Pattern Recognition Via Synchronization in Phase-Locked Loop Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions On Neural Networks (2000), 11:734-738

Frank C. Hoppensteadt and Eugene M. Izhikevich

Systems Science Center, Box 7606,
Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ 85287-7606.

Abstract. We propose a novel architecture of an oscillatory neural network that consists of phase-locked loop circuits. It stores and retrieves complex oscillatory patterns as synchronized states with appropriate phase relations between neurons.

Keywords: Brain rhythms, voltage controlled oscillators (VCO), oscillatory associative memory.

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