Memristor: Modelling and Applications

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Memristor: Modelling and Applications. Amit Kulkarni Nguyen Hoang Kasyab P Subramaniyan Per Larsson-Edefors. Content. What is memristor? … SPICE model. What is memristor?. Two terminal passive electrical component Memorize the charge flow Change the resistance Symbol: . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Memristor: Modelling and Applications

Amit KulkarniNguyen Hoang

Kasyab P SubramaniyanPer Larsson-Edefors

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Content

• What is memristor?• …• SPICE model

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What is memristor?

• Two terminal passive electrical component• Memorize the charge flow

– Change the resistance• Symbol:

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Leon Chua’s prediction of existence of Memristor

Dr.Leon O. ChuaUniversity of California, Berkeley

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State equations of memristor

‘w’ is state variable

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Pinched hysteresis loop

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Courtesy: Massimiliano Di Ventra, Yuriy V. Pershin, and Leon O. Chua.Publication: Circuit Elements With Memory: Memristors,Memcapacitors, andMeminductors

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Physical implementation

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Dr. R. Stanley WilliamsHP Labs(Quantum science)

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SPICE model

• State equation:

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SPICE model (1)

• Port equation:

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SPICE model (2)

• Full model:

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Write circuit

• Decision levels

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• Circuit

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Write circuit(1)

• Write logic – 1

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• Write logic – 0

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Write circuit(2)

• Express flux in terms of state variable

• Ideal case: – logic-1 at level 1– logic-0 at level 0

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Write circuit(3)

• Applying to ideal case:

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Read circuit

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IEEE/ACM International Conference 2009

(from HP) IEEE/ISCAS International Symposium 2011

State perturbation may occur!

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Read circuit (1)

• State perturbation:– State level changes while applying voltage for

reading– Memristor is charge-dependent

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How to avoid/reduce?

Complementary-charge circuit

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Read circuit (2)

• Influence of complementary charge on state stability

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Read circuit (3)

• Influence of complementary charge on state stability

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10,000 times

500,000 times

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Read circuit (4)

• Outputs of logic 0 and 1:

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Challenges of the research

• Control state stability– For write and read circuits– For other applications

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Applications

• Non-volatile memory– Up to 100Gbits/cm²

• Crossbar switch• LUT

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Summary

• Memristor can remember amount of charge goes through it via its varied resistance

• SPICE model is made for circuit-level research• Read-write circuits are built• Challenge in applications: state stability• Vast of applications

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Thank you for your attention!

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