Memristors and Memristive Systems

409 Pages·2014·19.659 MB·English

by  R. Stanley Williams (auth.), Ronald Tetzlaff (eds.)

Ronald Tetzlaff Editor
Memristors
and
Memristive
Systems
Memristors and Memristive Systems

Ronald Tetzlaff
Editor
Memristors and Memristive
Systems
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Editor
RonaldTetzlaff
FacultyofElectrical
andComputerEngineering
InstituteofCircuitsandSystems
TechnischeUniversitätDresden
Dresden,Germany
ISBN978-1-4614-9067-8 ISBN978-1-4614-9068-5(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-1-4614-9068-5
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Preface
Since 2007, when Stanley Williams and his team at HP Labs constructed a
nanoelectronic device [1] showing certain fingerprints of a memristor, there has
beenaresurgenceofresearchactivitiesindevelopingelementsofelectroniccircuits
and analyzing physical systems exhibiting those fingerprints. The existence of a
memristor(forMEMoryResISTOR)asafourthbasiccircuitelementrelatingflux-
linkage to chargehad been postulated by Chua [2] in 1971. A memristor behaves
likea nonlinearresistorwithmemorydependingonthepasthistoryofthecurrent
orvoltageinthedevice.Anextensionofthenotiontomemristivesystems[3]was
given by Chua and Kang (1976) allowing that these systems depend additionally
on a state. In 2009, Ventra et al. [4] claimed that these resistive elements belong
to a larger class of memory circuit elements including capacitive and inductive
systems. Recently, Chua proposedto denotememristivesystems as memristorsas
well, while a circuit element classified according to the originaldefinition can be
regardedasanidealmemristor.Sincecircuitsandsystemswithmemristorsexhibit
severaldifferentnonlinearphenomena,these elementsareconsiderednotonlyfor
thedevelopmentofmemorytechnologybutmoreoverforplayinganimportantrole
in the development of new nonlinear information processing methods and their
implementationinhardwareembodiments.Especially,majoreffortswillbemadeto
developneuromorphicmemristortechnologytobuildcomplexbrain-likecomputing
structuresinthefuture.
This book aims at providing a comprehensive overview of major memristor
aspects. It includes memristor fundamentals, models, and their simulation, the
theoryofmemristorcircuits,anoverviewofdevicesdevelopedrecently,logicgates,
neuromorphicsystems, and applications. I am pleased to have contributionsfrom
renownedtechnicalandscientificexpertswhoensuretomakethisvolumeauseful
source for readers outside the field as well as for those inside. The book should
be helpful in getting a broad state-of-the-art overview, a deeper insight into the
theory of memristors and into the technology. It will be interesting for graduate
studentsandspecialistsinengineering,physics,neuroscience,biology,andapplied
mathematics.Thecontentofthisbookhasbeenorganizedaroundfourmajorparts.
While fundamentals of memristor theory and the discovery of the so-called HP
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memristor are summarized in Part I, computational models, simulation, and an
applicationoftheVolterraseriesapproachtomultimemristorcircuitsarediscussed
inPartII.PartIIIgivesa state-of-the-artoverviewofmemristordevicesincluding
applicationsand,finally,PartIVaddresseslogiccircuitsandneuromorphicsystems.
Ihopethisbookwillcontributetofuturetechnology.
I would like to express my appreciation and sincere thanks to all authors and
especiallytoLeonChuaforhisvaluablecomments.
Dresden,Germany RonaldTetzlaff
References
1. D.B.Strukov,G.S.Snider,D.R.Stewart,R.S.Williams,Themissingmemristor
found.Nature453,80–83(2008)
2. L.O.Chua,Memristor:themissingcircuitelement.IEEETrans.CircuitTheory
18(5),507–519(1971)
3. L.O.Chua,S.-M.Kang,Memristivedevicesandsystems.Proc.IEEE64(2),209–
223(1976)
4. M. DiVentra,Yu.V. Pershin,L.O. Chua,Circuit elementswith memory:mem-
ristors,memcapacitorsandmeminductors.Proc.IEEE97,1717–1724(2009)
Contents
PartI Introduction
1 HowWeFoundtheMissingMemristor.................................. 3
R.StanleyWilliams
2 IfIt’sPinchedIt’saMemristor........................................... 17
LeonChua
PartII Theory,Modeling,andSimulation
3 TheArtandScienceofConstructingaMemristorModel............. 93
R.StanleyWilliamsandMatthewD.Pickett
4 FourthFundamentalCircuitElement:SPICEModeling
andSimulation.............................................................. 105
DaliborBiolekandZdenekBiolek
5 ApplicationoftheVolterraSeriesParadigm
toMemristiveSystems ..................................................... 163
AlonAscoli,TorstenSchmidt,RonaldTetzlaff,
andFernandoCorinto
PartIII MemristiveDevicesandApplications
6 MemristiveDevices:SwitchingEffects,Modeling,
andApplications............................................................ 195
YuchaoYang,TingChang,andWeiLu
7 Redox-BasedMemristiveDevices......................................... 223
VikasRanaandRainerWaser
8 SiliconNanowire-BasedMemristiveDevices............................ 253
DavideSacchetto,YusufLeblebici,andGiovanniDeMicheli
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9 Spintronic Memristor as Interface Between DNA
andSolidStateDevices..................................................... 281
YiranChen,HaiLi,andZhenyuSun
PartIV ReconfigurableLogicCircuitsandNeuromorphic
Systems
10 Memristor-BasedResistiveComputing.................................. 301
Sung-MoSteveKangandSanghoShin
11 MemristorDeviceEngineeringandCMOSIntegration
forReconfigurableLogicApplications................................... 327
QiangfeiXia
12 Spike-Timing-Dependent-Plasticity in Hybrid
Memristive-CMOSSpikingNeuromorphicSystems ................... 353
TeresaSerrano-GotarredonaandBernabéLinares-Barranco
13 Memristor for Neuromorphic Applications: Models
andCircuitImplementations.............................................. 379
AlonAscoli,FernandoCorinto,MarcoGilli,
andRonaldTetzlaff
Index............................................................................... 405
Contributors
Alon Ascoli Institute of Circuits and Systems, Technische Universität Dresden,
DresdenGermany
DaliborBiolek DepartmentofElectricalEngineering,UniversityofDefence,Brno
CzechRepublic
Department of Microelectronics, Brno University of Technology, Brno Czech
Republic
Zdenek Biolek Departmentof Microelectronics,Brno University of Technology,
BrnoCzechRepublic
Ting Chang Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
UniversityofMichigan,AnnArborMIUSA
YiranChen SwansonSchoolofEngineering,UniversityofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh
PAUSA
Leon Chua Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
UniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyCAUSA
Fernando Corinto Dipartimentodi Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni,Politecnico
diTorino,TorinoItaly
Giovanni De Micheli Integrated Systems Laboratory, École polytechnique
fédéraledeLausanne,LausanneSwitzerland
MarcoGilli FacultyofEngineeringPolitecnicodiTorino,TorinoItaly
Yusuf Leblebici Microelectronic Systems Laboratory, École polytechnique
fédéraledeLausanne,LausanneSwitzerland
Hai Li Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
PAUSA
Bernabé Linares-Barranco Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE-
CNM-CSIC),SevilleSpain
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