Event

The 2nd Next Generation Power Electronics Research Center Annual Meeting

International Joint Workshop on Kyutech Research Centers
IoT and Energy Technologies in 21st Century
~ Their Infrastructure and its Reliability ~

【Overview】
Sponsored by: Kyushu Institute of Technology（IoT System Platform Research Center , Dependable Integrated Systems Research Center, Next Generation Power Electronics Research Center）
Co-sponsored by: Kitakyushu city (tentative)
Supporting Organizations：　IEEJ (tentative), IEICE (tentative), JSAP,　REAJ, FAIS, NPERC-J(tentative)
Date： Nov. 6-7, 2018
Venue：Kitakyushu International Conference Center,　3-9-30 Asano, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, 802-0001, Japan.
Attendance Fee： JPY 10,000 (tentative) Capacity：about 200 persons
HP：http://www.lsse.kyutech.ac.jp/~c3pj-office/page_en/index_en.html
*Registration will start September 18th.

　In the 21st century, information and communication technology(ICT) including the internet of things (IoT) and electric energy technology are highly developing into an important infrastructure that supports our upcoming society. The society will utilize more digital networks than we do now, where ubiquitous electric energy like the internet will be provided for us.
　Such a technology combining IoT and energy is a basis of Industrie4.0, Society5.0, and the cyber-physical system that contributes to the low-carbon society, which will play a crucial role in the competitiveness of Japan's industry including reliability issues of semiconductors as a core technology.
　Kyushu Institute of Technology has established three selected project centers: IoT System Platform Research Center, Dependable Integrated Systems Research Center, and Next Generation Power Electronics Research Center, which address important issues in the next generation. The three centers agreed to hold a joint workshop that focuses on the fusion of ICT and electric energy toward the reliable infrastructure in the 21st century and on its reliability-oriented issues.
　This workshop will provide lectures that introduce the state-of-the-art technologies of the three centers, tutorials for Ph.D. student and young researchers/engineers, a technical meeting for industrial and academic people, and poster sessions by students and staffs of the three centers.

【Tentative Schedule】
Tue. Nov. 6
◆10:00-18:00　Tutorials　　3 Parallel Sessions

Communication System and Radio Wave Propagation for Mobile Communication
Basics of Switching Power Supply Design
Basics of LSI Testing
Real-Time Monitoring of Power Devices
Carrier Lifetime of Silicon Wafers for Power Devices
The Essence of AI Applications
High-performance and Low-power Embedded System by Combining Processor and Reconfigurable Device
Basics of CMOS Memory and Oscillator Design
Power Semiconductor Basics
Fundamentals of adjustable-speed AC motor drives and inverters
Energy Harvesting Technology
Information and Communication Network Technology toward IoT Era
Reliability of Power Devices
Hydrogen production Technology toward Zero-Emission Society
How to Write Technical Documents

◆18:30-20:30　 Technical Meeting　　Mikuni World Stadium（Business Room on 3F）

◆Wed. Nov. 7 Workshop (Schedule is tentative)

	International Conference Room
10:00-10:15	Greetings
10:15-10:35	Introduction
10:35-11:10	Plenary 1 Spectrum Access in Heterogeneous Networks for Internet of Things Prof. Sun Gaofei、School of Computer Science and Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology
11:10-11:45	Plenary 2 Security Function using Safety Verification: For Security and Functional Safety Compatibility, Dr. Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Hitachi, Ltd. R&D Group
11:45-12:20	Plenary 3 Development of Power Semiconductor Devices and Renewable Energy Strategy in Taiwan, Prof. Kung-Yen Lee, National Taiwan University

Lunch 12:20-13:45（1h25）
◆13:45-16:20 Workshop provided by three centers (Each center will provide five presentations.)
Next Generation Power Electronics Research Center Annual Meeting
Session Guidance
The power supply technology toward the trillion sensor era, Satoshi Matsumoto
GaN Power Device High-Voltage Reliability, Dr. Longobardi Giorgia
Diamond Power Semiconductor Devices: Current Status, Dr. Akihiko Watanabe
Evaluation Methods for Capacitors toward Reliable Energy Network, Prof. Kazunori Hasegawa
Trend of Power SoC toward Sensor Network Era, Prof. Seiya Abe
Closing
◆16:30-18:00 Student Poster Session and Public Relations
About 40 presentations will be held.

【Committee】
General Chair：Prof. Ichiro Omura Steering Chair：Prof. Seiya Abe
Vice Co-chairs：Prof. Yoshihisa Nakatoh, Prof. Hiroshi Ochi
Steering Committee Members：Prof. Xiaoqing Wen, Prof. Daiki Nobayashi, Prof. Kazunori Hasegawa

International Workshop on New Generation Power Electronics and Systems (1st NPES)

Date and time: January 16, 2017, 10:30-16:40

Free to participate　

Venu: Hatsumei-Kaikan, Toranomon 2-9-14, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Program
　10:40 Prof. Alberto Castellazzi, The University of Nottingham, UK
　　　　　　Modular Integration of Power Modules for Improved Performance, Reliability and Availability
　11:20 Prof. Francesco Iannuzzo, Aalborg University, Denmark
　　　　　　Mission-Profile-Based Methodologies for Bond Wire Stress Analysis in Power Modules
　12:00-13:30 Lunch break
　13:30 Dr. Yuki Negoro, Keihin Corporation, Japan
　　　　　　High Power Density Power Control Unit for Two-Motor Hybrid System
　14:00 Prof. Kimihiro Yamanaka, Chukyo University, Japan
　　　　　　Electromigration Reliability of Solder Joints in Power Modules
　14:30 Mr. Takashi Nishimura, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
　　　　　　Packaging Technologies for the Power Module with Organic Insulating Layer
　15:00-15:20 Coffee break
　15:20 Prof. Hiroshi Tadano, Tsukuba University, Japan
　　　　　　Reliability of Power Semiconductor Devices on the Circuit Operation
　15:50 Prof. Nando Kaminski and Dr. Christian Zorn University of Bremen, Germany
　　　　　　Impact of Humidity on High Voltage Semiconductor Devices
　16:30 Closing remarks

