Theory of Heterogeneous Circuits With Stochastic Memristive Devices

Abstract

We introduce an approach based on the Chapman-Kolmogorov equation to model heterogeneous stochastic circuits; namely, the circuits combining binary or multi-state stochastic memristive devices and continuum reactive components (capacitors and/or inductors). These circuits are described in terms of occupation probabilities of memristive states that are functions of reactive variables. As an illustrative example, the series circuit of a binary memristor and capacitor is considered in detail. Some analytical solutions are found. Our work offers a novel analytical/numerical tool for modeling complex stochastic networks, which may find a broad range of applications.