The Reinartz Oscillator: Analysis Beyond Regular Behavior of the Circuit

Abstract

This paper is focused on nonlinear behavior associated with fourth-order autonomous lumped circuit known as the Reinartz oscillator. It is shown that this naturally sinusoidal oscillator with three-winding transformer can exhibit robust chaotic behavior. Essential scalar polynomial nonlinearity is not intrinsic to transformer, but to active two-port element described by impedance parameters. The existence of complex solutions is proved on numerical as well as experimental basis. In the first case, conventional routines for qualitative analysis of dynamical flows were applied, based on either prescribed set of differential equations or generated data sequence. In detail, a pair of the largest Lyapunov exponents are visualized with respect to key system parameters, attractor dimensions, recurrence plots and bifurcation diagrams showing interesting routes-to-chaos scenarios are provided to illustrate complexity of observed steady state motion. For the second case, electronic circuits dynamically equivalent to investigated mathematical model will be designed, constructed, and experimentally measured. Chaotic signals captured as oscilloscope screenshots will be compared to theoretical counterparts.

Keywords

• Chaos
• hyperchaos
• sinusoidal oscillator
• Reinartz oscillator
• impedance parameters
• Lyapunov exponents