Sponsors: NPERC-J (*1), City of Kitakyushu/GRIK (*2)

Co-sponsor: Kyushu Institute of Technology

Supported by: ISPSD 2017 committee

This workshop is also supported by following organizations:
　　Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS)
　　The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
　　The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
　　The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

Contact:
　　E-mail: , TEL: +81-3-5614-0210 (NPERC-J)
　　E-mail: , TEL: +81-93-695-3075 (GRIK)

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General Chair: Ichiro Omura (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
　Program committee: Mutsuhiro Mori (Hitachi), Katsumi Sato (Mitsubishi Elec.), Yuichi Kado (Kyoto Inst. of Tech.), Tamotsu Ninomiya (GRIK), Shin-ichi Nishizawa (AIST), Keiji Wada (Tokyo Met. Univ.), Wataru Hatano (Toshiba), Hazime Shimizu (NPERC-J)
　Advisory Committee: Hiromichi Ohashi (NPERC-J, GRIK), Atsuo Kawamura (Yokohama Nat. Univ.), Koji Tomita (Yaskawa Elec.), Noriyuki Miyazaki (GRIK)
　Workshop secretary: Hazime Shimizu (NPERC-J), Yasuhiro Morinaga (GRIK)
　Secretary: Masanori Tsukuda (GRIK), Yusuke Hayashi (GRIK)
　Sponsors: NPERC-J (*1), City of Kitakyushu/GRIK (*2)
　Co-sponsor: Kyushu Institute of Technology
　Supported by: ISPSD 2017 Steering committee

This workshop is also supported by following organizations:
　Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS)
　The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
　The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
　The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

IEEE Electron Device society webinar (Online lecture)

[Date] December 2, 2015

[Sponsored by]IEEE Electron Devices Society

Archive: http://eds.ieee.org/webinar-archive.html

Presentation file

NPERC-J 2nd Workshop
"Working Towards the Production of Green Electronics"
The Power Electronics of 2025, As Imagined by NPERC-J

[Date] 2015/11/16

[Place] Plaza F

[Sponsored by] NPERC-J

Summary

NPERC-J held their second workshop for corporations on developing a deeper understanding of NPERC-J activity and the related technology.

Program

Opening remarks and statement from the president	Hiromichi Ohashi	NPREC-J president
Vision of Power Semiconductor Devices in 2025	Ichiro Omura	Kyushu Institute of Technology
The Fate of Converters: Multi-level or Two-Level?	Keiji Wada Yukihiko Sato	Tokyo Metropolitan University Chiba University
The Power-electric Networking of 3-Port Electric Router Cells	Yuichi Kado	Kyoto Institute of Technology
The Microgrid Power Network Initiative: To Carry on Our Offgrid Lifestyles	Hirohito Yamada	Tohoku University
The Reliability of PE from the Perspective of a Mechanical Engineer	Noriyuki Miyazaki	Green Electronics Research Institute, Kitakyushu
The Present and Future of Materials and Power Devices According to Patent Searches	Yoichi Oshima	Tohoku University

NPERC-J Technology Exchange

[Date] November 16, 2015

NPERC-J held a members-only technology exchange in which students presented and demonstrated their findings using posters.

Presentation on the power semiconductor for Spacecraft

Presentation on IGBT dynamic Avalanche mechanism

Presentation on Real-time Simulation

Presentation on Tiny Current Sensors for IGBT Modules

Briefing on New Technology

[Date] October 30, 2015

[Place] JST Ichigaya Annex 1F Hall

[Sponsored by] Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Summary

The briefing purposes that the patents and the results of research of high-potential produced in the universities, technical colleges, and national institutes for researches are effectively transferred to the industries and companies. An oral presentation, followed by the corresponding poster, was given on "A new technique of high-speed evaluation of bulk carrier-lifetime in semiconductor wafers for the high-voltage power devices". The presentation sparked a lot of interests and questions among the engineers and managers attending from the related companies of materials and measuring instruments. The coordinator, Mr. Y. Ogihara, in the promotion department for the innovative and cooperative researches between academia, industries, and the government was also present.

Green Electronics Research Institute, Kitakyushu Workshop

[Date] October 1, 2015

[Place] Kitakyushu Science and Research Park (Kitakyushu)

[Sponsored by] The City of Kitakyushu

Summary

Green Electronics Research Institute, Kitakyushu held a workshop with the goal to further the centralization of the green electronics research activity. Following an opening ceremony with attendance of the Mayor of the city, Director Ohashi and research office managers delivered a series of lectures.

Program

"The Process of Establishing a Research Facility"	Hiromichi Ohashi	Director of Green Electronics Research Institute, Kitakyushu
"Power Electronic Circuit Systems for Green Grid Networks"	Tamotsu Ninomiya	Principal Researcher at Green Electronics Research Institute, Kitakyushu Professor emeritus at Kyushu University
"Research on Next-Generation Power Semiconductor Devices for an Advanced Power Society"	Ichiro Omura	Professor of Electrical Engineering Research at Kyushu Institute of Technology
"Research on the Reliability of Next-Generation Power Electronics"	Noriyuki Miyazaki	Principal Researcher at Green Electronics Research Institute, Kitakyushu Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University and Kyushu University