Title :
High precision analogue memristor state tuning
Author :
Berdan, Radu ; Prodromakis, Themistoklis ; Toumazou, Christofer
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
A report is presented on the operation of an analogue programming circuit for accurately setting the state of a memristor. The circuit exploits the dynamic modulation of resistance under a constant DC bias while real-time measurements of the memristance are performed using an AC signal. The circuit employs feedback for converging the state of a device at any required level within a decade. This allows the memristor to act as an analogue potentiometer, with its resistance corresponding to an input analogue voltage. This implementation was tested with the HP memristor model revealing an accuracy of less than 0.4% (8 bit precision) in relation to the full dynamic range.
Keywords :
circuit tuning; memristors; potentiometers; programmable circuits; AC signal; analogue memristor state tuning; analogue potentiometer; analogue programming circuit; constant DC bias; dynamic modulation; dynamic range; real time measurements;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2012.2295