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FOUNDER’S BIOGRAPHY

１．Biography

In 1938, Gota Kano was born in Hyogo Prefecture. He received both BS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Osaka University in 1961 and 1970, respectively.

He joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD (Panasonic Corporation) in 1961.  Dr. Kano became the Managing Director in charge of the Electronics Research Laboratory, and he was a Member of the Board. His responsibility was extended to all the areas of R&D activities at Panasonic, including semiconductors, display, and lighting.

In 1995, Dr. Kano was awarded the IEEE Fellowship award for his achievement on GaAs technology, and its successful innovations for mobile phones.

In 1998, he retired from Panasonic after nearly 40 years of continued service. Soon thereafter, he became a Professor at Kochi University of Technology and a visiting Professor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Dr. Kano also was a Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University and a lecturer at Osaka University. Finally, he was a Guest Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen.

In 1999, he received an Honorary Award for his Lifetime Achievement from the International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics.

In 2007, he retired as a Professor at Kochi University, and became a Professor Emeritus. There, he launched a new course called Entrepreneurial Engineering at the Graduate School — the first of its kind in Japan. To this day, he is still actively teaching the new concept of “Entrepreneurial Engineering.”

In 2008, he was invited to serve as the Director of Business Development at the  Headquarters of the Kyoto Knowledge Cluster — a Kyoto Environmental Nanotechnology Cluster that is sponsored by the Japanese government to encourage academic-industry collaboration in cutting edge research, related to the application of nanotechnology for a low carbon economy.

In 2010, he was invited to serve as a Visiting Professor at Osaka Electro Communication University where he was responsible for the Panasonic Chair Program.

In 2014, he was promoted as a Life Fellow in the IEEE.

In 2015, he was invited to serve as a Board Director of the US Company — Symetrix Corporation.

In 2020, he retired as a visiting professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology Graduate School and continues to this day.

Since 2015, Dr. Kano has been actively involved in the global community as a part-time lecturer at Osaka University, a Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University, an advisor to DuPont Corporation in the US, a Chairman of the Society for the Entrepreneurial Engineering in ITE, and a Chairman of the Far East Program for IEEE / ISSCC. As he is enthusiastic about conducting joint ventures or joint R&D projects that offer complementary collaboration opportunities between the US and Japan, he is continually invited to support new innovative endeavors.

Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Kano has received countless awards, holds more than 130 patents, has published more than 90 presentations, has presented at 30 international conferences, and has published 3 books with a 4th set to publish in December 2017 in Japanese, and hopefully 2018 in English.

With his unique philosophy of applying an entrepreneurial and creative spirit towards new innovations and new technologies, while simultaneously making profits and achieving business goals, he has established himself as an innovative thinker, who hopes to create as much value for the future generation.

Through his expertise in the semiconductor area, memory, micro-controllers, bipolar, CCDs, and compound semiconductors, he has been able to support future innovators for the past 20 years. And with the launch of this website, he hopes to positively impact an even wider audience.

２． Books / Articles / Patents

①Books

  • “Semiconductor Devices and Their Applications,” 1975. Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. Edited by Applied Physics Society (Chapter 1).
  • “The Future of Blue Light Emissions,” 1997. Broadcast Culture Fund Foundation (Chapter 4).
  • “Plasma TV Changes Society,” 2008, Business in Japan (Edited).
  • “The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers Dictionary,” 2010. Japan Information and Television Engineers Association and Ohm Company (12th edition of “Introduction to Entrepreneurial Engineering”).
  • “Entrepreneurial Engineering: Creating new business management ability,” 2012. Gentosha Renaissance Company (Edited).
  • “Entrepreneurial Engineering: Key to reviving Japan,” 2016. Fuzanbo International Company (Supervised).
  • “Deep Innovation: New Horizons for Entrepreneurial Engineering,” 2018. Fuzanbo International Company (Edited).
  • “The rise and fall of the electronics industry-From tradition to the future-Challenge to value creation: Gota Kano’s path,” 2021. 22nd CENTURY ART, INC (Edited).
  • Other several books including Co-Authored one.

②Academic Papers

  • Molybdenum –Silicon Schottky Barrier, J. Appl. Phys. 37, 2985, 1966.
  • Reverse Characteristic of Mo-Si Epitaxial Schottky Diodes, IEEE Trans. ED-14, 822, 1966.
  • Avalanche Breakdown Voltage in Punch-Through Epitaxial Schottky Diodes, Japan .J. Appl. Phys. 8, 463, 1969.
  • Theory of negative resistance of junction field-effect transistors, IEEE Solid State Circuit SC-11, 313, 1976.
  • A Low-Noise Dual Gate GaAs MESFET for UHF TV Tuner, IEEE Solid State Circuit SC-17,648, 1982.
  • A New Paradigm Proposed by the Japan-US Complementary Collaboration From the Field of Manufacturing to Revive the Economy,” Toyo Keizai Journal 5446, 1998 (Toyo Keizai Inc.).
  • Total 90 papers including Co-Authored one.

View the PDF of the data from the Japan-US Complementary Collaboration.

③International Conferences

  • Consumer Application of Integrated Ferro Electrics; Complementary Collaboration Between US and Japan, Keynote Speech, 5th International Symposium on Integrated Ferro Electronics, 1992.
  • GaAs MMIC Chip-Set for Mobile Communication System with On-Chip Ferroelectric Capacitors, IEEE ISSCC dig. tech. Papers, 172, 1993.
  • IP-related Feature of Japanese Company Resources for Complementary Collaboration Between US and Japan, International Seminar, US-Japan Technology Management Center, Stanford University, 1996.
  • Total 30 International Conferences including Co-Authored one.

④Patents

  • Japan, 130 cases (including joint invention).

    The list includes: Japan JP 1188490, JP 1106200, JP 1083940, JP 1026000, JP 1004306, JP 981841, JP 97715, JP 97713, JP 969491, JP 961624.

  • United States Acquired Patents.

    The list includes: US4459556, US4351099, US4194927, US4143286, US4117587, US4075652, S4064525, US4053798, US3991329, US3989962, and 20 other US acquired patents (including co-inventors).

    • For a list of patents, please click here.
    http://patents.justia.com/inventor/gota-kano

３．Awards

  • IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Fellow (1995)
  • ISIF (International Ferroelectric Integrated Circuit Association) Lifetime Performance Award (1999)
  • IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Lifelong Fellow (2014)
  • Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)