Time series statistical analyses (TSSA) have been employed to evaluate the variability of resistive switching memories and to model the set and reset voltages for modeling purposes. The conventional procedures behind time series theory have been used to obtain autocorrelation and partial autocorrelation functions and determine the simplest analytical models to forecast the set and reset voltages in a long series of resistive switching processes. To do so, and for the sake of generality in our study, a wide range of devices have been fabricated and measured. Different oxides and electrodes have been employed, including bilayer dielectrics in devices such as Ni/HfO₂/Si-n⁺, Cu/HfO₂/Si-n⁺, and Au/Ti/TiO₂/SiO_x/Si-n⁺. The TSSA models obtained allowed one to forecast the reset and set voltages in a series if previous values were known. The study of autocorrelation data between different cycles in the series allows estimating the inertia between cycles in long resistive switching series. Overall, TSSA seems to be a very promising method to evaluate the intrinsic variability of resistive switching memories.

This work investigates the sources of resistive switching (RS) in recently reported laser-fabricated graphene oxide memristors by means of two numerical analysis tools linked to the Time Series Statistical Analysis and the use of the Quantum Point Contact Conduction model. The application of both numerical procedures points to the existence of a filament connecting the electrodes that may be interrupted at a precise point within the conductive path, resulting in resistive switching phenomena. These results support the existing model attributing the memristance of laser-fabricated graphene oxide memristors to the modification of a conductive path stoichiometry inside the graphene oxide.