EE491-EE492
Senior Design Project Midterm Report
THE TITLE OF YOUR PROJECT
Submitted by: Name1 Surname1
Name2 Surname2
Name3 Surname3
Principal Investigator:
Evaluation Committee :
Members
Name1 Surname1
Name2 Surname2
Name3 Surname3
Day.Month.Year
1. Introduction
The report should contain the sections which are either exact or similar to the sections
given in this report sample. All the pages should be enumerated. In the introduction, you
should introduce your project, discuss its importance and give a brief review of relevant
background. Throughout the proposal, you should give the appropriate citation in your
text as [1], etc. and put the reference in the References section. If you have figures or
tables, you should refer them in your text as Fig. 1 etc even though the sentence starts
with Fig. All your figures should have captions as follows:
Clk
Clk
Clk
Clk
Clk
Vin+
T/H
Vin-
6 bit
Pipelined
Resistive averaging
T/H
Preamp
Clk
1st Comp
2nd Comp
Adder
Resistive averaging
Clk
6 bits
Adder
Fig. 1. This is an example (In the figure caption, you should explain the figure briefly).
Place table titles above the table. Do not abbreviate “Table”. Tables are enumerated with
Roman numerals. Refer to tables as “Table I”
Table I. Overall performance of the ADC (In the table caption, you should explain the table briefly).
Resolution
6 bits
Conversion rate
800MS/s
SNDR /ENOB
@ Fin=37.5MHz
36.9 dB
5.84 bit
Max DNL/INL
0.21/0.21LSB
Normal Power
325.4mW
Worst Power
395.3mW
Technology
0.35um CMOS
Voltage supply
3.3 V  10%
Temperature
25OC ~ 80OC
LSB
17.4mV
*Area
0.23mm2
* Area was calculated by analogy with typical inverter area.
In your writing, if you refer to an equation you must number that equation and refer to it
by its number. For example, you could refer to the equation given below as Eq. 1.
f ( x) 
1
xdt
2
(1)
If you are in doubt with any format, please follow the IEEE paper format, which can be
found in the following link:
http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/pubs/transactions/TRANS-JOUR.DOC
Its latex version is also available.
2. Objectives
In this section, you should present your objective clearly and discuss what you try to
achieve as precisely as you can.
3. Approach and Methodology
In this section, you should discuss the methodology you are following to achieve your
goals and outline the steps you are following in your project. You should be as detailed as
possible about each stage. Here, you should also discuss about different design
alternatives and trade-offs you have faced and the choices you made to achieve your final
goals or the changes you made in the expected results and accomplishments due to
limited time and resources.
4. Work Completed
In this section, you should present the work you have completed so far and give the
results as clearly as you can. You should use your proposed methodology and time
schedule as your frame of reference.
5. Work To Be Completed
In this section, you should discuss what remains to be done, how and when you plan to
do it. Give a time schedule for the work to be completed.
6. Realistic Constraints
When you are making your own design, you should consider about its realistic
constraints. You should be able to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
with relevant standards within a certain budget and timeline. You should also understand
the impact of engineering solutions on societal, economic and environmental issues.
a. Social, Environmental and Economic Impact
What are the social, environmental and economic impact of this project? Not all the
projects have all of these aspects. Some can have a major economic aspect but very small
social one. Some can have only an environmental aspect. Think about these important
issues and state how the end results of this project can affect the society, environment and
the economy. As engineers, we are responsible for the outcomes of our work. What you
do here will not save the world, will not cure cancer and will not bring world peace, but it
may have some impact. In this section, discuss possible impacts and the uses of your
project.
b. Cost Analysis
Here make a cost analysis for the research and development work you are doing for your
project. Include the labor and design costs. Give yourself a decent salary and calculate the
hours you are putting on this project for both the research and development part. Also
include the cost of all the parts (electrical, mechanical… etc.) you are using in your work.
c. Standards
Please mention and discuss the relevant engineering standards about this project. Your
design should conform to available engineering standards. You should give special
emphasis to IEEE, IET, EU and Turkish standards. Also do not forget that engineering
code of conduct should be followed.
7. References
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