ISSCC 2001 Call for Papers
Monday - Wednesday,
February 5 - 7, 2001,
San Francisco Marriott
Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Original Papers are Solicited
in Subject Areas Including but not Limited to the Following:
ANALOG --- amplifiers;
dc-dc converters; continuous-time & discrete-time filters; comparators;
multipliers; voltage references; sample-and-hold circuits; Nyquist-rate &
oversampling A/D and D/A converters; power-control circuits; consumer
electronics; non-linear analog circuits, opamps, switched-capacitor circuits,
oscillators.
WIRELESS & RF
COMMUNICATIONS --- transceiver circuits and subcircuits for RF/IF/baseband;
frequency synthesis; phase-locked loops, wireless local-area networks,
GSM/EDGE/CDMA/3G, active antennas, DVB, cellular/PCS RF front-end circuits;
HDTV, Satellite TV, MMDS.
WIRELINE COMMUNICATIONS
--- LAN; WAN; FDDI; Ethernet; token ring; Fiber Channel, SONET; ATM; ISDN; xDSL;
optical data links, power-line/phone-line home networks; subscriber-line
circuits, modems.
DIGITAL --- design,
fabrication and test of digital LSI and VLSI systems; microprocessors and
coprocessors; I/O and interchip communication; fixed and reconfigurable logic
arrays; clocking; high-performance and low-power logic micro-architecture and
transistor circuit techniques.
IMAGERS, DISPLAYS, &
MEMS --- image sensors and related imaging techniques; smart sensors;
integrated sensors and transducers; display drivers and controllers;
thin-film-transistor interface circuits; flat-panel and projection displays;
sensor interface circuits.
MEMORY --- design,
fabrication, and test of static and dynamic memories; memory architecture;
redundancy and self-test; nonvolatile and read-only memory; special-purpose
memories; embedded memories; memory systems.
SIGNAL PROCESSING ---
digital & analog signal processors; graphic processors; magnetic-media
circuits; HDTV; image and voice-band processing and compression circuits;
multimedia/telecom digital signal processors and cores; encryption processors;
system-on-a-chip design methodologies.
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTIONS
--- advanced circuit technologies and techniques: SiGe, SOI, deep submicron,
compound semiconductor; superconductivity, photonics, ferroelectrics,
nanoelectronics, 3D-electronics and technologies for bio-medical and
microfluidic applications; low-power low-voltage analog and digital, mixed
analog-digital, high-speed, RF, on-chip passive RF components; microprocessor
architectures, analog processors and memories, optical processors and
backplanes, neural processors, fuzzy logic, multi-valued logic.
A submission may be accepted
as either a regular paper or a short paper. A regular paper is allowed 23
minutes for presentation and 7 minutes for questions. Short papers are allowed
15 minutes total for both presentation and questions. Regular and short papers
have the same submission requirements and the same quality standards. They
differ only in the determination by the Program Committee of the time required
to present the key ideas. Companion papers for large chips that require two
paper slots to discuss both architecture and circuit details are
encouraged.
*** 2001 Conference Theme ***
”The Internet Age: Technologies Driving Digital Convergence”
Submission Deadline is
Wednesday, September 6, 2000
Authors must go to
http://www.sscs.org/isscc/submit
prior to submitting a paper to obtain a submission number and to complete the
information for the Advance Program. See details inside.
ISSCC 2001 Call for
Papers
Monday - Wednesday,
February 5 - 7, 2001
San Francisco Marriott
Hotel, San Francisco, CA
The 2001 Conference theme
is " The Internet Age: Technologies Driving Digital Convergence ." Papers
describing ICs targeted for computing, telecommunication and multimedia systems
in all of the listed areas are solicited. Examples _include high-performance
microprocessors and memories, advanced telecommunication and data-communication
ICs, imagers and MEMs, analog circuits, and signal-processing
ICs.
Guidelines for Preparation of the Preliminary Version of the Abstract, Paper,
and Supplementary Material.
Authors should submit 3 items
for review: 1) An Abstract to be used in the Advance Program, 2) A
Draft of the final Manuscript for the Digest of Technical Papers,
3) Additional Supplementary Material is not mandatory but strongly
encouraged. All three items should be stapled together as a set.
1. The Abstract
must be submitted to the ISSCC WEB site. (See the next page for more details.)
The abstract must not exceed five (5), 65-character lines. It may be edited
without consultation, including the title, to accommodate the program . It
must be factual and provide as complete a description as possible, including
specific performance data. Claims such as “new,”
“advanced,” “novel,” “high-performance,” and
“high-speed” are not acceptable.
2. The Draft
Manuscript text must have a minimum of eighty (80), 65-character lines, and
must not exceed one hundred & ten (110), 65-character lines. Six figures are
allowed in addition to a die micrograph. Authors of accepted papers will have an
opportunity to revise their drafts. The Program Committee may require specific
revisions. A sample digest paper and abstract can be found at the ISSCC WEB site
(http://www.isscc.org).
3. Supplementary
Material must be supplied as an attachment to, but separate from, the draft
manuscript. It must not exceed 10 pages (5 sheets printed back-to-back) and must
be stapled to each copy of the draft and abstract. This material should
contain information that will help the Program Committee in its decisions.
Examples are copies of additional figures to be shown as slides, additional text
explaining key points in more detail, and a clear review of how the work
described extends the previous state of the art.
The most common reason for
paper rejection is a lack of clear evidence of what is novel in the work and the
extent to which it advances the state of the art. Successful submissions contain
specific new results, sufficient detail and data to be understood, and
schematics and measured results for key circuits when
appropriate.
