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Analog Implementation of the Softmax Function

Signal Processing 2023-05-24 v1

Abstract

An analog implementation of the Softmax activation function is presented. A modular design is proposed, scaling linearly with the number of inputs and outputs. The circuit behaves similarly using both a BJT and NMOS design scheme. Experimental results extracted from a BJT breadboard prototype presents computational accuracy within 4.2% margin of error. Simulation data presents accuracy within 1.3% margin of error for BJT and 0.9% margin of error for NMOS design schemes.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2305.13649,
  title  = {Analog Implementation of the Softmax Function},
  author = {Jacob Sillman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.13649},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

17 pages, 20 figures, no current plans to submit to any journals

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