Special Section on Energy-Efficient Biomedical Systems and Circuits

Dr. Phillip Nadeau, Analog Devices, Boston, MA, USA,
Prof. Inhee Lee, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA,

Energy-efficient operation of biomedical systems and circuits is a fundamental requirement for enabling long-term, reliable, and wearable healthcare solutions. Particularly in implantable and portable biomedical devices, minimizing power consumption directly translates to extended battery life, reduced heat dissipation, and improved patient comfort and safety. Moreover, biomedical applications often operate under strict constraints in terms of size, thermal budget, and biocompatibility, necessitating innovative low-power circuit techniques and energy-aware system design. With the growing integration of sensing, processing, and wireless communication functionalities in a single chip, energy efficiency becomes even more critical. Therefore, comprehensive efforts in modeling, energy-optimized circuit design, power management strategies, and system-level integration are essential to ensure high-performance operation within the stringent power and thermal limits required by biomedical environments.

This special section focuses on all aspects of energy-efficient biomedical systems and circuits, emphasizing innovative solutions that reduce power consumption while ensuring high performance and reliability in biomedical applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: low-power analog and digital circuit design, energy-aware architectures for physiological signal acquisition and processing, power-efficient wireless communication circuits, energy harvesting and management techniques, low-voltage and sub-threshold operation, and system-level integration for wearable and implantable devices. Submissions should present ideas that are prototyped and verified through silicon measurements to demonstrate practical feasibility and performance benefits. Both original research articles featuring novel circuits and systems, as well as in-depth review papers highlighting state-of-the-art techniques and future research directions in energy-efficient biomedical electronics, are strongly encouraged.

Authors are invited to submit papers following the IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society (OJ-SSCS) guidelines, within the remit of this Special Section call. Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Energy-efficient design techniques for biosignal conditioning circuits, low-power sensor interfaces, neural stimulators, biopotential amplifiers, clock generation circuits, and low-noise front-end circuits tailored for biomedical applications
• Low-power architectures for biomedical signal acquisition and processing
• Energy-efficient wireless communication and telemetry circuits
• Energy harvesting and power management solutions for implantable and wearable biomedical devices
• System-level design approaches to minimize energy consumption while maintaining functional accuracy and reliability

All submitted manuscripts are strongly encouraged to

1. conform to OJ-SSCS’ normal formatting requirements and page count limits;
2. validate principal claims with experimental results;
3. be submitted online at: https://ieee.atyponrex.com/journal/oj-sscs

Please note that you need to select “Energy-Efficient Biomedical Systems and Circuits” when you submit a paper to this Special Section.

• Special Section Open for Submissions: July 1, 2025
• Paper Submission Deadline: August 31, 2025
• First Notification: October 15, 2025
• Revision Submission: November 10, 2025
• Final Decision: November 30, 2025
• Publication Online: December 15, 2025