Review: Memristor: Device, Model and Applications

Year 2025, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 25.06.2025

Ozlem Akin

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15719101

Abstract

This article introduces the memristor structure, which was discovered by Leon Chua in 1971 and is called the missing circuit element. Memristors are elements that are integrated with the latest technological developments for digital and analog circuit applications, especially neuromorphic neural networks, advanced information processing technologies, and continue to develop with many features. Metal-insulator-metal structures allow memristor structures with different properties to be produced using many metal oxides. Technological developments continue to improve and develop every day using these memristor structures. The article focuses on the working principle of the memristor structure and provides a better understanding of the structure. In addition, it explains how the experimental production of memristor structures is generally and how they work by considering the sandwich structure. Information is given about what the switching mechanisms are in memristors and how they work. Finally, it summarizes what memristor applications are today.

Keywords

Memristor , Switching mechanisms , Application areas of memristor

Derleme: Memristör: Cihaz, Model ve Uygulamaları

Abstract

Bu makale 1971 yılında Leon Chua tarafından keşfedilen eksik devre elemanı olarak adlandırılan memristör yapısını tanıtmaktadır. Memristörler nöromorfik sinir ağları, ileri düzey bilgi işleme teknolojileri başta olmak üzere dijital ve analog devre uygulamaları için son teknolojik gelişmelere entegre olan ve sahip olduğu birçok özellik ile gelişmeye devam eden elemanlardır. Metal-yalıtka-metal yapılar birçok metal oksit kullanılarak farklı özelliklerde memristör yapıları üretilmesine izin vermektedir. Bu memristör yapıları kullanılarak teknolojik gelişmeler her gün iyileşerek gelişmeye devam etmektedir. Makalede memristör yapısının çalışma prensibi üzerinde durularak yapının daha iyi anlaşılmasını sağlamıştır. Ayrıca memristör yapılarının genel olarak deneysel üretiminin nasıl olduğunu ve nasıl çalıştığını sandviç yapısını ele alarak anlatmıştır. Memristörde anahtarlama mekanizmalarının neler olduğu ve nasıl çalıştığı konusunda bilgi verilmiştir. Son olarak günümüzde memristör uygulamalarının neler olduğu özet olarak anlatılmıştır.

Keywords

Memristör , Anahtarlama mekanizmaları , Memristörün uygulama alanları.

Ethical Statement

Araştırma etik kurallara uygun yapılmıştır.

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