

      Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1994)
      This paper describes the design of a CNN universal chip in a standard CMOS technology. The core of the chip consists of ...
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      Convergence and stability of the FSR CNN model 

      Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Carmona Galán, Ricardo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1994)
      Stability and convergency results are reported for a modified continuous-time CNN model. The signal range of the state ...
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      Current-Mode Techniques for the Implementation of Continuous- and Discrete-Time Cellular Neural Networks 

      Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Huertas Díaz, José Luis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1993)
      This paper presents a unified, comprehensive approach to the design of continuous-time (CT) and discrete-time (DT) ...
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      Design considerations for a low-noise CMOS image sensor 

      González Márquez, Ana; Charlet, Alexandre; Villegas, Alberto; Jiménez Garrido, Francisco José; Medeiro Hidalgo, Fernando; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2015)
      This paper reports a Low-Noise CMOS Image Sensor. Low-noise operation is achieved owing to the combination of a noise-enhanced ...
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      Design of a programmable mixed-signal CMOS image-processing chip in 0.8 /spl mu/m CMOS 

      Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Carmona Galán, Ricardo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1997)
      An operational vision-chip prototype with a wide-range of potential applications in artificial-vision systems is presented. ...
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      Experimental demonstration of real-time image-processing using a VLSI analog programmable array processor 

      Liñán Cembrano, Gustavo; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Roca Moreno, Elisenda; Foldesy, Péter; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2000)
      This paper describes a full-custom mixed-signal chip which embeds distributed optical signal acquisition, digitallyprogrammable analog ...
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      Four-quadrant one-transistor-synapse for high-density CNN implementations 

      Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Carmona Galán, Ricardo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1998)
      Presents a linear four-quadrants, electrically-programmable, one-transistor synapse strategy applicable to the implementation ...
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      Global design of analog cells using statistical optimization techniques 

      Medeiro Hidalgo, Fernando; Rodríguez Macías, R.; Fernández Fernández, Francisco Vidal; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Huertas Díaz, José Luis; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (Springer, 1994)
      We present a methodology for automated sizing of analog cells using statistical optimization in a simulation based approach. ...
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      High-speed global shutter CMOS machine vision sensor with high dynamic range image acquisition and embedded intelligence 

      Jiménez Garrido, Francisco José; Fernández Pérez, José María; Utrera, Cayetana; Muñoz, José María; Pardo, María Dolores; Giulietti, Alexander; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Medeiro Hidalgo, Fernando; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (The International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2012)
      High-speed imagers are required for industrial applications, traffic monitoring, robotics and unmanned vehicles, moviemaking, ...
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      Hybrid-control of synapse circuits for programmable cellular neural networks 

      Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Domínguez Castro, Rafael; Carmona Galán, Ricardo; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1996)
      This paper describes a hybrid weight-control strategy for VLSI realizations of programmable Cellular Neural Networks (CNNs), ...
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      Implementation of non-linear templates using a decomposition technique by a 0.5 /spl mu/m CMOS CNN universal chip 

      Liñán Cembrano, Gustavo; Foldesy, Péter; Rodríguez Vázquez, Ángel Benito; Espejo Meana, Servando Carlos; Domínguez Castro, Rafael (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2000)
      This paper demonstrates the processing capabilities of a recently designed analog programmable array processor. This new ...