Global synchronization of a class of chaotic systems with a scalar transmitted signal

This letter proposes a new global synchronization theorem for a class of chaotic systems. Specially, in the synchronization theorem neither the linear part nor the nonlinear part of the chaotic system requires the special structure indicated in [Wang & Wang, 1998]. We take a linear combination of the original system state variables as the scale-driving signal. We prove that the global synchronization can be attained through the simple linear output error feedback. The linear output error feedback gain is a function of a free parameter. We use Chua's chaotic oscillator and Saito's hyperchaotic system to illustrate the applicability of our synchronization scheme and discuss the issues concerning robustness.