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Nation Chiao Tung University
Research Activities
Dr. Chun Y. Chang National Endowed-Chair
Professor and President National Chiao Tung
University Hsinchu, Taiwan cyc_at_mail.nctu.edu.tw
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OUTLINE

• Overview
• Research Centers and Activities
• Highlights
• Photonic Science and Technology
• Advanced Telecommunications
• Network and System Technologies
• Human Technology (HT)
• OLED Technology
• SoC Design
• Nano Sciences and Technologies
• Summary

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Overview

• Ever since 1960, the beginning of the
  semiconductor evolution in Taiwan, NCTU has
  continuously produced a number of
  distinguished semiconductor professionals,
  researches and industrial leaders.
• At Present, NCTU is still one of the most
  prominent research centers in Taiwan and
  around the world.
• In addition, at least 40 percent of Taiwans
  high-tech industrial leaders are alumni of
  NCTU.
• NCTU is cradle of Taiwans high-tech industry

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Vision

• Pursue academic Excellency in teaching and
  research
• Develop talents with leadership
• Establish a technical foundation on academic
  basis
• Take a leadership role in research and
  development
• Build bridges between academia and industries
• Promote science and technology for social
  benefits

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Research Centers and Activities

• Microelectronics and Information Systems
  Research Center (MIRC)
• Academic Center of excellence
• Cisco Research Center in NCTU
• ITRI NCTU Joint Research Center
• Lee And MTI Center for Networking Research
• System-on-Chip (SoC) Research Center
• Nano Technology Laboratory

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Research Achievement

• 1996-2002 Published Papers in IEEE Journals
  Magazines

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The Microelectronics and InformationSystems
Research Center (MIRC)
Overview and Goals

• MIRC of NCTU was established in 1984 to explore
  and perform long-range collaborative research
  in microelectronics and information systems.
• to coordinate interdisciplinary research at NCTU
  on
• advanced projects in the area of
  microelectronics and
• information systems
• to promote the cooperation between academic
  institutions
• and industries
• to educate outstanding graduate students in the
• aforementioned fields.

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Research Areas of MIRC
System-on-Chip
Optoelectronics
Microelectronics
Broadband Internet

• Wireless
• Electronics

Communication Engineering

• Distance Education
• e-Business
• ITS
• WAP

• IC Technology
• Display
• Software

Information Technology
Wireless Internet
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Academic Centers of Excellence in MIRC

• Photonic Science and Technology for the Tera-Era
• Advanced Technologies for Telecommunications (A)
• NGI Enabling Network and System Technologies
• Human Technology(HT) Intelligent
  Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Development of Advanced Materials and Devices
  for Organic Light Emitting Diodes(OLED)
  Technology

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Photonic Science and Technology for the Tera-Era

• Advanced Lasers and Fundamentals of Photonics
• Frontier Optoelectronics Materials and Devices
• Broadband Fiber Communication and Distributed
  Fiber Sensing Technology
• Optical Storage

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Tasks in the Project
Project 2 Frontier optoelectronics materials and
devices Project 3 Broadband fiber communication
and distributed fiber sensing technology Project
4 Optical Storage Technology
Project 2 Frontier optoelectronics materials and
devices Project 3 Broadband fiber communication
and distributed fiber sensing
technology Project 4 Optical Storage Technology
Optical Display
integration
Optical Communication
Optical Storage
Project 1 Advanced lasers and Fundamentals of
Photonics
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Advanced Technologies for Telecommunications

• Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technologies
• Development of High Frequency Devices and
  Modeling Techniques
• Communications and Networking Technologies
• Modeling of Wideband Vector Radio Channels for
  Wireless Communications
• Development of Antenna and RF Front-End
  Technologies

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System Intelligence

• Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications
• Multi-Channel Baseband Transceiver Technologies
• Software Defined Radio

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Intelligent Systems
MAC
MMI
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A2.1 0.15um HEMT process line A2.2 2um HBT
process line
III-V GaAs IC Process Research Line
Module 4 Testing and Measurement Region It can
be used for Gate Recess process, detecting device
DC?RF characteristics ?Probe Station ?Curve
Tracer ?On wafer auto tester
Module 1 Yellow-Light Region The smallest line
width of 0.05µm has been achieved it can provide
for the design of high frequency GaAs?GaN?InP
devices ?E-Beam writer ? DUV Aligner ?
Coater

• Module 2 Etching Region
• It provides the dry etching of dielectric
  materials and compound semiconductors. It may be
  used for via hole processing of InP, GaN, GaAs
  materials
• ? ICP
• RIE
• Spray etch