Supplementary material must
also state clearly what, if anything, will have been published prior to the
Conference. Copies of these prior publications should be included. Please
_include data sheets, press releases, and other forms of
publication.
All submission materials are
to be prepared in double-sided, double-spaced form. Each copy must
contain as the first page a copy of the Abstract as printed from the WEB
site. This Abstract page will contain your paper number, title, contact
information, list of authors, suggested topic area, and the text of the
abstract. Each submitted copy must have, stapled as a single
unit, the Abstract page, the Draft Manuscript, and any Supplementary
Material provided.
The author(s) of accepted
papers will submit via the WEB by November 1, 2000, a final, illustrated,
exclusive version for publication in the ISSCC Digest of Technical Papers. For
further author instructions and author's checklist see the Conference website:
http://www.isscc.org.
NEW THIS
YEAR!
WEB based
submission of Abstract and Final
Manuscript.
Before submitting your paper
this year, you must go to
http://www.sscs.org/isscc/submit
on the WEB and complete the requested information. This will _include the paper
title, contact-author information, other authors, abstract, suggested review
area, and a number of questions regarding your electronic . This WEB
site will be available for use by July 1, 2000. Authors are encouraged to
complete the WEB site questions early. Your information can be updated anytime
up to the September 6, 2000 deadline. When the WEB questions are completed, you
must print the cover sheet provided by the WEB site and use this as the first
sheet (Abstract) of each copy of your submission. The WEB site will assign a
paper number to your entry, and indicate to you the number of manuscript paper
copies to be submitted for review, and to what address to send
them.
All authors will need to submit 50
copies to a US address, while Far East and European authors will need to submit
an additional 25 copies to a regional
address.
If you do not have WEB access, and would
like to submit a paper, contact Courtesy Associates at
isscc@courtesyassoc.com.
Final Manuscript submission
will be via the WEB site as well. The preferred text-submission is
Word. However, Framemaker, PostScript, and others that generate .rtf
files are acceptable. The length limit will be strictly enforced
electronically. Papers exceeding the length limit will be immediately rejected,
as requiring length editing. The preferred figure is
PowerPoint. However, Freelance, PDF, & PostScript can be
accommodated if needed. Again, the 6 figures plus die photo maximum will be
enforced. At the Conference, all slides will be electronically projected, with
PowerPoint being the preferred .
Clarification of
Pre-Publication and Press-Coverage Policies. The Conference pre-publication
policy is intended to maintain ISSCC as the premier global forum for debut of
technical innovation in such areas as architecture, circuitry, and algorithms.
Contrary to popular opinion, a paper may be acceptable even if it is connected
with a product that has sampled, entered production, and/or appeared in a
publication. In such situations, the Program Committee is responsible for
assessing whether substantial technical disclosure has already taken place. The
substantial technical-disclosure rule may be complied with even if there has
been disclosure of: abbreviated data sheets that provide
only
specifications, a feature list, and
coarse block diagram; material under nondisclosure agreement; die photos;
articles addressing only the marketing or applications aspects of the product;
presentations at workshops or niche conferences with limited attendance and no
published proceedings or press coverage. Conversely, a paper will be rejected if
disclosure of the innovative architecture, circuitry, algorithms, etc. occurs in
articles, data sheets, trade journals, or other conferences. Prospective authors
should submit all material relevant to pre-publication at the time of paper
submission. Abstracts of accepted papers will be disclosed to the press in early
November. The ISSCC reserves the right to add factual information to the
abstract from the paper text, and to modify the paper title when technically
appropriate. Copies of final manuscripts, including figures, will be made
available to approved members of the press prior to the Conference for
post-Conference articles.
For further details on
pre-publication policy, or assistance in assigning a subject area, contact the
Program-Committee Chair: Glenn Gulak, Tel: 416-978-8671, Fax: 416-971-2286,
Email:
gulak@eecg.toronto.edu
POLICY REGARDING PAPER
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Due to the timing constraints
associated with the paper-review process, papers must be received by the
deadline shown below to be considered by the Program Committee. Use of express
delivery service is required for traceability. Papers received after the
deadline will be returned to authors unopened.
"Hard" Deadline for Receipt
in Washington, DC: Wednesday, September 6, 2000
Authors must go to
http://www.sscs.org/isscc/submit
prior to submitting a paper to obtain a submission number and to complete the
information for the Advance Program.
Confirmation of paper
receipt: Authors may _include a separate "fax back" sheet with their name,
fax number and paper title for confirmation of receipt of paper in Washington,
DC. This is the only confirmation that will be sent.
Limited financial
assistance is available to student presenters upon request.
ISSCC
2001
Monday -
Wednesday
FEBRUARY 5 - 7,
2001
SAN FRANCISCO MARRIOTT
HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Solid-State
Circuits Society
of the
IEEE
P.O.Box
1331
PISCATAWAY, NJ
08855-1331
USA
ISSCC 2001 CALL FOR
PAPERS
PLEASE CIRCULATE/POST ON BULLETIN BOARD
SAN FRANCISCO MARRIOTT, SAN
FRANCISCO, CA / FEBRUARY 5 - 7, 2001
If you are planning to submit a
paper, please inform the appropriate Subcommittee Chair or
Secretary.
For further details on
pre-publication policy, or assistance in selecting a subject area,
contact:
Corporate
Relations: David Pricer 802-425-4515, Fax: 802-425-4516, Email:
pricer@wcvt.com
For further author
information see the Conference Website:
http://www.isscc.org
or contact Courtesy Associates.
"Hard" Deadline for Receipt of paper in Washington, DC: Wednesday, September 6,
2000