MeRL (Microelectronics Research Lab.) focuses on the system archtecture, VLSI circuitry, and the applications of VLSI systems. Significant research challenges in our research projects are driven by the requirements of future microelectronics, for example, large volumetric nonvolatile RAM, MIMO Space-division multiplex, and bioelectronic sensors.
The current reasearch subjects are including to implement the information processing systmes of electronic circuits with a emphasis of a real time application. The research project on inter-chip wireless systems, the environmental monitering systems, and the wearable network will make the wearable interactive system a reality. In these studies, not only design and estimation of system performance, but also prototyping and evaluation of VLSIs are carried out.
Our research group will play a role of the Hokuriku sub-center of VLSI Design and Education Center (VDEC), which is the inter-university organization for VLSI research.