OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

05s-02
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Seizo MORITA, Kenji TANIGUCHI, Toshiaki SUHARA, and Tetsuya YAGI (Graduate School of Engineering)

Objective
  This course is designed to introduce novel atom technology and its applications, provide the knowledge to understand broadband cellular phones, and introduce applications to optical disc memory and optical fiber communications, and neuroscience to understand how brain computes sensory information.

Lecture Outline
1. "NanoWorld Explored with NanoForce" (Seizo Morita: 4 weeks)
The class starts from principle of atomic force microscope (AFM) and then introduces novel atom technology and its application which can observe, measure, manipulate individual atoms using a weak force of nano-Newton.
2. "Wireless Communication Technology for Broadband Era" (Kenji Taniguchi: 3 weeks)
The class starts from basic wireless communication systems in a tutorial language and provides the knowledge to understand broadband cellular phones and RF identification tags (RF tags) rapidly penetrating all aspects of our lives.
3. "Recent Topics in Integrated Optoelectronics" (Toshiaki Suhara: 4 weeks) Selected topics in Optoelectronics will be presented, including introduction to laser, applications to optical disc memory and optical fiber communications, and recent developments of various integrated optic devices.
4. "Bio-inspired electronic systems" (Tetsuya Yagi, 4 weeks)
The class starts from fundamental knowledge of neuroscience to understand how brain computes sensory information and thereupon, the novel electronic systems inspired by the sensory neuronal circuit are introduced.

Grading
Class participation 50%
Short papers (4 times) 50%