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Memristive circuits simulate memcapacitors and meminductors
Yuriy V. Pershin, Massimiliano Di Ventra
TL;DR
The paper addresses the lack of accessible, tunable memcapacitors and meminductors by designing circuits based on a memristor emulator. Experiments demonstrate memcapacitive and meminductive behavior, while the emulators reproduce circuit responses but do not store energy.
Problem
Memcapacitors and meminductors are difficult to obtain and tune, motivating easily built electronic emulators for investigating their behavior.
Method
The authors combine a memristor emulator with capacitive and gyrator-like circuits to create memcapacitor and meminductor emulators.
Results
Experiments under square-wave excitation demonstrate hysteresis in the equivalent capacitance and inductance, including frequency-dependent capacitance and inductance switching between limiting values.
Takeaways & Limitations
The inexpensive emulators provide tools for studying memory-element functionalities without expensive material fabrication facilities.
Takeaways & Limitations
The emulators are active devices requiring a power source and do not actually store energy.
Abstract
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We suggest electronic circuits with memristors (resistors with memory) that operate as memcapacitors (capacitors with memory) and meminductors (inductors with memory). Using a memristor emulator, the suggested circuits have been built and their operation has been demonstrated, showing a useful and interesting connection between the three memory elements.