Resistorless Memristor Emulator Using CFTA and Its Experimental Verification

Abstract

This article presents a novel charge-controlled memristor emulator circuit. The proposed memristor emulator utilizes a single Current Follower Transconductance Amplifier (CFTA) as an active current mode analog building block and a grounded capacitor as a passive element. The circuit presented follows all the fingerprints of an ideal memristor. It operates in both incremental as well as decremental mode. The functional performance of the emulator circuit is verified at different operating frequencies and performs well up to <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">9 MHz</i> . The theoretical and non-ideal analyses are verified for the proposed emulator. Moreover, Monte Carlo sampling and non-volatility analysis are performed to investigate the robustness of the emulator circuit. The functionality of the proposed model has been verified through PSPICE simulation using TSMC <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0.18</i> <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu m$ </tex-math></inline-formula> CMOS technology at the supply voltage of <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm 1.2~V$ </tex-math></inline-formula> . The experimental confirmation of the presented circuit is also performed by building a breadboard micromodel using ICs CA3080 and AD844AN. Memristor based Chua’s circuit model is included as one of its applications.