Series Connection of a Memristor with Other Discrete Elements: Resistor, Semiconductor Diode, Inductive Coil, and Capacitance

Abstract

A transition is made from piecewise continuous functions of the memristor model with threshold type switching to differentiable functions described by a single formula. Systems of equations are obtained and numerically solved for circuit sections in which the memristive device is connected in series with other discrete elements, a conventional resistor, diode, inductor, and capacitor. For the case of a serial connection of a memristor and a resistor, the calculated data are compared with the experiment. The case of series connection of a memristor and a semiconductor diode has been studied in detail. The assumptions concerning the mathematical description and physical interpretation of the influence of the molding process on the memristive system are presented.