The control synthesis problem for a class of linear time-delay systems with actuator saturation is investigated in this paper. The time delay is considered to be time-varying and has lower and upper bounds. A delay-range-dependent approach is adopted and the corresponding existence conditions of the stabilizing state-feedback controller are derived in terms of LMIs. An estimate for the domain of attraction of the origin can be obtained for the underlying systems with different time-delay ranges. Two numerical examples are presented to show the effectiveness and less conservatism of the developed theoretical results. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.