In this paper, the problems of passivity and passification of a class of linear time-delay systems are investigated. A new state-transformation is developed to exhibit the delay-dependence. It is established that the passivity condition can be cast in a linear matrix inequality (LMI) format. For state feedback passification, it is proven that it is indifferent to use instantaneous or delayed state-feedback. The case of dynamic output feedback passification is also treated. Numerical examples are provided.
