Memristor

Not to be confused with Memistor or Memtransistor.

Memristor
Memristor developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and National Energy Technology Laboratory
InventedLeon Chua (1971)
Electronic symbol

A memristor (/ˈmɛmrɪstər/; a portmanteau of memory resistor) is a non-linear two-terminal electrical component relating electric charge and magnetic flux linkage. It was described and named in 1971 by Leon Chua, completing a theoretical quartet of fundamental electrical components which also comprises the resistor, capacitor and inductor.[1]

Chua and Kang later generalized the concept to memristive systems.[2] Such a system comprises a circuit, of multiple conventional components, which mimics key properties of the ideal memristor component and is also commonly referred to as a memristor. Several such memristor system technologies have been developed, notably ReRAM.

The identification of memristive properties in electronic devices has attracted controversy. Experimentally, the ideal memristor has yet to be demonstrated.[3][4]

  1. ^ Chua, L. (1971). "Memristor-The missing circuit element". IEEE Transactions on Circuit Theory. 18 (5): 507–519. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.189.3614. doi:10.1109/TCT.1971.1083337.
  2. ^ Chua, L. O.; Kang, S. M. (1976-01-01), "Memristive devices and systems", Proceedings of the IEEE, 64 (2): 209–223, doi:10.1109/PROC.1976.10092, S2CID 6008332
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