Workshop Program

AI technologies have been applied to many fields with their latest remarkable progress.
In this workshop session, we will cover from AI technologies to their applications as follows.
1） Overview of AI technologies developed at NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu will be presented.
2） AI Applications will be discussed including advanced sensing and material development acceleration.
3） Co-creation examples with customers will be introduced.

Keyword ： Artificial Intelligence （AI）, Advanced Sensing, Material Development, Co-creation

In each sector of the primary industry, there are severe issues such as a worker's aging and a successor's lack for the continuation. In order to solve various problems in the primary industry, utilization of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been actively attempted.
In this workshop, we will introduce in detail the case of IoT R&D and experiments in the primary industry field, such as an information sharing and communication system, JGAP authentication and application to wildlife damage with IoT are introduced.

Keyword ： Agriculture, IoT, AI, JGAP

As several new wireless systems use higher frequency bands, microwave and millimeter wave antenna technologies are essential to realize these systems. Not only design but also measurement is key technology for these new antennas.
In this workshop, microwave, millimeter wave antenna design and measurement technologies are introduced for microwave and millimeter wave engineers.

Keyword ： Microwave, Milimeter-wave, Antenna Design, Antenna Measurement

The microwave energy application is expanding. In recent years microwave surgical instruments have been attracting attention in particular with the keyword "bloodless surgical instruments".
In this session, medical doctors as developers and users, and an engineer supporting the development talk about R&D history, trends, and future commercialization.

Keyword ： Medical, Microwave, Medical Electrical Equipment, Surgical Energy Instruments

V2X system has been developed to realize the enhancement of autonomous driving, advanced information sharing among vehicles, and multi-vehicle coordinated control. In 2017, 3GPP has finalized standardization of V2X communication using LTE. Moreover, 5G is expected to achieve high-data-rate and low-latency communication, and is now under discussion in 3GPP.
In this workshop, latest trends of V2X technologies, e.g. proof and challenges of connected car, cooperation of in-vehicle network and V2X, and demonstration of multiple-vehicle coordinated control based on MEC, will be explained by professional researchers.

Keyword ： Keywords：5G, V2X, Connected Car, In-vehicle Network, Autonomous Driving, Coordinated Driving Control, and Low Latency

In this session, the technical hurdle and problem of 100W over wireless power transfer system will be discussed and some application example of wireless power transfer system such as automotive applications and home appliances will be introduced.
So this session will discussed from basic principle of 100W over wireless power transfer system to concrete application examples.

Keyword ： 100W over Wireless Power Transfer System, WPT System, Automotive Applications

Operational service of Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) started on November of 2018 supports GPS compatible signals, and highly accurate augmentation service signals. Recently, GNSS including Galileo, Beidou is expected to be applied for automatic driving and other systems realized by low-cost and highly accurate GNSS receiver technology.
In this workshop session, recent satellite positioning technology will be discussed focusing on development status of QZSS, satellite navigation and receiver technology, and applications.

Keyword ： Satellite Positioning, Global Navigation Satellite System, High-Precision Positioning, Satellite Navigation, GNSS Receiver

Microwave heating has been applied to various fields: chemistry, material engineering, agriculture, medicine, etc., as well as food. Recently, microwave heating is attracting attention as an efficient and energy-saving heating source along with promoting electrification of industry, owing to its features of rapid and selective heating.
In this work shop session, recent microwave heating technologies will be discussed focusing on microwave tubes, which have been used around the world, solid-state devices, which are expected as future microwave sources with high controllability, and microwave heating applications from the viewpoint of chemistry.

Keyword ： Microwave Heating, High-power Microwaves, High-power Solid-state Amplifier, Microwave Tubes, Applicator

With unique electromagnetic properties which natural materials do not exhibit, the metamaterial and metasurface technologies recently become viable solutions for practical applications in wireless communications at the frequency range from microwave to Terahertz wave.
This workshop focuses on recently developed practical metamaterial and metasurface technologies and their trends in small antennas, 5G communications, and Terahertz wave and millimeter-wave applications.

Keyword ： Metamaterials, Metasurfaces, Artificial Magnetic Walls, Small Antennas, 5G Technologies, Terahertz-waves, Extraordinary Transmission

Just before the launch of 5G in 2020, research and development of 28-GHz band LSI, package, and related technologies are actively progressing toward the new large application of millimeter-wave band. Not only 28-GHz transceivers for 5G are basically fabricated using CMOS process, but also transceivers for 77-GHz automotive radar and terahertz-band are developed using CMOS process.
In this workshop, CMOS transceivers and package technologies for millimeter-wave and terahertz bands will be widely presented.

Keyword ： Millimeter-wave, Terahertz, Circuit, System, Package, Antenna, 5G, Transceiver, Radar, CMOS Process

This introductory course in microwave amplifier design starts from reviewing textbook basics and guides you through essentials of amplifier design. Given by an expert having years of experience in III-V MMIC and silicon CMOS IC design in industry as well as teaching experience in academia, this course will also give some good tips that are not usually covered by textbooks. The course will be ideal for students and engineers needing to understand the basics of amplifier design.

Keyword ： Microwave Amplifier, Gain, Matching, Wideband Design, Low-Noise Design

With the progress of research and development and commercialization of millimeter wave automotive radar, 5G and 6G, modeling of devices based on measurement results is mainstream in system design. However, in the on-wafer measurement in the millimeter wave band, the measurement results are largely different depending on the measurement repeatability and the type of the RF probe design. This causes problems in device development and system development, and the development of new technologies is indispensable as a solution.
In this session, the latest technologies are introduced in addition to the basics of on-wafer measurement.

Keyword ： On-wafer Measurement, Millimeter-wave Frequency, Measurement Reproducibility, Impact of Probe Type on Measurements

S-parameters are widely used in the design and measurement of microwave circuits. Recently, circuit simulators and electromagnetic simulators have become increasingly convenient. As a result, we have less opportunity to calculate S-parameters. It prevents us from understanding microwave circuits.
In this TH7A session, basic knowledge of S-parameters is explained for beginners. In addition, examples of S-parameter calculation are introduced for the purpose of microwave circuit design.

Keyword ： S-Parameter, F-Parameter, Passive Circuit, Attenuator, Loop Coupler

The spread of mobile phones and smartphones has made wireless communication very familiar. However, it would not be widely known how wireless communication devices such as mobile phones are structured and how they work.
In this TH7B session, the following items are explained in an easy-tounderstand manner with the latest examples.
1） Fundamentals of wireless communication and examples of wireless blocks in mobile phones,
2） Element circuits that make up wireless circuits and their operating principles.

Keyword ： Wireless Communication Device, Mobile Phone, Filter, Power Amplifier, Low Noise Amplifier, Mixer, Voltage Control Oscillator, Modulator-demodulator