IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems


Information for Authors



  • Scope: Your paper must fall within the scope of TVLSI as outlined in Scope and Call for Papers. You may also wish to review issues of TVLSI to see if other papers similar in scope to yours have been published. If you still have questions, you may contact the Editor-in-Chief.

  • Title: Select a succinct yet unique title for your work that expresses the essence of the paper and its contribution. Try to restrict the title to one line of 56 or fewer characters.

  • Authors and Affiliation: List all authors and affiliations at the time the work was conducted. Use complete names rather than just initials. Give email addresses of the authors.

  • Abstract: Write an abstract of about 100 words to summarize your paper and its unique contribution.

  • Keywords: Select between four and eight keywords from the list provided. If you cannot locate at least four, then your paper may not fall within the scope of TVLSI.

  • Content: Begin your paper with an introduction that provides some basic definitions, motivation for the work and an overview of the organization of the paper. Then partition the presentation into four or five sections to help the reader understand what you are trying to say. In the final section, give your conclusions so that the reader will grasp the significance of the work.

  • References: List references in the order in which they are cited in the text. References should follow the standard IEEE format.

  • Page Length and Spacing: All papers should be single-spaced and formatted into two columns (see note that follows).

    A regular paper should be about 8 pages long, including figures. This length is about twice that of a conference paper so you should be able to provide a more detailed description of your work. Any paper significantly exceeding 8 pages will not be reviewed.

    A brief paper should be about 4 pages long, including figures.

    Once accepted, photographs and biographies of all the authors will be published at the end of a regular paper, but not with a brief paper.

    Note: Papers submitted for review need not be in single-spaced double-column format. You can use this format to verify that the manuscript does not exceed the page limit. A double-spaced format allows the reviewer more room for annotation.

  • Page Style and Format: Each paper must adhere to the specifications given below.

    Postscript Example

    LATEX style file

    Example LATEX source file.

    Additional IEEE Information for Authors

    A. Total Paper Width x Height: 216 mm x 280 mm (8.5 inch x 11 inch)
    B. Top Margin: 25 mm (1 inch)
    C. Left Margin: 19 mm (.75 inch)
    D. Image Width x Height: 175 mm x 226 mm (6.9 inch x 8.9 inch)
    E. Single Spaced, Two Column
    F. Column Width: 83 mm (3.3 inch)
    G. Column Separation: 8 mm (0.3 inch)
    H. Type Size: No type less than 9 point anywhere in the document
    I. Title: Boldface, uppercase letters centered across the entire page
    J. Author names: centered across the entire page
    K. Author mailing and email addresses: centered across the entire page
    L. Abstract: 100-150 words in left column only, 12 mm (.5 inch) below the title
    M. First section spacing: 12 mm (.5 inch) below abstract
    N. Section headings: centered across one column and in boldface uppercase letters
    O. Subheadings: begin at the left margin.
    P. Sub-Subheadings: indented like a paragraph.
    Q. Figures: centered across the entire page or one column; placed at end or embedded
    R. References: numbered sequentially as cited in the text (e.g. [1])
    S. Example citation:
    [1] Author, First, Author, Second and Last Author, "The Paper Title," International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, vol. 1, pp. 1001-1004, 1996.

  • Postscript Generation: Electronic submission of a postscript file of the entire paper including figures is greatly preferred since it will speed the review process.

    To generate the postscript file, first be sure that you have a postscript driver installed and selected. Also, be sure that you include in the file itself all fonts necessary for printing. Select "Letter" size paper. Do not select "manual feed." Submit the resulting file using binary FTP as described later. If necessary to send via email, compress and uuencode the file.

  • Electronic Source File: Once your paper is accepted, you will be asked to submit the source file electronically. This will reduce significantly the likelihood of errors being generated in the typesetting process and help hold down the costs of publication.

  • Paper Hardcopies: We no longer accept paper hardcopies for review. If this is a problem for you, please contact the Editor-in-Chief at the address below.

    IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems
    c/o Prof. Wayne Wolf
    Electrical Engineering
    Princeton University
    Princeton, NJ 08544
    TEL: (609)-258-1424
    FAX: (609)-258-3745
    wolf@ee.princeton.edu

  • Copyright Form: All clearances for publication must be obtained by the author(s) and the IEEE Copyright form with original signature(s) submitted. You need not submit this form until your paper has been accepted.


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