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Name and Affiliation
Atshushi Iwata
iwa@dsl.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Professor
Department of Semiconductor Electronics and Integration Sciences
Graduate school of Advanced Sciences of Matter
Hiroshima University
Education and Professional Background
1968.3. BE degree form Electronic Engineering, Nagoya University
19703. ME degree form Electronic engineering, Nagoya University
1970.4. Musashino Electrical Communication Laboratory, NTTPC
1984.2. Director of research section, Atsugi Electrical communication Laboratory, NTTPC
1991.2. Research manager of LSI Laboratory, NTT
1993.8. Manager of semiconductor division, NTT Electronics Corp
1994.4. Director Engineering from Nagoya University
1999.4. Professor, Hiroshima University
2001.4. Director of Research Center for Nano-devices and Systems, Hiroshima University
Academic Societies Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)ÅA
Institute of Electronics, Information Communication Engineer
Neural Network Society
Major Achievement 1. We proposed high performance stable higher-order delta-sigma AD conversion technique (MASH) which achieved 16bit accuracy. CMOS MASH AD and DA converters were applied to almost all digital audio equipments (ISSCC1987)
2. We have developed Analog-digital merged Information processing circuits and image associative processor (ISSCC1997, 2000) utilizing parallel arithmetic circuits using pulse width and phase modulation.
3. We have developed Analysis and measurement techniques fro substrate crosstalk noise in AD mixed LSI. We proposed low noise logic circuits (ISSCC2000)
4. Opto-Electronic merged Integrated circuits (Ultra Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit)
5. Nonlinear circuits and its application to neural networks and Image processing
Important Publications
1. Yasuyuki Matsuya, Kuniharu Uchimura and Atsushi Iwata,
A 16-bit Oversampling A-to-D Conversion Technology Using Triple-Integration Noise Shaping
IEEE J. of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. SC-22, No. 6, pp. 921-929, (1987)
2.Å@ Kuniharu Uchimura, Toshio Hayashi, Tadakatsu Kimura and Atsushi Iwata,
Oversampling A-to-D and D-to-A Converters with Multi-stage Noise Shaping Modulators
IEEE Trans. ASSP, Vol. 36, No. 12, pp. 1899-1905, (1988)
3. Atsushi Iwata and Izuo Hayashi ,
Optical Interconnections as a New LSI Technology
IEICE Trans. Electron. Vol. E76-C, No. 1, pp. 90-99, (1993)
4. Atsushi Iwata and Makoto Nagata,
A Concept of Analog-Digital merged Circuit Architecture for Future VLSI's
IEICE Trans. Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Vol. E79-A, No.2, pp.145-157, (Feb. 1996)
5. M. Nagata, J. Funakoshi and A. Iwata ,
A PWM Signal Processing Core Circuit Based on a Switched Current Integration Technique
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.33, No.1, pp.53-59, (Jan. 1998)Å@
6. M. Nagata, J. Funakoshi and A. Iwata ,
A PWM Signal Processing Core Circuit Based on a Switched Current Integration Technique
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol.33, No.1, pp.53-59, (Jan. 1998)
7. Astushi Iwata, T. Morie, and M. Nagata,
Merged Analog-Digital Circuits Using Pulse Modulation for Intelligent SoC Applications (Invited)
IEICE Trans. Fundamentals, Vol. E84-A, No. 2, pp. 486-496, 2001.
8. M. Nagata, J. Nagai, K. Hijikata, T. Morie, and A. Iwata,
Physical Design Guides for Substrate Noise Reduction in CMOS Digital Circuits
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 539-549, March 2001.
Laboratory Page http://www.dsl.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/
Personal Page http://www.dsl.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~iwa/
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