Optoelectronic Devices for In-Sensor Computing. 2025

Qinqi Ren, and Chaoyi Zhu, and Sijie Ma, and Zhaoqing Wang, and Jianmin Yan, and Tianqing Wan, and Weicheng Yan, and Yang Chai
Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China.

The demand for accurate perception of the physical world leads to a dramatic increase in sensory nodes. However, the transmission of massive and unstructured sensory data from sensors to computing units poses great challenges in terms of power-efficiency, transmission bandwidth, data storage, time latency, and security. To efficiently process massive sensory data, it is crucial to achieve data compression and structuring at the sensory terminals. In-sensor computing integrates perception, memory, and processing functions within sensors, enabling sensory terminals to perform data compression and data structuring. Here, vision sensors are adopted as an example and discuss the functions of electronic, optical, and optoelectronic hardware for visual processing. Particularly, hardware implementations of optoelectronic devices for in-sensor visual processing that can compress and structure multidimensional vision information are examined. The underlying resistive switching mechanisms of volatile/nonvolatile optoelectronic devices and their processing operations are explored. Finally, a perspective on the future development of optoelectronic devices for in-sensor computing is provided.

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