Noise-dissipation relation for nonlinear electronic circuits
Statistical Mechanics
2025-06-23 v2
Abstract
An extension of fluctuation-dissipation theorem is used to derive a "speed limit" theorem for nonlinear electronic devices. This speed limit provides a lower bound on the dissipation that is incurred when transferring a given amount of electric charge in a certain amount of time with a certain noise level (average variance of the current). This bound, which implies a high energy dissipation for fast, low-noise operations (such as switching a bit in a digital memory), brings together recent results of stochastic thermodynamics into a form that is usable for practical nonlinear electronic circuits, as we illustrate on a switching circuit made of an nMOS pass gate in a state-of-the-art industrial technology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2307.02648,
title = {Noise-dissipation relation for nonlinear electronic circuits},
author = {Léopold Van Brandt and Jean-Charles Delvenne},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.02648},
year = {2025}
}