Advances in Low Power Circuit and System Design and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce an upcoming Special Issue of Electronics, titled “Advances in Low Power Circuit and System Design and Applications”. As the electronics industry pushes the boundaries of performance while striving for energy efficiency, this Special Issue seeks to highlight the latest research and developments in low-power design techniques and their diverse applications.

Scope and Topics of Interest

This Special Issue invites submissions of high-quality manuscripts presenting original research, comprehensive reviews, and detailed case studies on various aspects of low-power circuits and system design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Low-Power Digital Circuit Design
• Techniques for reducing power consumption in digital circuits, including logic synthesis, clock gating, and pipelining.
• Design methodologies for low-power arithmetic and logic units (ALUs), memory elements, and interconnects.
• Energy-Efficient Microarchitecture
• Design strategies for energy-efficient processors, system-on-chips (SoCs), and multi-core systems.
• Low-power memory hierarchy design, including cache architectures and memory management techniques.
• Low-Power Analog and Mixed-Signal Design
• Approaches to minimize power consumption in analog and mixed-signal circuits, such as low-power ADCs, DACs, and operational amplifiers.
• Power-efficient design of RF and communication circuits.
• Power Management Techniques
• Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), power gating, and adaptive power management strategies.
• Techniques for minimizing standby power and leakage current in integrated circuits.
• Emerging Low-Power Technologies
• Novel materials, devices, and circuit architectures that enable low-power consumption.
• Innovations in nanotechnology, spintronics, and quantum devices for low-power applications.
• Software and Algorithmic Techniques for Low Power
• Compiler and software-level techniques for reducing power consumption in hardware.
• Algorithmic strategies for energy-efficient computing and communication.
• Modeling, Simulation, and Tools
• Advanced tools and methodologies for modeling and simulating power consumption in circuits and systems.
• Techniques for accurate power estimation and analysis during different stages of the design process, and techniques for verifying low-power designs.
• Applications of Low-Power Circuits and Systems
• Case studies and practical implementations in various domains, including the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile devices, biomedical electronics, and wearable technology.
• Low power design approaches in automotive, aerospace, and industrial applications.

We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions and advancing the field of low-power circuits and system design. This Special Issue provides a unique platform for researchers, industry professionals, and practitioners to share their latest findings, foster collaboration, and drive innovation in energy-efficient electronics.

Dr. Padmanabhan Balasubramanian
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Electronics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• low-power electronics
• low-power design methodologies
• energy-efficient circuit design
• voltage and frequency scaling
• power gating
• low-power microarchitecture
• energy harvesting
• low-power analog design
• power modeling and simulation
• power-efficient data conversion
• wearable electronics
• power management ICs