Reconfigurable ferroelectric transistor array for embodied neuromorphic vision with hardware-native sensing, computing, and activation
Edge artificial intelligence (AI) and embodied vision call for compact, fast, and energy-efficient hardware that integrates sensing, linear analog computation, and nonlinear activation, while flexibly reallocating these functions as workloads change. However, in-sensor computing (ISC) and in-memory computing (IMC) platforms still implement activation with external peripherals and use fixed functional partitions, which break the analog signal path and restrict system reconfigurability. Here, we report a reconfigurable ferroelectric transistor (Fe-FET) array in which polarization-programmed local fields enable junction-barrier engineering in ambipolar tungsten diselenide (WSe 2 ) channel. This junction-barrier engineering mechanism co-programs photoresponsivity, multilevel conductance, and tunable nonlinear transport within the same device, allowing each Fe-FET cell to be reassigned among weighted sensing (ISC), linear accumulation (IMC), and hardware-native activation. The array therefore functions as a uniform pool of physical units whose roles and spatial partitions can be dynamically allocated to match task demands without changing the hardware platform. Using this role-reconfigurable platform, we implement an end-to-end analog neuromorphic vision system in which broadband sensing, linear computation, and nonlinear activation are executed natively on the same Fe-FET platform. These results establish a task-adaptive and energy-efficient route toward scalable neuromorphic vision hardware for edge intelligence.
Authors
- Jianguo Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0531-7651)
- Fudong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6416-4707)
- Lixing Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3837-7711)
- YJ Li
- Shuqi Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-4148)
- Shuhan Si
- Zhaolong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6172-5713)
- Hui-Ling Qi
- Zhi-Cheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4618-5441)
- Xu‐Dong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-3953)
- Zhibo Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9210-156X)
- J Yao
- Yue Ding
Institutions
- Tianjin University of Technology (CN)
- Tianjin University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Nankai University (CN)
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2026-07-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed9436
- Primary Topic
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics