(I) Computer Engineering Research Area

The research focus of the Computer Engineering Group is primarily divided into two major areas:

• Embedded System Design: This area includes:
  • Embedded System Applications and Development: This system is characterized by the integration of software and hardware design to achieve optimal system performance and cost, such as the design of Linux-based, ARM-based, SOPC-based, Network-based, Wireless-based, and Real-time OS embedded systems.
  • Design and Development of SOPC-based Embedded Operating Systems: This involves developing various Real-time Microkernels and related verification and development systems based on SOPC-based hardware architecture, and integrating them with Linux-based Personal Computers.
  • Design and Development of SOPC-based Computational Processing Systems: This involves designing processors for various arithmetic, image processing, and pattern recognition algorithms based on SOPC-based hardware architecture, and integrating them with SOPC-based embedded systems and Linux-based Personal Computers to form a computational processing system.
• Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit (VLSI) System Design: This area includes:
  • SOC Platform Technology and IP Design and Development: Designing and developing SOC platform related IPs, such as 6502 and ARM v4 designs.
  • Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design: Designing circuits such as data compression/decompression, Viterbi decoders, RSA encryption/decryption, AES encryption/decryption, ECC encryption/decryption, IEEE 1394 data link layers, and high-speed USB peripheral controllers.
  • SOC-based Computational Processor Design: Designing processors for image processing, pattern recognition, and other applications.
  • Cell-based Integrated Circuit Design: Designing CAD Tools and Layout for Placement & Routing, Power & Timing Analysis, and Optimization Algorithms.
  • Low-power Integrated Circuit Design: Designing components such as Bus and Cache Memory.

(II) Electronic System Research Area

The research focus of the System Group is primarily divided into two major areas:

• Analog System Design: This area includes:
  • Radio Frequency (RF) Systems: Researching technologies such as microwave components, electromagnetic interference and compatibility, and wireless transceiver systems.
  • Analog IC Design: Researching technologies such as analog IC design and layout, flat panel display IC design, power management IC design, driver IC design, sensor IC design, and consumer electronics design.
  • Power Electronics Technology and Applications: Researching technologies related to renewable energy, power conversion, energy storage, power quality, and no-load power consumption management.
• Communication and Signal Processing Technology: This area includes:
  • Network Technology and Applications: Researching technologies such as network communication protocol design, network system design and performance analysis, broadband mobile communication network design and applications, and multimedia communication.
  • Wireless Communication Systems: Researching technologies such as Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) architecture design, communication channel parameter estimation, noise cancellation methods (including multi-user detectors and beamformers), WiFi/WiMAX/WCDMA baseband design, next-generation wireless access technologies, and coding techniques.
  • Communication Signal Processing: Researching technologies such as baseband transceiver system design, real-time signal processing systems, adaptive filter applications, and audio signal compression.
  • Image Processing and Visual Applications: Researching technologies related to image compression, image analysis, pattern recognition, image communication, color and visual principles.

(III) Optoelectronic and Semiconductor Research Area

The research focus of the Optoelectronic and Semiconductor Group is divided into the following areas:

• Flat Panel Displays and Lighting: Liquid crystal displays, field emission displays, light emitting diodes, organic light emitting diodes, and white light emitting diodes.
• Fiber Optic Communication and Sensing: Laser technology, fiber optic components, fiber optic subsystems, fiber optic networks, and fiber optic sensing.
• Micro-optics and Optical Design: Micro-optics, diffractive optics, photonic crystals, and optoelectronic system design.
• Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials, deep submicron device theory, and nano-device fabrication technology.
• Thin Film and Integrated Circuit Technology: Thin film growth technology, plasma technology, integrated optics, integrated circuits, thin film material physics, thin film transistors, integrated circuit devices and technology, and electromagnetic compatibility and interference.
• Semiconductor Materials and Devices: Optoelectronic semiconductors, semiconductor devices and fabrication, and semiconductor device simulation.