An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance
The memristor (short for memory resistor) is a yet quite unknown circuit element, though equally fundamental as resistors, capacitors, and coils. It was predicted from theory arguments nearly 40 years ago, but not realized as a physical component until recently. The memristor shows many interesting...
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| description | The memristor (short for memory resistor) is a yet quite unknown circuit element, though equally fundamental as resistors, capacitors, and coils. It was predicted from theory arguments nearly 40 years ago, but not realized as a physical component until recently. The memristor shows many interesting features when describing electrical phenomena, especially at small (molecular or cellular) scales and can in particular be useful for bioimpedance and bioelectricity modeling. It can also give us a richer and much improved conceptual understanding of many such phenomena. Up until today the tools available for circuit modeling have been restricted to the three circuit elements (RLC) as well as the widely used constant phase element (CPE). However, as one element has been missing in our modeling toolbox, many bioelectrical phenomena may have been described incompletely as they are indeed memristive. Such memristive behavior is not possible to capture within a traditional RLC framework. In this paper we will introduce the memristor and look at bioelectrical memristive phenomena. The goal is to explain the new memristor’s properties in a simple manner as well as to highlight its importance and relevance. We conclude that memristors must be included as a readily used building block for bioimpedance and bioelectrical data analysis and modeling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca094656fe484aaeaed4a941120182e42022-12-22T00:53:06ZengSciendoJournal of Electrical Bioimpedance1891-54692012-08-0131202810.5617/jeb.305An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedanceJohnsen Gorm K.0Institute of Energy Technology, 2007Kjeller, NorwayThe memristor (short for memory resistor) is a yet quite unknown circuit element, though equally fundamental as resistors, capacitors, and coils. It was predicted from theory arguments nearly 40 years ago, but not realized as a physical component until recently. The memristor shows many interesting features when describing electrical phenomena, especially at small (molecular or cellular) scales and can in particular be useful for bioimpedance and bioelectricity modeling. It can also give us a richer and much improved conceptual understanding of many such phenomena. Up until today the tools available for circuit modeling have been restricted to the three circuit elements (RLC) as well as the widely used constant phase element (CPE). However, as one element has been missing in our modeling toolbox, many bioelectrical phenomena may have been described incompletely as they are indeed memristive. Such memristive behavior is not possible to capture within a traditional RLC framework. In this paper we will introduce the memristor and look at bioelectrical memristive phenomena. The goal is to explain the new memristor’s properties in a simple manner as well as to highlight its importance and relevance. We conclude that memristors must be included as a readily used building block for bioimpedance and bioelectrical data analysis and modeling.https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.305memristorbioimpedancebioelectricitynew circuit elementelectrical memory |
| spellingShingle | Johnsen Gorm K. An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance memristor bioimpedance bioelectricity new circuit element electrical memory |
| title | An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance |
| title_full | An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance |
| title_fullStr | An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance |
| title_full_unstemmed | An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance |
| title_short | An introduction to the memristor – a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance |
| title_sort | introduction to the memristor a valuable circuit element in bioelectricity and bioimpedance |
| topic | memristor bioimpedance bioelectricity new circuit element electrical memory |
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