Takami Hirai is General Manager of ProductsEngineering department of SOSHI ELECTRICS Co.,LTD. He received BE in nuclear echnology from NAGOYA university ,Japan in 1986.

He has been developing the RF components using LTCC and LTCC technology itself at NGK INSULATORS .LTD, in NAGOYA city ,JAPAN since 1989. He is with Soshin since beginning of 2002 and responsible for development of LTCC components. His current focous are RF modules in LTCC for cellular phone, wireless LAN and Bluetooth.

Takami Hirai
SOSHIN ELECTRIC CO. LTD Japan
e-mail: at t-hirai@soshin.co.jp