Ville Viikari

Professor
Professor
T411 Dept. Electronics and Nanoeng

My current research interests include antennas for mobile devices and networks, antenna clusters and coupled arrays, RF-powered devices, and antenna measurement techniques.

Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...

Areas of expertise

Antenna measurements, Wireless sensors, Antennas

Honors and awards

Best Applied Antenna Technology Paper Award, EuCAP2026

Best Applied Antenna Technology Paper Award in 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation for article “Differential Aperture-Coupled PCB-to-Waveguide Transition for Antenna–IC Integration at 100 GHz”
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos Jan 2026

Doctoral Thesis Award

Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering annual doctoral thesis award
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos Jan 2022

IEEE Sensors Council 2010 Early Career GOLD Award

With citation: "for substantial contributions to the advancement of wireless sensor technology"
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus urasta Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos Jan 2010

The best presentation at the conference by young scientist

XXXI Finnish URSI Convention on Radio Science, Electromagnetics, 2008
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos Jan 2008

FIMECC Prize 2013 for the project: “Zero Power Sensor Network (2010-2013)”

Awarded by the Finnish Metals and Engineering Competence Cluster, I was the project manager from 2010 to 2012
Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos Jan 2013

Young Researcher Award of the Year 2014, presented by the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion

Palkinto tai huomionosoitus urasta Elektroniikan ja nanotekniikan laitos Jan 2014

AMTA 2005 Student paper Award Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA), USA

Palkinto tai huomionosoitus tuotoksesta Jan 2005

Research groups

  • Ville Viikari Group

Publications

Misalignment Compensation for Two Orthogonally Polarized Acquisitions in Planar Near-Field Scanning

Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Jan H.S. Bergman, Freysteinn Vidar Vidarsson, Ville Viikari 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2026

Analysis of Differential Signals in a Concentric Dual-Polarized Tapered Slot Antenna

Stefan Andersson, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Ville Viikari 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2026

Differential Aperture-Coupled PCB-to-Waveguide Transition for Antenna-IC Integration at 100 GHz

Jan H.S. Bergman, Mohamed Rasanen, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Ville Viikari 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2026

Comparison of Pattern Synthesis Methods Using Magnitude Least-Squares Fitting

Ville Hirvonen, Albert Salmi, Anu Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari 2026 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)

Accounting for Structural Scattering and Mutual Coupling in Characterization of Multiport Time-Modulated Scatterers

Aleksandr D. Kuznetsov, Albert Salmi, Jari Holopainen, Ville Viikari 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2026

A Multifrequency System Model for Multiport Time-Modulated Scatterers

Aleksandr D. Kuznetsov, Jari Holopainen, Ville Viikari 2026 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Mutual-Coupling-Aware Optimization of a Time-Floquet RIS for Harmonic Backscatter Communications

Aleksandr D. Kuznetsov, Ville Viikari, Philipp Del Hougne 2026 IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

A 2.4-GHz Doherty Amplifier-Antenna System with Power Combining on a Dual-Fed Antenna

Genedyn Gems Mendoza, Guo Wei, Anu Lehtovuori, Kari Stadius, Ville Viikari 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2026

Scan Impedance Mismatch Mitigation Using Multiport Elements

Leo Peltoniemi, Albert Salmi, Anu Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari 2026 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)

Design and Validation of Ultra-Wideband Multi-Layer PCB Patch Arrays for 57-71 GHz

Mohamed Räsänen, Afroza Khatun, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Vili Kuosmanen, Ville Viikari 2026 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2026