Autonomous Learning of Attractors for Neuromorphic Computing with Wien Bridge Oscillator Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14869v1
• Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:33:28 GMT
• Title: Autonomous Learning of Attractors for Neuromorphic Computing with Wien Bridge Oscillator Networks
• Authors: Riley Acker, Aman Desai, Garrett Kenyon, Frank Barrows,
• Abstract summary: We present an energy-based neuromorphic primitive with tunable resistive couplings.<n>We show that learned phase patterns form attractor states and validate this behavior in simulation and hardware.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We present an oscillatory neuromorphic primitive implemented with networks of coupled Wien bridge oscillators and tunable resistive couplings. Phase relationships between oscillators encode patterns, and a local Hebbian learning rule continuously adapts the couplings, allowing learning and recall to emerge from the same ongoing analog dynamics rather than from separate training and inference phases. Using a Kuramoto-style phase model with an effective energy function, we show that learned phase patterns form attractor states and validate this behavior in simulation and hardware. We further realize a 2-4-2 architecture with a hidden layer of oscillators, whose bipartite visible-hidden coupling allows multiple internal configurations to produce the same visible phase states. When inputs are switched, transient spikes in energy followed by relaxation indicate how the network can reduce surprise by reshaping its energy landscape. These results support coupled oscillator circuits as a hardware platform for energy-based neuromorphic computing with autonomous, continuous learning.

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