The operation of 5G in many countries, associated with other recent technologies such as LoRa, NB-IoT, Wi-SUN and others, will create many new integration opportunities in many areas. Agriculture and environment protection mean that networks with systems capable of low-voltage and low-power operation are needed in order to minimize the cost and difficulties involved in battery replacements. Biomedical technologies, mainly wearable and implantable devices, frequently powered by energy harvesting sources, also demand low-voltage and low-power operation, and the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the perception and importance of remote heath monitoring.

Therefore, prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, survey papers or tutorials for review for publication in this Special Issue – Opportunities and Technological Challenges of Microelectronics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Modelling of components and devices for low-voltage and/or low power operation.
• Circuits and systems for low-voltage and/or low-power operation.
• Energy harvesting for biomedical devices.
• Energy harvesting for environmental applications.
• Low-power approaches for remote processing.

Prof. Dr. Tales Cleber Pimenta
Prof. Dr. Linnyer Beatrys Ruiz Aylon
Guest Editors

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• low voltage
• low power
• implantable devices
• biomedical circuits
• biomedical systems
• modelling
• 5G
• IoT
• wireless
• remote monitoring
• environmental monitoring
• agricultural applications