On the Application of Fractional Derivatives to the Study of Memristor Dynamics

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors report their work on the application of fractional derivative to the study of the memristor dynamic where the effects of the parasitic fractional elements of the memristor have been studied. The fractional differential equations of the memristor and the memristor-based circuits under the effects of the parasitic fractional elements have been formulated and solved both analytically and numerically. Such effects of the parasitic fractional elements have been studied via the simulations based on the obtained solutions where many interesting results have been proposed in the work. For example, it has been found that the parasitic fractional elements cause both charge and flux decay of the memristor and the impasse point breaking of the phase portraits between flux and charge of the memristor-based circuits similarly to the conventional parasitic elements. The effects of the order and the nonlinearity of the parasitic fractional elements have also been reported.