Keywords: Chua diode characteristic curve.svg characteristic curve of Chua's diode or nonlinear resistor a nonlinear electronic component used in Chua's circuit a simple electronic circuit that displays chaotic behavior Chua's circuit invented by Leon Chua in 1983 is one of the simplest chaotic systems and is widely used as a reference example of chaos The function is piecewise-linear made of three straight line segments The inner segment has a slope conductance of G<sub>a</sub> The outer segments which begin at the voltage breakpoint ±E have a shallower slope of G<sub>b</sub> The line is in the 2nd and 4th quadrants of the IV plane which represents a negative resistance and so requires active energy producing elements like amplifiers in it Typical circuits used to realize it consist of an op amp circuit called a negative impedance converter NIC in parallel with a resistor-diode network 2014-02-07 21 15 41 own Chetvorno cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Negative resistance Chaos oscillators Device current-voltage characteristics |