Device Lab Inc.

Device Lab Inc. (株式会社デバイスラボ) is a Japanese research-driven company based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, founded on April 3, 2017 as a spin-off from the University of Tsukuba. Its core technology is electronic noise characterization — the measurement and analysis of noise and fluctuation in nano-scaled electronic devices — developed by founder and CEO Kenji Ohmori through a JST-CREST project. Ohmori earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from Nagoya University, worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the National Institute for Materials Science, joined Waseda University as Associate Professor in 2007, and from 2010 to 2017 was Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba's Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, where he researched noise, fluctuation and variability in nano-scaled electronic devices. He led a JST-CREST project from 2008 to 2013, and in 2017 left the university to found Device Lab Inc. to commercialize the noise-characterization technology developed through that project. The company offers measurement services and contracted research. Its measurement services include low-frequency noise measurement (1 Hz – 1 MHz) for assessing material quality such as gate oxides, and high-frequency noise measurement under the Entrope® brand (100 kHz – 100 MHz) for thermal noise level. It also provides research proposals, R&D, measurement and data analysis, and presentation support for electronic device projects. The company has been supported by Japanese governmental research and start-up programs including JST-CREST, JST-START and NEDO-TCP. Device Lab is active in cryogenic electronics research, particularly for quantum computing. In February 2026 it announced that it was selected for a NEDO project on cryo-electronics device technology for quantum computers, aiming to propose "Noise-Aware" CMOS IC design based on its broadband noise measurement technology for semiconductor devices at cryogenic temperatures. It has presented work at IEEE RFIT and the Japan Society of Applied Physics, published on cryogenic MOSFET noise, and received the Best Contributed Paper Award at EDTM 2023. It has also received research grants from the Ichimura Foundation for New Technology and the Hirosawa Foundation. In 2024 it participated in an acceleration program in New York State, USA, through an Ibaraki Prefecture overseas expansion support program.

Device Lab Inc. was founded on April 3, 2017 in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, as a spin-off from the University of Tsukuba. Its founder and CEO, Kenji Ohmori, received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from Nagoya University. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States and at the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan, then joined Waseda University as Associate Professor in 2007. From 2010 to 2017 he was Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba's Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, where he conducted research on noise, fluctuation and variability in nano-scaled electronic devices. He led a JST-CREST project from 2008 until 2013, through which a noise probe was developed. In March 2017 he left the university and founded Device Lab Inc. to provide solutions based on the electronic noise characterization technology developed through the CREST project. Before the establishment, Dr. Ohmori and co-founders had been supported by governmental research and start-up programs, including JST-CREST, JST-START and NEDO-TCP, through which the core technologies were devised and developed. The company built its business around measurement services and contracted research. Its measurement services cover low-frequency noise measurement (1 Hz – 1 MHz) for assessing material quality such as gate oxides, and high-frequency noise measurement under the Entrope® brand (100 kHz – 100 MHz) for thermal noise level. It also offers research proposals, R&D, measurement and data analysis, and presentation support for electronic device projects. In June 2022, the company ended its distribution of SimYog Technology products. From the early 2020s, Device Lab focused increasingly on cryogenic electronics for quantum computing. In December 2021 it published a paper on low-temperature noise characterization of MOSFETs. In December 2022 it announced the development of a noise measurement system for cryogenic electronics, with a preprint on IEEE TechRxiv. In March 2023 its paper on cryogenic broadband noise characterization received the Best Contributed Paper Award at EDTM 2023. In December 2023 it was selected by the Hirosawa Foundation for its 15th anniversary manufacturing technology grant for the research topic 'Development of cryogenic noise measurement system for quantum computing'. In 2024 it participated in an acceleration program in New York State, USA, through the Ibaraki Prefecture venture company overseas expansion support program, and in May 2024 a preprint on cryogenic MOSFET noise was made available at TechRxiv. In February 2025 it was selected for the 114th New Technology Development Grant by the Ichimura Foundation for New Technology for the research topic 'High-precision broadband noise measurement probe system from room temperature to cryogenic temperatures'. In March 2025 it presented R&D results at the 72nd Japan Society of Applied Physics Spring Meeting, and in August 2025 it presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT) on wideband noise spectroscopy of very shallow states in cryogenic MOSFETs. In February 2026 it announced its selection for a NEDO project on cryo-electronics device technology for quantum computers, aiming to propose 'Noise-Aware' CMOS IC design based on its broadband noise measurement technology for semiconductor devices at cryogenic temperatures, and stated that participating employees' pay would increase by 3% or more year-on-year. In February 2026 it also began recruiting researchers and engineers in high-frequency measurement, device modeling and semiconductor IC design.

• Device Lab Inc. founded in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, as a spin-off from the University of Tsukuba.

• Paper on low-temperature noise characterization of MOSFETs published.

• Ended distribution of SimYog Technology products.

• Announced development of a noise measurement system for cryogenic electronics.

• Paper on cryogenic broadband noise characterization received Best Contributed Paper Award at EDTM 2023.

• Selected for the Hirosawa Foundation's 15th anniversary manufacturing technology grant for 'Development of cryogenic noise measurement system for quantum computing'.

• Participated in an acceleration program in New York State, USA, through the Ibaraki Prefecture venture company overseas expansion support program.

• Selected for the 114th New Technology Development Grant by the Ichimura Foundation for New Technology for 'High-precision broadband noise measurement probe system from room temperature to cryogenic temperatures'.

• Presented at IEEE RFIT on wideband noise spectroscopy of very shallow states in cryogenic MOSFETs.

• Selected for NEDO project on cryo-electronics device technology for quantum computers.

• Started recruiting researchers and engineers in high-frequency measurement, device modeling and semiconductor IC design.

A research-driven spin-off from the University of Tsukuba specializing in electronic noise characterization and cryogenic measurement solutions for semiconductor and quantum-computing applications.

• Low-Frequency Noise Measurement

  Measurement service covering 1 Hz – 1 MHz, used to assess quality of materials such as gate oxides.

• High-Frequency Noise Measurement (Entrope®)

  Measurement service covering 100 kHz – 100 MHz, used to assess thermal noise level.

• Contracted Research & Consulting

  Support across research proposals, R&D, measurement and data analysis, and presentation for electronic device projects.

• Cryogenic Noise Measurement System

  Noise measurement system for cryogenic electronics, developed for quantum computing applications.

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