Resistive Fuses for Image Smoothing and Segmentation

A two-terminal nonlinear element called a resistive fuse is described. Its application in image smoothing and segmentation is explained. Two types of CMOS resistive fuses were designed, fabricated, and tested. The first implementation employs four depletion-mode NMOS and PMOS transistors, occupying a minimum. area of 30 pm x 38 pm. The second implementation uses 7 or 11 standard enhancement-mode transistors on an area of 75 ~m x 100 pm or less. Individual resistivefuse circuits have been fabricated and tested and their functionality has been demonstrated. A one-dimensional network of 35 resistive fuses using the 1l-transistor implementation was also fabricated in a standard CMOS process. Experimental resnlts indicate that the network is capable of smoothing out small variations in image intensity while preserving the edges of objects.

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