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Future Electronics Foundation Creation [Kuroda] Lab
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A lab that works on image sensors and semiconductor integrated circuits, from design through fabrication.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a world of imaging not yet seen.
Kuroda Lab researches image sensors and semiconductor integrated circuits, and their applications.
Students can do everything themselves in the lab's facilities, from circuit design to device measurement, camera-based imaging evaluation, and device fabrication.
Research is divided into two groups: the Circuits and Systems Group, which works on image sensor research, and the Devices and Processes Group, which works on identifying the causes of variability and developing new devices.
Kuroda Lab was launched in the 2022 academic year.
Key terms
- Image sensor
- A semiconductor component that converts light into electrical signals to form an image. It is the "eye" of a camera.
- Semiconductor integrated circuit
- An electronic component in which many elements and circuits are built on a semiconductor substrate. Also called an IC.
- Photon counting
- A method of measuring light with sensitivity high enough to count individual photons, the particles of light.
- Capacitance
- A quantity that indicates how much electric charge can be stored. Its unit is the farad.
ResearchResearch themes
Kuroda Lab develops image sensor and semiconductor integrated circuit technologies. To reach goals that no one in the world has yet achieved, the lab aims to do whatever it takes, equipping the necessary facilities and equipment and building collaborations with people in a wide range of fields.
*Illustrative imageUltra-high-speed, high-temporal-resolution image sensors
By placing a pixel array and a memory array separately on a single chip and connecting multiple memories to each pixel, the lab achieved imaging speed, number of recorded frames, and pixel count at the same time. It is now working on speeds exceeding 100 million frames per second and on higher pixel counts.
*Illustrative image3D image sensors that also capture distance
To obtain 3D images that include distance information in addition to conventional 2D images, the lab performs 3D ranging with indirect time-of-flight (iToF) image sensors that use an infrared light source. With fast charge transfer technology and large-capacity trench capacitors, it aims for more accurate and faster measurement.
*Illustrative imageSensors that capture light from weak to strong
By adding to each pixel a capacitor that stores the photocharge overflowing from the photodiode, the lab created a sensor that captures everything from strong light to very faint light in a single exposure. It is now researching how to achieve photon-counting sensitivity without sacrificing the ability to capture strong light.
*Illustrative imageSensors that visualize capacitance
The lab has developed an image sensor that visualizes the two-dimensional distribution of capacitance formed near the sensor. It can see targets that are hard to see with optical image sensors, such as transparent electrodes and nanometer-scale surface irregularities. The lab is now conducting demonstration experiments toward applications such as display inspection equipment and high-precision pressure gauges.
MembersFaculty
Kuroda Lab members consist of a Professor, an Assistant Professor, academic researchers, research fellows, administrative staff, and doctoral students (including working-professional PhD students), master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorRihito Kuroda
- Assistant ProfessorTakezo Mawaki
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “FUGA 18 Retina” Mister rf / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Ultra-high-speed, high-temporal-resolution image sensors: “Something Different -1 - High Speed Water Balloon ( )” Luke Peterson from Sydney, Australia / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- 3D image sensors that also capture distance: “Intel Realsense depth camera D435” Marc Auledas / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sensors that capture light from weak to strong: “Photodiode-closeup” John Maushammer, took this picture on Aug 2, 2006. (user Morcheeba) / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Sensors that visualize capacitance: “IPhone 4, model A1332 - touch unit and display-9758” Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Bioelectronics Lab): “Wafer - 3” Windell Oskay / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Quantum Device [Otsuka] Lab): “Helium dilution cryostat” User:Wiso / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Medical Imaging Lab): “Pancreas ultrasound doppler” Ptrump16 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Information Storage Systems [(Honma)-Greaves] Lab): “Laptop-hard-drive-exposed” Evan-Amos / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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