Phase-Inversion Waves in Oscillators Coupled by Two Kinds of Inductors as a Ladder

Masayuki YAMAUCHI  Yoshifumi NISHIO  Akio USHIDA  Mamoru TANAKA  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E87-A   No.9   pp.2233-2240
Publication Date: 2004/09/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications)
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coupled oscillators,  synchronization,  wave propagation,  phase difference,  phase-inversion wave,  

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Summary: 
In this study, nonlinear wave phenomena related to transmissions and reflections of the phase-inversion waves around a discontinuity of a coupled system consisting of two kinds of arrays of van der Pol oscillators are investigated. By computer simulations, behavior of the phase-inversion waves around the discontinuity in the coupled system is classified into eight types. Further, the mechanisms of the transmission and the reflection of a phase-inversion wave at the discontinuity are explained. Circuit experiments confirm the simulated results.