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In recent years, the intrinsic neuromorphic properties of memristor devices have led to their extensive use in brain-inspired circuits and systems. The development of brain-inspired (nano)circuits incorporating memristors has the potential to revolutionize the field of neuromorphic engineering. This brief presents a novel circuit design of Basal Ganglia (BG), with the Memristor-Based Oscillator (MBO), which takes a significant step forward in this direction. The MBO circuit utilizes low-power fitted Conductive-Bridging RAM (CBRAM) devices with distinct neuromorphic features, making it a promising tool for both research and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Additionally, the circuit incorporates modeled synapses exhibiting both excitatory and inhibitory behavior and is calibrated to match the performance of fabricated devices. The MBO circuit is well-suited for incorporation in brain-inspired networks and can accurately replicate neuronal behavior, resulting to a low-cost emulator for PD and other neurodegenerative diseases compared with other hardware approaches. In this brief, the Parkinsonian Network (PN) was replicated and then the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) methodology was applied, showing promising results for the development of memristor-based brain-inspired nanocircuits.

A novel miniature all-polarization $\Gamma $ antenna array for demanding 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) applications is proposed. The antenna is designed to be able to perform direction of arrival (DoA) and beamforming keeping the antenna’s footprint as minimal as possible to fit in or wrapped around any IoT device. It is a nonuniform square array comprised of novel right-corner dipoles which are mirror-placed to additionally allow all polarization properties. These properties are inherited from its approximate equivalence to a cross-dipole antenna with additional features and flexibility. An analytical mathematical formulation is presented resulting in a closed form for the $\Gamma $ –dipole as well as the four dipoles array. Numerical simulations proved the antenna performance and verified that all of its features are approximately retained even when it is curved. The antenna is prototyped in both an improvised wire dipole (planar or curved) and as printed on an FR-4 substrate. The measured results confirmed the analytical and numerical ones regarding the antenna all-polarization, beamforming, and DoA features.