High-frequency reverse-time chaos generation using digital chaotic maps

Reverse-time chaos can be used to realise hardware chaotic systems that can operate at speeds equivalent to existing state-of-the-art while requiring significantly less complex circuitry. Unlike traditional chaotic systems, which require significant analogue hardware that is difficult to realise at high speed, the reverse-time system can be realised with a field programmable gate array calculating a digital iterated map. The resulting output forgoes the need for digital-to-analogue conversion by directly driving a series RLC filter. Since the dynamics of this system are determined by an iterated map, precise control of this system is possible by adjusting the map´s initial condition. Hardware results for the controllable reverse-time system demonstrate chaotic behaviour at an operating frequency of 1.8 MHz and show promise for extension to higher frequencies.