Global pulse synchronization of chaotic oscillators through fast-switching: theory and experiments

We study pulse synchronization of chaotic systems in master–slave configuration. The slave system is unidirectionally coupled to the master system through an intermittent linear error feedback coupling, whose gain matrix periodically switches among a finite set of constant matrices. Using Lyapunov-stability theory, fast-switching techniques, and the concept of matrix measure, we derive sufficient conditions for global synchronization. The derived conditions are specialized to the case of Chua’s circuits. An inductorless realization of coupled Chua’s circuits is developed to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.