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Jos\\'e Nahuel Freitas PhD
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2020
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Physics
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We present a general formalism for the construction of thermodynamically consistent stochastic models of non-linear electronic circuits. The devices constituting the circuit can have arbitrary I-V curves and may include tunnel junctions, diodes, and MOS transistors in subthreshold operation, among others. We provide a full analysis of the stochastic non-equilibrium thermodynamics of these models, identifying the relevant thermodynamic potentials, characterizing the different contributions to the irreversible entropy production, and obtaining different fluctuation theorems. Our work provides a realistic framework to study thermodynamics of computing with electronic circuits. We demonstrate this point by constructing a stochastic model of a CMOS inverter. We find that a deterministic analysis is only compatible with the assumption of equilibrium fluctuations, and analyze how the non-equilibrium fluctuations induce deviations from its deterministic transfer function. Finally, building on the CMOS inverter, we propose a full-CMOS design for a probabilistic bit (or binary stochastic neuron) exploiting intrinsic noise.
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