PSV: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000372 USDOC FOR 532/OEA/L.HINES/K. GAINES USDOC FOR 3121/USFCS/OIO/EAP/ADESARRAN USDOC FOR 4430/ITA/MAC/WGOLIKE/LDICKERSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETTC ETRD TW SUBJECT: PSV: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY REF: USDOC 0370 (APPLICATION NUMBER: D400514) ¶1. ON MARCH 20, 2009, COMMERCIAL OFFICER ERIC CROWLEY AND FN CINDY CHANG VISITED THE NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (GIEE) AT THE ADDRESS CITED IN PSV REQUEST CABLE TO CONDUCT A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION. DURING THE VISIT POST MET WITH DR. SHEN-LUAN LIU, GIEE PROFESSOR; MR. KUN-HUNG TSAI, A PH.D. STUDENT OF PROFESSOR LIU; AND MS. APRIL WANG, SALES ENGINEER OF THE ANRITSU COMPANY (IMPORTER OF THE CONTROLLED ITEMS). ¶2. THE NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (GIEE) IN 2001. THE GIEE CONSISTS OF THREE RESEARCH GROUPS: INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (ICS), NANO-ELECTRONICS (NE),AND ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION (EDA). THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN GIEE FOCUS ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES USED IN THE GLOBAL ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. ¶3. PH.D. STUDENT TSAI GAVE A DETAILED AND HIGHLY TECHNICAL EXPLANATION OF THE TYPE OF RESEARCH THEY WERE CONDUCTING AND WHY GIEE REQUIRED THE CONTROLLED TECHNOLOGY IN QUESTION TO COMPLETE THEIR RESEARCH. THE RESEARCH INVOLVES WIDEBAND DATA TRANSMISSION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THAT REQUIRE PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS (PLLS) TO GENERATE STABLE REFERENCE CLOCKS. ¶4. THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING WAS OPEN AND COOPERATIVE AND DR. LIU SHOWED US THEIR LABORTORY FACILITIES. AIT WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE TESTING CENTER WHERE THE CONTROLLED ITEMS IN QUESTION, INCLUDING THE 110-170GHZ HARMONIC MIXER AND SIPLEXER ANALYZER, ARE LOCATED. ¶5. DR. LIU SHOWED US THE GIEE'S ORIGINAL EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CONTROLLED ITEMS ARE FOR THEIR OWN USE IN THE GIEE'S LABORATORIES. ¶6. AIT FOUND NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT THE CONTROLLED PRODUCTS WERE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE PROVIDED IN THE STATED END USE. YOUNG