A Fuzzy Controller Chip for Complex Real-time Applications

  • Herbert-Eichfeld (Siemens AG, Corporate Research and Development, Dept. ZFE BT ACM 2) ;
  • nemund, Thomas-K (Siemens AG, Corporate Research and Development, Dept. ZFE BT ACM 2)
  • Published : 1993.06.01

Abstract

An 8b Fuzzy Coprocessor (FC) is presented that has eight programmable fuzzy algorithms and up to 256 inputs, 64 outputs and 16,384 rules. The 6.4mm2 chip fabricated in 1.0$\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS technology can be used as a stand-alone device or as a macrocell for microcontrollers. Operating at 20MHz crystal frequency, it has a peak performance of 7.9M rules/s. Perspectives of future FC generations are also outlined, including a 12-16b resolution, additional fuzzy set operations, and optimized inference and defuzzification strategies.

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