Robust fault-sensitive synchronization of a class of nonlinear systems

Aiming at enhancing the quality as well as the reliability of synchronization,this paper is concerned with the fault detection issue within the synchronization process for a class of nonlinear systems in the existence of external disturbances.To handle such problems,the concept of robust fault-sensitive (RFS) synchronization is proposed,and a method of determining such a kind of synchronization is developed.Under the framework of RFS synchronization,the master and the slave systems are robustly synchronized,and at the same time,sensitive to possible faults based on a mixed H /H ∞ performance.The design of desired output feedback controller is realized by solving a linear matrix inequality,and the fault sensitivity H index can be optimized via a convex optimization algorithm.A master-slave configuration composed of identical Chua’s circuits is adopted as a numerical example to demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of the analytical results.