Chaotic systems and Chua’s

Circuit

By
ARKA CHAKRABORTY
Content
 Nonlinear systems
◦ Local behavior
◦ Global behavior
 Chaos and Chua’s Circuit
◦ Periodic orbits
◦ Strange attractors
Nonlinear systems
 Nonlinear dynamic systems contain products
or functions of the dependent variable.
Nonlinear systems

Local Global
behavior behavior
Local Behavior
 to study nonlinear systems, locally, around
some special sets, a technique known as
local linearization.

 Linearization around equilibrium points.

 Linearization around periodic orbits.

What is Chua’s Circuit?

 Autonomous circuit consisting two

capacitors, inductor, resistor, and nonlinear
resistor.
 Exhibits a variety of chaotic phenomena

exhibited by more complex circuits

 Readily constructed at low cost using

standard electronic components

Chua’s Circuit
 Chua’s circuit is simple and exibits a variety
of phenomena:

 Equilibrium points, periodic orbits

 Chaos and limit cycles

 Signs of chaos:
 Sensitivity to initial data
 Strange attractors
 Unpredictability
Chua’s Circuit
Applying KCL &KVL the following
equations
can be obtained:-

dV1 (V2  V1 )
C1   f (V1 )
dt R
dV2 (V1  V2 )
C2   iL
dt R
di
L L   V2
dt
Chua’s diode
Chua’s Circuit( cont.)

L= 18mH R4=R5=22kΩ
R1=R2=220kΩ f V1   GbV1  0 .5(G a  Gb ){| V1  E |  | V1  E |}
C2=100uF
C1=10uF R3=2.2 kΩ
R6=3.3kΩ
G a   0 . 8 mS
G b   0 . 5 mS
Chua’s Circuit( cont.)
Dimensionless form:-
The equation becomes:

Where,
h(x)  x  bx 0.5(a  b)(| x 1|  | x 1|)
Equilibrium points
 Rate of evolution of the system is zero
.
X 0
Stability

Stability of linear systems is determined by

eigenvalues of Jacobian matrix.

If Re(λ)<0 => Stable

If Re(λ)>0 => Unstable

Equilibrium points(Chua’s ckt)
The circuit can be divided into three regions :

Thus we have three equilibrium points :

P+=(k,0,k)
P=(0,0,0)
P-=(-k,0,-k) where k=(b-a)/(1+b)
Stability
The Jacobian matrix is given by:

 h( x)  1 
J ( x)   1 1 1 
 0  0
The eigen values for  = 10 and  = 14.3 for each eqilibrium
point is
 p   3 . 94 , 0 . 19  j 3 . 05
 0  2 . 22 ,  0 . 97  j 2 . 71
Eigen plane
The eigen spaces at the origin is given by:
x y z
u
E (0) : 2  
     
E v ( 0 ) : ( 2     ) x   y   z  0
The eigen space at P  is given by
x k y zk
u
E ( P) : 2  
P P   P 
2
E ( P ) : ( P   P   )( x k )   P y   ( z  k )  0
v
Double scroll strange attractor
Attractor
An attractor is a set towards which a 
dynamical system evolves over time.

1. Fixed points: stationary solutions

2. Limit cycles: periodic solutions

3. Quasiperiodic orbits: periodic solutions with at

least two incommensurable frequencies

4. Chaotic orbits: bounded non-periodic solutions

Different attractors in chua’s circuit

The value of the

Resistance is varied
from –
1.85kΩ to 10kΩ
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