Technical Paper Review

Technical Paper Review

For one or two homework assignments, you will review a circuit-oriented technical paper from any of the following journals available in the library.

IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits
IEEE Trans. on VLSI
IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems (part I or part II)
IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement
Sensors and Actuators (A or B)
IEEE Trans. Electron Devices
IEEE J. Microelectromechanical Systems
IEEE Trans. Semiconductor Manufacturing

It is recommend that you choose an article between 5-10 pages long, covering a subject you have some interest in. The chosen paper must have been published within the last 3 years (i.e., not before 8/97).

You have one week to locate and study the paper and prepare a type-written review of the article. Your review should be about two pages in length following the format shown below.

Review Format

Elements of the Review

Title

List the title of the paper, the author, and the author’s affiliation (company or university).
Your name, class, assignment, and date

Body

Summary: Write a summary of the article explaining the nature of the work, the problems/challenges addressed by the work, the results of the work, and the advantages of this work over other options.

Review: Provide a critique of the paper describing (in your opinion) the quality of the work, the significance of the work, and the overall quality of the paper (i.e., how well it was written).

Reference

Show the full citation for the paper being reviewed. See References in the paper for citation format guidelines.

Formatting

The body of the review should use 12pt font with line spacing of 1.5 lines, and text should be fully justified (aligned to both left and right margins). Use standard margins of 1” on all sides. Each paragraph should start with a 0.5 inch indention with no extra spaces between paragraphs.

Example

A Review of “Analog Integrated Circuits” by John T. Smith, University of Kentucky

by Andrew Mason

EE562, Homework 1, August 31, 2000

            This paper reports the design of blah, blah, blah. To overcome the problems of blah, blah blah, the authors have designed a circuit that will blah, blah, blah. Key elements of the design include, blah, blah, blah.
            This circuit was implemented in 0.35mm CMOS technology and obtained an operation frequency of 299MHz with a power dissipation of 19mW at 3V. Blah, blah, blah.
            In my opinion, the work covered in this paper provides a revolutionary step in the area of analog circuit design. The author clearly states the limitations of present technology and demonstrates the significant advantages resulting from there effort. The article is well-written and easy to understand for someone knowledgeable in the field of analog circuits. However, many figures shown in this paper are a week point. They do little to enhance my understanding of the circuit, and the output plots are not clearly labeled and difficult to understand. Blah, blah, blah. In summary, this is a very good paper discussing work that is of tremendous value, but the authors should have spent more time to enhance the presentation of their results.

Reference:

J. T. Smith and I. M. Silly, “Analog Integrated Circuits,” IEEE J. Solid-State Circ., vol. 53(4), pp. 1234-1245, January 1999.

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