Submission Format for IMS2014 (Title in 18-point Times font)

Leave Author List blank for your IMS2014 Summary (initial) submission.
IMS2014 will be rigorously enforcing the double-blind reviewing requirements.
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Leave Affiliation List blank for your Summary (initial) submission

Abstract—Use 9 point Times New Roman Bold for the

abstract. Set your line spacing to be 10 points rather than single you must still adhere to the general guidelines embodied
space. Indent the first line by 0.125 inches and type the word in this document concerning, but not limited to, font
“Abstract” in 9 point Times New Roman Bold Italic. This should size, margin size, page limits, file size, etc.
be followed by two spaces, a long dash (option / shift / minus),
two spaces, and then the first word of your abstract (as shown
II. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGEST FORMAT
above). A more professional look will result if all the spaces are
set to a font style of regular rather than bold. Times font is an All paragraphs of text, including the abstract, figure cap-
acceptable substitute for Times New Roman font. After the tions, and references, should be justified at the left and the
abstract, you should list a few key words from the IEEE
approved “Index Terms” (send email to [email protected] for right edges.
the latest list) that describe your paper. The index terms are used For the Title use 18-point Times (Roman) font. Its
by automated IEEE search engines to quickly locate your paper. paragraph description should be set so that the line spacing is
Typically, you should list about 5 to 7 key words, in alphabetical single with 6-point spacing before and 6-point spacing after
order, using 9 point Times New Roman Bold font. An example is
shown next.
(Format
Index Terms—Ceramics, coaxial resonators, delay filters,
→ Paragraph → Indents and Spacing). The font description
for the Author List and Authors’ Affiliation(s) should be 12-
delay-lines, power amplifiers.
point Times. The paragraph descriptions should be set so that
the line spacing is single with 6-point spacings before and
I. INTRODUCTION
after. Use an additional line spacing of 12 points before the
Please read through this entire template before you start beginning of the double column section, as shown above.
using it to create your paper! This will save you and the MTT
considerable time, and improve your chances for acceptance. III. DETAILED TEXT FORMATTING
The following information is provided to help you prepare the Using 8.5 x 11-inch paper, the top and bottom margins are
Initial Submission as well as the Final Paper for submission 1.125 inches, and the left and right margins are 0.85 inches.
to IMS2014. (Many authors submit the same exact paper for Except for Title, Authors and Affiliations, use a double
the initial as well as the final submission. This is a common column format. The column width is 3.275 inches and the
practice. See item #4 below.) A contributor should remember column spacing is 0.25 inch.
that:
Each major section begins with a Heading in 10 point
1) Deadlines are absolute, don’t even ask! Times font centered within the column and numbered using
2) Summaries may not exceed three pages, including all Roman numerals (except for ACKNOWLEDGMENT and REF-
figures, tables, references, etc. Additionally, there is a ERENCES), followed by a period, a single space, and the title
size limit on the electronic version of all Summaries. In using an initial capital letter for each word. The remaining
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), submissions letters are in SMALL CAPITALS. The paragraph description of
may not exceed 2 Megabytes. the section heading line should be set for 18 points before, 6
3) Acceptance rates have historically run at slightly over points after, and the line spacing should be set to exactly 12
50%. There is not sufficient room within the Technical points.
Program to accept all submissions. For the body of your paper, use 10-point Times font and set
your line spacing at “exactly 12 points” with 0 points before
4) Many submitters with previous IMS experience realize
and after. Indent each paragraph by 0.125 inches.
that, if their submission is accepted, they will be
Further details are provided in the remainder of this paper
required to submit a version of their Final Paper to
for specific situations.
be published in the Symposium Digest. As the Digest
paper will be similar in length to the Summary, many A. Major Subsections
contributors opt to prepare their Summary in the
format required for the Digest. This template contains As shown, denote subsections with left justified 10-point
the instructions for the proper preparation of such a Times Italic. Order them with capitalized alphabetic
document. characters (A, B,. . . ). Follow the letter designation with a
period, a single space, and then the subsection title
5) You should employ this format. This document is being
capitalizing the first letter of each word. The paragraph
made available as a template for your convenience. If
description of the subsection heading is set to “exactly 12-
you elect not to use this template, please remember that
point” line spacing with 6 points before and after.
 TABLE 1
Summary of Typographical Settings
Font Specifics Paragraph Description
Section (Times Roman unless specified) spacing (in points) alignment indent
style size special line before after (in inches)
Title plain 18 none single 6 6 centered none
Autohr List plain 12 mpme single 6 6 centered none
Affiliations plain 12 none single 6 6 centered none
Abstract bold 9 none exactly 10 0 0 justified 0.125 1st line
Headings plain 10 small caps exactly 12 18 6 centered none
Subheadings italic 10 none exactly 12 6 6 left none
Body plain 10 none exactly 12 0 0 justified 0.125 1st line
Paragrahps
Equations Symbol font for special characters single 6 6 centered none
Figures 6 to 9 point sans serif (Helvetica) single 0 0 centered none
Figure Captions plain 9 none 10 0 0 justified none, tab at 0.5
References plain 9 none 10 0 0 justified 0.25 hanging

