Professor Sugiura gave the opening greeting of the Sendai Chapter's PLC worksbop.
Sendai, Japan
After supporting the "2004 International
Symposium on EMC, Sendai" in June
2004, the Chapter sponsored an "EMC
Sendai Chapter Colloquium." Professor
Ken Kawamata (Hachinohe Institute of
Technology) was invited as the lecturer.
Dr. Kawamata presented his excellent
research work on "Wideband measurements
of transients relating to microgap
discharge phenomena." He outlined
very interesting measurement results
obtained by the fastest oscilloscope and
the widest spectrum analyzer currently
available, applying his distributed circuit
model. During the presentation,
helpful discussions took place and
encouraging suggestions were given. In
December of 2004, a workshop took
place focusing on PLC (Power Line Communications),
which is currently a hot
issue in Japan. Six lecturers made presentations
on PLC, including:
1) Overviews by Professor Akira Sugiura
2) Characteristics of Power Lines and
PLC by Professor Nobuo Kuwabara
3) EMI Regulations of PLC by Director
Fujio Amemiya
4) PLC Systems and their Characteristics
by Director Masahiro Maki
5jCounter Measures for Interferences
caused by PLC by Professor Masamitsu Tokuda
6jInterferences for Radio Astronomy by
Professor Takayuki Ono
The 2004 Chapter officers will remain in
place for 2005. Moving forward, the Chapter
has also decided to hold colloquia on a
bi-annual basis, in June and in December.
For more details on upcoming Sendai
Chapter activities, please visit them on
the web at http://www.topic.ad.jp/emc-sendai/pr-mar2005.html
