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Communicating anytime, anywhere...
Creating networks that connect everyone and everything

Wireless IC tags will be a key technology of the coming ubiquitous networking era. They will be used in a variety of applications, including automatic wireless data exchange, product information display while shopping, and even automatic payments. To help usher in the age of anytime, anywhere communications, we are creating leading-edge optical and mobile network technologies and developing comprehensive IC tag solutions.


Photonic Networks

Cutting-edge optical/packet transmission system

We are developing optical transmission and photonic networking technologies for accelerating broadband communications and enabling high-capacity applications such as IPTV and telepresence. Our research on advanced photonic includes, 40 to 100 Gbit/s optical transmission technology for ultra high-speed backbone, optical pluggable modules for high performance with low cost system, and packet transport technology for efficient and reliable network with expanding research frontier from pure optics/photonics to higher layer.


Wireless Broadband

Adaptive array antenna for next-generation wireless base stations

A wireless broadband feature is one of the key factor for the ubiquitous network societies. Fujitsu laboratories are challenging to create new key technologies for the next generation wireless systems, such as improvement of data transmission speed, increasing a capacity of each base station, small and low power consumption equipments, and so on.


Wireless Application Technology

High-Precision Radio Positioning System (UWB base station and UWB active tag)

GPS has been installed on various devices such as mobile phones, and various types of services using location information have been made possible. GPS, however, is still difficult to use in indoor environments. To expand implementation of these services, there is high demand for a precise means of measuring positions of people and objects both indoors and outdoors. Against this backdrop, we are developing a high-precision radio positioning system using ultra wideband (UWB) radio technology.


Next-Generation Web Services

Reputation mining from blogs (comparing impressions of three commercial facilities)

We are advancing research into next-generation web services that weave together desired information from the Internet and deliver it to users, for example, RSS(Rich Site Summary) systems that provide summary notifications to users when websites of interest have added new information. We are also developing services that quickly and accurately extract information tailored to the user's interests from the vast amount of content generated by blogs.


IC Tag Systems

Various RFID tags comprised of miniature chip and antenna

The ability to instantly extract desired information from wireless IC (RFID(Radio Frequency Identification)) tags is giving rise to a host of enhanced applications, such as improving the efficiency of merchandise management and logistics activities. In particular, UHF-band(Ultra-high frequency band) RFID tags, which are capable of reading and writing from a distance of several meters, will enable new services, such as the ability to simultaneously read data from multiple tags.


Devices for Network Systems

HEMT / CMOS

GaN HEMT amplifier with world's highest output and efficiency

Combining low power consumption with high amplification, we are developing the world's highest-performance gallium nitride HEMT amplifier for mobile phone base stations. In system chips for mobile devices, we are developing low-power, high-bandwidth analog LSI technology using 90nm CMOS technology.


SAW Filter

We have developed a high performance, low-loss broadband SAW(Surface Acoustic Wave) filter that delivers high-clarity, low-noise communications on mobile phones.


MEMS Optical Switch

MEMS mirror with world's fastest switching time and 3D MEMS optical switch capable of 256 x 256 optical channel switching

In optical switching devices for photonic networks, we have succeeded in making a low-power, high-speed 3D MEMS(Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) optical switch that can switch optical paths without electrical conversion. We are currently working on reducing the size of this system and improving its performance even further.


FBAR Filter

A band-pass filter with low insertion loss and steep cut-off is achieved with a ladder type FBAR(Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator) filter.


Nanotechnology

We were the first in the world to succeed at creating technology in which quantum dots, the basic element of a quantum computer, can be sized and arranged as desired. Interconnect vias developed with high-density bundle of nanotubes

We are pursuing new innovations by exploiting the unique phenomena and materials found only in the ultra-minute world of the nanometer (1 millionth of a millimeter). This includes development of computers that use quantum phenomena, such as electrons and photons, and research into quantum dots, which are becoming a fundamental element in encryption technology. We are also researching interconnect vias for LSI devices developed by cultivating high-density bundles of carbon nanotubes.