Dynamical properties of electrical circuits with fully nonlinear memristors

TL;DR

This paper introduces a comprehensive framework for modeling and analyzing electrical circuits with fully nonlinear memristors, extending beyond traditional linear models to encompass a broader class of nonlinear device behaviors.

Contribution

It generalizes memristor modeling by allowing fully nonlinear voltage-current relations, enabling analysis of a wider variety of circuit dynamics.

Findings

Analyzed dynamical features of circuits with nonlinear memristors.

Extended the framework to charge-controlled and flux-controlled devices.

Applied results to Chua's memristive circuits, revealing new properties.

Abstract

The recent design of a nanoscale device with a memristive characteristic has had a great impact in nonlinear circuit theory. Such a device, whose existence was predicted by Leon Chua in 1971, is governed by a charge-dependent voltage-current relation of the form $v=M(q)i$. In this paper we show that allowing for a fully nonlinear characteristic $v=\eta(q, i)$ in memristive devices provides a general framework for modeling and analyzing a very broad family of electrical and electronic circuits; Chua's memristors are particular instances in which $\eta(q,i)$ is linear in $i$. We examine several dynamical features of circuits with fully nonlinear memristors, accommodating not only charge-controlled but also flux-controlled ones, with a characteristic of the form $i=\zeta(\varphi, v)$. Our results apply in particular to Chua's memristive circuits; certain properties of these can be seen as a consequence of the special form of the elastance and reluctance matrices displayed by Chua's memristors.