ABSTRACT

In the first chapter it was mentioned that the delta current pulse i(t) = CVsδ(t) transporting in zero time an amount of charge Q = CVs is an unbounded current. The concepts bounded and unbounded

currents come from some considerations in network theory related

to circuits including capacitors and switches (or, more general,

stepping voltages). As such they are closely related to intriguing

networks, such as the switched capacitor network of Fig. 7.1, that

seem to violate energy conservation. They are also related to the

description of energy in networks that have a reduction in free

energy and thus to nanoelectronics.