MWSCAS 2013 Decision Notification - Paper 8047 mwscas@epapers.org [mwscas@epapers.

org] Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:12 AM To: Aisha A da!!a A!i A!hussai" #ammadi Cc: mwscas@epapers.org

$ear Aisha A da!!ah, %ha"& you 'ery much (or su mitti"g your paper (or co"sideratio" to %he )*** +,th )"t! Midwest Symposium o" -ircuits . Systems. /e regret to i"(orm you that your paper "um er 0012 e"tit!ed 3A +.2"456#7 8oise $e"sity %hird9:rder ;$8< ;i!ter (or $4=9# Mo i!e9%4 <ecei'er3 was "ot se!ected (or prese"tatio" at this year>s -o"(ere"ce. ?!ease i"(orm a"y coauthors o( this decisio". @our paper was re'iewed y the %ech"ica! ?rogram -ommittee (or tech"ica! merit, suita i!ity (or the o'era!! co"(ere"ce program, a"d o'er!ap with other papers. %his year we had a !arge "um er o( su missio"s a"d were (orced to dec!i"e ma"y (i"e co"tri utio"s. /e appreciate your i"terest i" the M/S-AS 2013 co"(ere"ce. /e hope you wi!! sti!! e a !e to atte"d the co"(ere"ce i" -o!um us, :hio (rom August 192, a"d e"Aoy the tech"ica! a"d socia! i"teractio" with your co!!eagues. /e e"courage you to su mit papers to our (uture co"(ere"ces. Agai", p!ease accept our tha"&s (or su mitti"g your paper to %he )*** +,th )"t! Midwest Symposium o" -ircuits . Systems. Si"cere!y, Mo"a #e!!a . Mohammed )smai! %ech"ica! ?rogram -o9-hairs %he )*** +,th )"t! Midwest Symposium o" -ircuits . Systems BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB <e'iewer C1 -omme"ts BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB %his paper, as prese"ted, (ai!s to de!i'er a"y "ew "o'e!ty. )t is at est a rehash o( (i"di"gs (rom [1] a"d does "ot meet the pro(essio"a! sta"dards reDuired (or pu !icatio" through the )***. -omme"ts: A stract: E#7 shou!d e &#7. ?age 1, -o!. 2: Authors state that 'a!ues (or omega ca" e (ou"d (rom FFthe ta !e,GG which,

pray te!!, ta !e wou!d this eH ?age 2, -o!. 1: Authors c!aim that [,] ac&s up their stateme"t that the c!ass9A=Gs mai" (eatures are !ow power co"sumptio" a"d good !i"earity. @et, "owhere i" [,] is this speci(ic amp!i(ier eIami"ed, "or is there a"y road c!aim made the c!ass9A= amp!i(iers ha'e such (eatures. ?age 2, -o!. 1: %he re(ere"ce to [2] is du ious as J0K is the c!ear resu!t o( setti"g = a"d eDua! to 7ero i" J2K. ?age 2, -o!. 2: %he p!ots pro'ided to ac& up the simu!atio"s resu!ts show that the authors may "ot &"ow how to proper!y measure the speci(ied parameters. ;or eIamp!e, u"ity9gai" a"dwidth is typica!!y measured at gai" L 1Ju"ityK, or 0d=, howe'er, the authors ha'e Duoted the a"dwidth at gai" L 91.1,+3d= as u"ity9gai" a"dwidth. A!so, ;ig. 3 that is showi"g the power co"sumptio" o( the -M:S is "egati'e. #a'e the authors ma"aged to desig" a circuit that ge"erates powerH )( "ot, the y9aIis shou!d pro a !y e !a e!ed power dissipatio" Jto &eep co"siste"t with the speci(ied parameterK a"d positi'e. Simi!ar discrepa"cies arise i" the p!ots o" ?age 1. ?age 3, -o!. 1: [2] does "ot appear to prese"t the FFgrou"ded $GG de'ice, "or does it direct!y a((irm a"y o( the c!aims made i" the paragraph it is re(ere"ced i". ?age 3, -o!. 2: ;ig. + shou!d use the pre'ious!y prese"ted $ sym o! to sa'e space, or ;ig. 1 cou!d e i"corporated i"to ;ig. + Jas ;ig. , doesK to sa'e space. ?age 3, -o!. 2: Authors "eed to spe"d more time eIp!ai"i"g their resu!ts. )( the proposed co"tri utio" o( this !iterature is to migrate the desig" (rom [1] to a "ew process "ode, (a ricatio" resu!ts or a compariso" etwee" simu!atio" resu!ts wou!d e "ice. %he <e(ere"ces sectio" "eeds to re9(ormatti"g, see the )*** *ditoria! Sty!e Ma"ua!. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB <e'iewer C2 -omme"ts BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB J1K )" the sectio" )4, the re(ere"ce 3 i" 1920[2]3 has pro !em. %he re(ere"ce [2] is di((ere"t (rom what you state there. J2Kyour stateme"t o( eDuatio" J2K J0K J9K J10K J11K is Duite u"c!ear, a"d is "ot eIp!ai"ed we!! i" this paper. ?!ease re'ise this part a"d ma&e it more c!ear, J3K%he "oise de"sity o( the seco"d A;;$8< is too high J1K there are other speci(icatio" that the author does"Gt me"tio", !i&e ))?3, $y"amic ra"ge, #$2, tu"i"g ra"ge etc. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB <e'iewer C3 -omme"ts BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Stre"gths: 9/e!! writte" a"d prese"ted. -!arity is good. /ea&"ess

9Some grammatica! mista&es: 1. ?191st ?ara, !ast !i"e: 3this !eads to a"y di((ere"ce etwee" desired a"d simu!ated 'a!ues.3 2. ?age 3, su sec9= 3rd !i"e 9Sec ))= is "ot 'ery c!ear. M1, M@, wr terms "ot eIp!ai"ed proper!y. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB <e'iewer C1 -omme"ts BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB 8o comme"ts pro'ided.