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The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (産業技術総合研究所 Sangyō Gijutsu Sōgō Kenkyū-sho), or AIST, is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tokyo, and most of the workforce is located in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and in several cities throughout Japan. The institute is managed to integrate scientific and engineering knowledge to address socio-economic needs. It became a newly designed legal body of Independent Administrative Institution in 2001, remaining under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Static Electricity Scanner for Visualizing Surface Potential Distribution

“Summary The researchers have developed a static electricity scanning system which can measure surface potential distribution at a spatial resolution of 1 mm. The system consists of a high-speed signal processing apparatus and a small-sized, high-performance array sensor which is …

A Dramatic Improvement in Electron Mobility by Using an Ultra-thin, Single-Crystalline Film of Germanium

“Researchers: Wen Hsin Chang, AIST Researcher, the Nanoelectronics Research Institute, Toshifumi Irisawa, Senior Researcher, 3D Integration System Group of the institute, and Tatsuro Maeda, Research Manager of the institute Summary The researchers have developed a method for fabricating a uniform …

Development of a 3D Stacking Process for Non-Volatile MRAM

“The researchers have developed a stacking technology for a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) to separately form a single-crystal tunnel magneto-resistive (TMR) thin film and then bond it to a CMOS. New Results Until now it was not possible to …