Symmetry in Advanced Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 553
Special Issue Editors
Interests: analog and mixed-signal IC design; filters; oscillators; active building blocks; CMOS implementations; embedded systems
Interests: analog signal processing and integrated circuits; current-mode circuits; active filter and oscillator design; electronic instrumentation and control systems; chaotic synchronization and control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Symmetry is a fundamental concept in the analysis and design of advanced analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, particularly in modern CMOS technologies that demand low power consumption, low-voltage operation, and high integration density. Symmetric and balanced circuit structures are widely employed to enhance robustness, improve noise immunity, reduce offset and distortion, and ensure predictable and reliable circuit behavior.
Recent advances in integrated circuit design increasingly rely on symmetry-aware architectures and methodologies, especially for differential and balanced circuits, current-mode and voltage-mode signal processing, and electronically tunable solutions. Symmetry also plays an important role in nonlinear and fractional-order circuit realizations, enabling improved performance, compact implementations, and enhanced design flexibility.
This Special Issue aims to provide a focused platform for presenting recent theoretical and practical advances in analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design that explicitly exploit symmetry as a central design concept. Topics of interest include symmetry-based circuit architectures, active building blocks, filters and oscillators, as well as nonlinear, fractional-order, and memristor-based circuits. Furthermore, symmetry-aware, low-power integrated circuits for sensor interfaces and Internet of Things (IoT) applications are also within the scope of this Special Issue.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and review papers are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Symmetry-based analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit design;
- Differential and balanced circuit architectures;
- Symmetric active building blocks and signal-processing circuits;
- Nonlinear, fractional-order, and memristor-based symmetric circuits;
- Symmetry-aware, low-power integrated circuits for sensor interfaces and IoT applications.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Orapin Channumsin
Prof. Dr. Worapong Tangsrirat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- symmetry
- analog integrated circuits
- mixed-signal circuits
- differential circuits
- nonlinear circuits
- fractional-order circuits
- memristor
- filters and oscillators
- low-power circuit design
- integrated circuits for IoT and sensor interface
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