Yasuaki Hirano

Yasuaki Hirano

Yasuaki Hirano received his B.S., M.S.,and Ph.D. degrees in the electrical engineering from Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1989, 1991, and 1995, respectively, which is research on low temperature single crystal growth and impurity control of β-SiC on Si substrate. In 1994, he joined Sharp cooperation, Nara Japan, where he has been engaged in the development of NOR type flash memory, multi-level cell and new memory cell as the designer. Since 2009, he has fabricated the module of LED backlight for AQUOS of TV, which is brand of sharp cooperation and was in charge of LED lighting and module development since 2014. In 2019, he became board member of sharp Fukuyama Laser, Ltd., Fukuyama, where he has been engaged in development laser device.　He has more than 83 patents and more than 10 journal reports including international conference.