BIFURCATION AND CHAOS IN THE SIMPLEST DISSIPATIVE NONAUTONOMOUS CIRCUIT

We present a detailed investigation of the bifurcation and chaos phenomenon associated with the simplest sinusoidally driven dissipative second-order circuit made up of three linear circuit elements and a Chua's diode. Unlike other non-autonomous second-order chaotic circuits whose nonlinear element is a nonlinear capacitor/inductor, the Chua's diode of this circuit is a nonlinear resistor, and is therefore simpler from a circuit theoretic point of view. The chaotic dynamics of this circuit is confirmed both by experiments and by computer simulation of the circuit model.