A New Piecewise Linear Hyperchaotic Circuit

When the polarity information in diffusionless Lorenz equations is preserved or removed, a new piecewise linear hyperchaotic system results with only signum and absolute-value nonlinearities. Dynamical equations have seven terms without any quadratic or higher order polynomials and, to our knowledge, are the simplest hyperchaotic system. Therefore, a relatively simple hyperchaotic circuit using diodes is constructed. The circuit requires no multipliers or inductors, as are present in other hyperchaotic circuits, and it has not been previously reported.