Module 3 Thin-Film Deposition Region Deposition
of metals, such as Ti, Pt, Au, Ge, Ni, W and Ta,
and Nitrate compounds, such as TaN and
Si3N4. ?Sputter ?E-Beam Evaporator ?PECVD
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Main Research Topics
Advanced Technologies and Applications for Next
Generation Information Communications Networks
Wireless users
Advanced Internet Applications
Wireless Internet Technology (Subproject 2)
System and applications (Subproject 3)
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Core Network
Network Kernel Technology (Subproject 1)
Application Servers
Wireless users
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Scalable Gigabit Security Gateway
Certificate Database
IDS Firewall Anti-hacking File System
System Vulnerability Checking System
AutoPatch Server
Certificate Authority
Host
Certificate
Certificate
Intrusion
Intrusion
Internet
Sniffer
Sniffer
SG
SG
Certificate
Sniffer
Intrusion
Multicast Island
SG
SG Security Gateway
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Optical IP-over-WDM Network Testbed
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Important Achievement (I)

• Implement the first integrated optical-electrical
  hardware and GMPLS-controlled IP-over-WDM network
  platform

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Human Technology (HT) Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)

• Smart Vision - Biological-inspired Intelligent
  Vision Technology for ITS
• Smart Interfacing - Intelligent Dialogue System
  for ITS Information Access
• Smart Car - Intelligent Control and Intelligent
  Wheels (I-Wheels) for Next- Generation
  Smart Cars
• Smart Networking - Large-Scale Transportation
  and High-Capacity
• Communication Networks for ITS
• Smart Agent - Agent-based Software Engineering
  for ITS

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Human Technology (HT) Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS)
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Development of Advanced Materials and Devices for
Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) Technology

• Design and Synthesis of Advanced Materials for
  OLEDs
• Development of Top-emitting Active Matrix Full
  Color
• OLEDs and Photophysical Studies of Active
  Luminescent
• Materials
• Development of Highly Efficient Low Temperature
• Polysilicon TFT Backplane for Active Matrix OLED
• Applications
• Development of Packaging Technology and Sealing
• Materials for Top-emitting OLED Displays

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Cisco Research Center in NCTU

• Cisco Internet Technology (CIT) Lab
• Research and Develop software tools for network
  monitoring and evaluation
• Qmon Voice-over-IP network quality and
  security monitor
• SimClient bulk call generator for Cisco IP
  telephony systems
• Other joint research projects with NCTU faculty
• Cisco Academy Training Center (CATC) in NCTU
• Coordinate regional academies in Northern Asia
• Train instructors in regional academies

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ITRI NCTU Joint Research Center
ITRI NCTU Joint Research Center
Front-End Technologies for IntelligentTransportat
ion Systems (ITS)
Optical DWDM Networking Technology
OFDM-Based Radio Access Network
High Confidence Technology System Platform
Multimedia Wireless SOC
Radio Resource Management Technology
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Lee and MTI Center for Networking Research

• Research Groups
• Backbone Optical Network Technologies Photonic
  Devices and Modules
• Wireless Communications
• Network Protocols, Modeling Security
• Multimedia Communications
• Mathematical Theory of Networks

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Ex. 1 Image Segmentation
Lee and MTI Center for Networking Research

• Partition an image into objects (segments)
  automatically

segmented regions
original image
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Ex. 2 Audio Signal Separation
Lee and MTI Center for Networking Research

• A mixed audio sound such as Soxophone and
  Singing
• is separated into two audio signals.

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MPEG-4 Real-Time Test Bed
Lee and MTI Center for Networking Research
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System-on-Chip (SoC) Center
SoC Center
SoC General Administration
SoC Training
SoC Research and Development
SoC Software Development
SoC IP Promotion
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NCTU SoC Research Center

• SoC Designs and their Module Design Technologies
• System Integration, RF, Analog/Mixed Signal,
  High-speed, Digital Memory, Low Power, Firmware,
  etc.
• SoC EDA and testing
• System-level, Logic-level, Circuit-level,
  Physical-level DesignIntegration and
  Verification Methodologies DFT and BIST, etc.
• Communication System or Optical-electronic System
  Design and Prototyping
• Hardware Architecture Designs for Functional
  Algorithms in Communication and
  Optical-electronic Systems
• Embedded System Software

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Nano Technology Laboratory

• The main objective of this center is to educate
  hi-tech professionals
• demanded both in academic and industrial fields,
  which will
• consequently promote academic research in
  electronics and
• forward the development of
• IC industry. The duties include
• Training professionals in device processing, VLSI
  design and fabrication, semiconductor physics,
  device modeling and characterization, etc.
• Propelling the domestic development of
  microelectronics-related technology.
• Providing technical services for domestic
  researchers related to semiconductor field.

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Nano Sciences and Technologies
Bio science and technology functional
genome gene engineering nano fluidics gene,
protein system
Nano electronics information industries molecul
ar computing quantum computing
New Materials nano wire/tubes supermolecules
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Summary

• Developed cross-college, cross-domain,
  cross-discipline of microelectronics and
  information science related research and
  investigate the advanced technologies and
  applications
• Managed the trend of information science and
  technology, already accomplished certain
  advanced research achievements, and formed
  strong research teams
• Continue Missions
• Integrate and explore advanced research
• Educate students and professional people
• Promote and develop environment for
  cooperation with industry

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