Based on the stability theory of linear time-varying continuous system, this paper investigates the synchronization of two linear bidirectionally-coupled systems. Sufficient conditions for asymptotic synchronization are obtained for general chaotic system with bidirectional coupling via linear error feedback. Since the trajectory of chaotic system is continuous and bounded, one can choose suitable coupled pararneters to satisfy the proposed criterion. The criterion can also be applied to the global synchronization for chaotic systems with linear unidirectional coupling. The chaotic Chen system and the generalized Lorenz-like system are taken as examples, the simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.
