Workshop Program

There are many kinds of implementation of magnetic coupling wireless power transfer (WPT). Some system utilizes power electronics technology whereas other system utilizes microwave / antenna technology. Since WPT technology use high frequency and high power, fusion of high-power technology and high-frequency technology is necessary.
In this lecture, the basic theory that attempts to fully describe various kinds of wireless power transfer systems from a viewpoint of coupling and resonance is presented.

Keyword ： Wireless Power Transfer, Coupled Resonance, Power Electronics, Microwave, Antenna

Recently, Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology is ready for practical use and is rapidly standardized. Especially an inductive WPT and resonance WPT as a contactless WPT is paid attention to commercial and industrial application, for example, mobile devices, consumer electronics, electrical vehicle, and transport in industry, etc.
This workshop focuses on recent WPT practical applications.

Keyword ： Wireless Power Transfer, Inductive WPT, Resonance WPT, Practical Application, Standardization

5G mobile radio access beyond 2020 are required to accommodate a drastic traffic increment expected in future advancement and diversity of wireless services.
This session will overview and discuss latest key technologies and components for 5G systems.

Keyword ： Mobile Communications, 5G, Radio Access Technologies

5G mobile radio access beyond 2020 are required to accommodate a drastic traffic increment expected in future advancement and diversity of wireless services.
This session will overview and discuss 5G cellular networks by major mobile communications network operators.

Keyword ： Mobile Communications, Cellular Networks, 5G

The IoT/IoE era has arrived, where all the information captured from physical world is utilized for society. The key devices of the IoT/IoE era are enormous sensor nodes communicating tremendous information from physical world autonomously with wireless. Inevitably, needs to create new devices supporting high-level system are never decreasing even though system level and data processing researches become important in the IoT/IoE era. We sometimes have to return to the basic or fundamental knowledge that is hidden behind the modern technology.
In this lecture, electromagnetic theory is lectured as a basic for integrated-circuit and hardware engineers who wish to create innovation in the future. Fundamental electromagnetic theory from Maxwell’s equation and some useful knowledge will be presented.

Keyword ： Integrated Circuit, CMOS, RF, Wireless, Electromagnetic Theory

Wireless sensor nodes for obtaining various information are required to build IoT system. The wireless sensors used there must be operated in low power to guarantee long-term operation even with small batteries.
In this workshop, current advanced low-power integrated circuit technologies and their applications are overviewed for realizing promising wireless sensor nodes dedicated for IoT.

Keyword ： IoT, Low Power, CMOS, Medical, Wireless

Nowadays, we are facing the era of depopulation in Japan. Thus, it needs to shift toward the efficient industrial structure. The efficient design of product is also needed in terms of microwave and optical circuits that form the basis of informational society. The topology optimization method has been proposed as one of modern automatic design methods.
In this session, the topology optimization method and its applications will be discussed focusing on microwave and optical circuits.

Keyword ： Optimal Design, Automatic Design, Topology Optimization, Microwave and Optical Circuits

Microwave Power Transfer (MPT) is a long distance Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology compared with the other WPTs. The history of the MPT is started from 1960s and it is developed for a Solar Power Satellite/Station (SPS). The MPT field experiments were carried out in February, 2015, in Japan as successful results of big R&D project in 6 years.
This workshop focuses on the experimental results of the MPT field experiments for the SPS.

Keyword ： Wireless Power Transfer, Microwave Power Transfer, Solar Power Satellite/Station, Phased Array, GaN, Magnetron

Microwave technologies as application of wireless communication, remote sensing, and energy application have possibilities as biotechnology applications and medical applications. The microwave can be applied for medical treatment of cancer.
This workshop focuses on recent research and development of microwave applications for the bio-technology and the medical applications.

Keyword ： Bio-Technology and Medical Applications, Vital Sensing, Imaging, Wireless Power Transfer, Microwave Medical Treatment

The microwave techniques were examined for the chemical reaction and/or material processing from end of 1980. There is also a case used by industry already, and further industrial development is expected. The applicability of the semiconductor microwave generator used in the communication field and international standardization of microwave heating（ chemistry）are considered in such historical situation. A subject of this session is search of a point of tangency of MWE and microwave chemistry.
The latest case is explained clearly. A panel discussion is also held in this session.

Keyword ： Microwave Heating, Microwave Chemistry, Microwave Material Processing, Semiconductor Microwave Generator, International Standardization

Microwave heating has been used as a source of heat from the more than half a century. For example the various industrial applicability such as the microwave oven was spread in the world. On the other hand, the microwave heating is used as source of heat of a chemical reaction and material processing in recent years.
In this session, the microwave heating is explained as a basic course in a workshop "microwave chemistry and material processing".

Keyword ： Microwave Heat i ng, Microwave Heat i ng Equipment, Dielectric Heating, Induction Heating, Microwave Chemistry

In this basic course, the theory and analysis of the material evaluation of the dielectric constant are described ranging from the microwave to the millimeter wave bands, and examples of the measurement are introduced.
In the measurements of electromagnetic characteristics of material, it is necessary to select a measuring method suitable for the respective material properties required by the different applications. Then, by understanding the measurement principle, it is possible to comprehensively evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the measurable range and measurement results.

Keyword ： Microwave, Millimeter Wave, Dielectric Per mittivity, Measurement Principal, Reliability, Measurable Range

These extreme introductory courses WE6C and TH6C are aimed at deriving basic satisfaction of primitive and unaffected questions through the radical discussion. In this session TH6C, fundamental structures and design method of these transmission lines and basic transmission line theory are introduced.
Then, the phenomenon of connecting same/different kind of transmission lines is discussed from a viewpoint of theory and practice.

Keyword ： Transmission lines, Same / Different Transmission Line Geometries, Line Connection, Transmission Line Theory, S-parameter