From July 27 to 29, 2015, Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. invited Professor Shuji Nakamura, the Nobel Prize winner in physics, to visit Xi'an through its industrial partners for a three-day technical exchange and academic visit. Also included are Mr. Atsushi Okuno, Vice Chairman of the China-Japan LED Lighting Promotion Association, and Mr. Toshikatsu Sawawa, Director of the Technical Department of Japan's Hirayama Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Through years of unremitting in-depth research and exploration of blue LED technology, Professor Nakamura has enabled humans to use a brand-new method to produce white light sources, making a significant contribution to the well-being of all mankind. This visit not only brought the latest international LED technology and development trends, but also provided good support and help for jointly discussing and leveraging our city's technological and talent advantages in the LED industry and promoting the development of the industry. It also provided a platform for local people engaged in Enterprises related to the LED industry provide a rare opportunity for technical research and academic exchanges.
On the morning of the 29th, Professor Nakamura and his delegation came to the Xi'an Semiconductor Power Device Testing and Application Center established by Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. in Xi'an High-tech Zone, and were hired as senior technical consultants of Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. After carefully listening to Semipower General Manager Mr. Luo Yi's introduction about the company's work and development, Professor Nakamura carefully visited the Semipower Power Device Application Test Center. Professor Nakamura highly praised the application testing center. After learning that Semipower was designing new LED driver ICs and power devices, especially new device designs based on SiC and GaN materials, he showed strong interest and gave instructions to Patents related to GaN new materials were awarded to Semipower to support the development of new devices. Professor Nakamura talked about his insights into scientific research work based on his own experience, and encouraged company employees to dare to stick to the established research direction, support academics with perseverance, persist in continuous exploration, break national boundaries, learn to grasp the frontiers of disciplines, and strive to better carry out scientific research and achieve fruitful results. The results lay the foundation. This is extremely precious wealth and honor for Semipower. Semipower looks forward to working with Professor Shuji Nakamura to promote the vigorous development of lighting industry around the world!
Mr. Luo Yi, General Manager of Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., issued the appointment certificate to Professor Shuji Nakamura
Mr. Luo Yi, General Manager of Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., issued the appointment certificate to Professor Shuji Nakamura
Professor Nakamura’s trip is not only the basis for the introduction of Semipower technology, but also a trip of friendship. Professor Nakamura not only provided detailed product planning and technology delivery for Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., but also gave three wonderful "Future Development of LED Technology" seminars for local semiconductor LED companies and universities in Xi'an at the request of Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Trend" and "Anger is all the reason why I won the award" speeches. More than a thousand people from universities and LED-related enterprises and institutions in Xi'an listened to the professor's report. The seats were full, and the audience asked questions enthusiastically, and the atmosphere was warm. Professor Nakamura first introduced the significant revolutionary impact of the invention of blue LED on high-efficiency lighting, display and other application fields, and shared with everyone the arduous process of inventing high-efficiency gallium nitride blue LED and the key technical problems encountered and overcome. Subsequently, Professor Nakamura introduced the latest research directions he is currently engaged in and various key technical issues that have been broken through during the research process, and proposed the advantages of semiconductor lasers and their laser lighting technology. Finally, Mr. Okuno Atsushi explained in detail the development history of LED in Japan and the current wide application of LED. His wonderful speech won rounds of applause from everyone.
Professor Shuji Nakamura gave a wonderful speech at the City Gate Conference Center of Xi'an High-tech Zone
Professor Shuji Nakamura gave a wonderful speech at Xi'an Jiaotong University
This event was strongly supported by the Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs and the High-tech Zone Management Committee. On the evening of the 27th, Deng Gubin, Director of the Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, warmly welcomed Professor Nakamura and his delegation on behalf of relevant departments. Vice President of Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology, Shaanxi Hao Yue, chairman of the Provincial Semiconductor Industry Association, and He Xiaoning, secretary-general, and Mr. Luo Yi, chairman of Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. and head of Xi'an Semiconductor Power Device Testing and Application Center, attended the welcome meeting.
(Pictured above) Wang Bin, deputy director of the Xi'an High-tech Zone Management Committee, Tian Zhanjun, deputy director of the Xi'an Foreign Experts Affairs Bureau, Yang Hua, director of the Development, Reform and Commerce Bureau of the High-tech Zone, Song Qi, director of the Xi'an High-tech Zone Entrepreneurship Park Development Center, and Xi'an Semipower Electronic Technology Mr. Luo Yi, chairman of the company and head of the Xi'an Semiconductor Power Device Testing and Application Center, attended the meeting with Professor Shuji Nakamura in the meeting hall of the Xi'an High-tech Zone Management Committee.
Shuji Nakamura, born in Japan in 1954, graduated from Tokushima University, Japan, and is a Japanese-American electronic engineer. He is currently a professor in the Department of Materials, School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1989, Professor Nakamura began to study blue LEDs based on Group III nitrogen materials. In 1993, Professor Shuji Nakamura developed high-brightness blue LEDs based on GaN, changing the previous 20 years of only red and green LEDs to bright and energy-saving white light sources. become possible. Professor Shuji Nakamura has obtained more than 200 U.S. patents and more than 300 Japanese patents in related fields, and published more than 550 papers. For his outstanding achievements in blue-light LEDs, Professor Nakamura has received a series of honors, including the Nishina Memorial Award (1996), the IEEE Jack A. Morton Award, the British Top Science Award (1998), the Franklin Medal (2002), and the Millennium Technology Award. (2006) et al. In 2003, Professor Nakamura was elected as an academician of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). On October 7, 2014, Akasaki Isamu, Amano Hiroshi and Nakamura Shuji won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the "high-efficiency blue light-emitting diode (LED)".