B. Equations
Equations should be centered in the column and numbered 10-point Helvetica
sequentially. Place the equation number to the right of the
equation within a parenthesis, with right justification within 8-point Helvetica
its column. An example would be
I E ∫∫
· dL = −
∂ B·dS (1)
∂t
or
∂D
∇×H = J+ . (2)
∂t
Note that a period is used to properly punctuate the
previous sentence. It is placed at the end of the second
equation. Make sure that any subscripts in your equations are
legible and are not too small to read! When referring to an
equation, use the number within parenthesis. For example,
you would usually refer to the second equation as (2) rather
Fig. 1. Estimated relationship between the time an author spends reading
than equation (2). If possible, use the Symbol font for all these instructions and the quality of the author’s digest article.
special characters.The paragraph description of the line
containing the equation should be set for 6 points before and 6
points after. The paragraph spacing will need to be set to them into the top of the next column. Do not lump all figures
“single” rather than “exactly 12 point” so that the height will at the end of the paper! If you have difficulties with the
autoscale to fit the equation. titles on your figures, you can always elect to add in the
titles as separate text boxes, rather than importing the titles
IV. FIGURES
with the graph. This is sometimes helpful in getting a lengthy
Most of the following applies to Microsoft Word. Figures vertically-oriented title to display correctly.
should utilize as much of the column width as possible in Notice that prior to the graph, a single 12-point line is used
order to maximize legibility. Use a sans serif font, such as to separate the preceding text from the graph. The equivalent
Helvetica. Helvetica is larger and much easier to read than of a blank line should exist between the bottom of the graph
Times. Using 8- to 10-point Helvetica usually results in a (the x-axis caption) and the figure caption. (In this particular
legible figure. Do not use any font smaller than 8-point! It case, there was no need to add a blank line between the x-
must be legible. When referring to a figure, use the axis label and the figure caption, because there was already
abbreviation Fig. followed by its number. Place figure adequate spacing provided by the image border.) After the
captions directly below each figure. Use 9-point Times with figure caption, there should be a single 12-point blank line
the paragraph spacing set at “exactly 10 points.” Set a tab at before the text resumes. LATEX accepts encapsulated post script
0.5 inch. Type “Fig. #.” (# is the numeral) then tab over to files as figures. Standard post script figures will not expand and
the 0.5 inch mark before beginning the text of the figure contract to fill the designate area on the page. Encapsulated
caption. Note that figure captions are always (left and right) post script files will. Thus, encapsulated post script files must
justified, rather than centered, even if they are less than a obviously be only one page long. It is often easy to convert a
single full line in length. See the caption for Fig. 1. post script file to encapsulated post script. In Linux this can
Within LATEX there is basically only one option for be done with the command, “ps2epsi.” If you decide to use
placing figures within your paper. Often the easiest way is
to insert
color traces in your graphical data, be absolutely certain that VI. CREATION OF THE PDF FILE
there is no ambiguity about your graphical information when
printed on a B&W printer. Here is a common example of what Your final submission must be IEEE Xplore Compatible,
can go wrong with the numbering and sizing of axis titles on or your paper will be rejected. The IEEE PDF eXpress web
a graph. In this case, the graph was initially pasted at a much site used for IMS2014 will be available to aid you in this
larger size than the column width, and then reduced to fit: process. IEEE PDF eXpress is an online tool that converts
Table I on the second page was inserted using “Insert”, your document into a PDF format that complies with IEEE
“Text Box”, creating the text contained in Table I, and then Xplore® standards. Authors should check the IMS2014 web
formatting the text box using all the settings available under site (http://ims2014.org) for the most up-to-date instructions.
“Format”, “Text Box. . . ”. Table I also serves as an As always with a conversion to PDF, authors should very
illustration of one of the rare instances when the double carefully check a printed copy.
column format requirement can be violated. Certain figures VII. CONCLUSION
and tables will require the full-page width to display. It is
Following these instructions will improve the quality of
usually best to place these figures and tables at the top, rather
your paper and the IMS Digest. If you have comments, please
than in the middle or bottom of a page. Tables should be
contact one of the Steering Committee editors.
entered within a single column if this can be done cleanly,
without the entry becoming too crowded. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
V. CITING PREVIOUS WORK For the Summary paper submission only, no acknowledge-
ments are allowed.
When referencing a journal article [1], a conference digest
article [2] or a book [3], place the reference numbers within REFERENCES
square brackets. To simultaneously cite these references [1] [1] W. H. Cantrell, “Tuning analysis for the high-Q class-E power
- [3] use the format just demonstrated. The reference list is amplifier,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Tech., vol. 48, no. 12, pp.
the last section and references are listed in the order cited. 2397-2402, December 2000.
[2] W. H. Cantrell, and W. A. Davis, “Amplitude modulator utilizing a high-
Use 9 point Times. The paragraph description is set for a Q class-E DC-DC converter”, 2003 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp.
line spacing of exactly 10 points with 0 point spacing before Dig., vol. 3, pp. 1721-1724, June 2003.
and after. A 0.25 inch hanging indention should be specified. [3] H. L. Krauss, C. W. Bostian, and F. H. Raab, Solid State Radio
Engineering, New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1980.
Generally speaking, references should be very detailed. For
journal articles, list all authors by initials and last name, the Note: For the Summary paper submission only, references to
title of the paper in quotations (capitalizing only the first letter the authors own work should be cited as if done by others
of the first word, unless it would be capitalized in a sentence, to enable a double-blind review. Citations must be complete
e.g., a proper noun), the journal name in italics, the volume and not redacted, allowing the reviewers to confirm that
number, the issue number, the page numbers, and the date. prior art has been properly identified and acknowledged.
Use the examples provided [1] - [3] as a guide.
For the double-blind submission, citations of the authors’
own work should be worded in a way that avoids identifying
any connection to the authors. Simply note your prior work
in the same way as work by other authors. For example, do
not write, “We (or the authors) demonstrated in [x] that. . .”
Rather write, “It was demonstrated in [x] that. . .”