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/...

Contact information

Phone number
+358504135458

Areas of expertise

Antennas, Wireless sensors, Antenna measurements, Antenna arrays, RF-powered devices, RFID, Active antennas, Mobile antennas, 5G, Backscattering devices, RF energy harvesting, Radar cross section, Radar, 6G

Honors and awards

IEEE Sensors Council 2010 Early Career GOLD Award

With citation: "for substantial contributions to the advancement of wireless sensor technology"
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering Jan 2010

The best presentation at the conference by young scientist

XXXI Finnish URSI Convention on Radio Science, Electromagnetics, 2008
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering 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
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering Jan 2013

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

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering Jan 2014

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

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Radio Science and Engineering Jan 2005

Research groups

  • Ville Viikari Group

Publications

Synthesis of Reactively Loaded Sparse Antenna Arrays Using Optimization on Riemannian Manifold

Albert Salmi, Anu Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari 2024 IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Design of a Multiprobe Planar Near-Field Scanner for Ku-Band

Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Sabin Kumar Karki, Ville Viikari, Ari Alanne, Risto Lehto, Paul Moseley, Massimiliano Simeoni 2023 45th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, AMTA 2023 - Proceedings

Effects of an IC Chip on an Antenna-IC Transition at 100 GHz

Jan H.S. Bergman, Kaisa Ryynänen, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Kari Stadius, Jussi Ryynänen, Ville Viikari 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023

A Wideband Dual-polarized End-fire Antenna Array for 5G mm-Wave Smartphones

Quangang Chen, Juha Ala Laurinaho, Alexander Khripkov, Janne Ilvonen, Resti Montoya Moreno, Ville Viikari 2023 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Connected Dipole Antenna Cluster of Enhanced Spherical Coverage CDF for mm-Wave Applications

Quangang Chen, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Alexander Khripkov, Janne Ilvonen, Resti Montoya Moreno, Ville Viikari 2023 2023 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2023

Coupled Array of Diverse Elements for Wideband High Spherical Coverage

Quangang Chen, Veli Pekka Kutinlahti, Jaakko Haarla, Anu Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari 2023 IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Dual-polarized Patch Antenna of Large Frequency Tuning Range at mm-Wave Frequency Bands

Quangang Chen, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Alexander Khripkov, Janne Ilvonen, Resti Montoya Moreno, Ville Viikari 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023

Varactor-based Frequency-reconfigurable Dual-polarized mm-Wave Antenna Array for Mobile Devices

Quangang Chen, Juha Ala Laurinaho, Alexander Khripkov, Janne Ilvonen, Resti Montoya Moreno, Ville Viikari 2023 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

In-line Vector Modulator Integration in Dielectric-filled Waveguide

Jaakko Haarla, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Markku Lahti, Mikko Varonen, Mikko Kantanen, Jan Holmberg, Ville Viikari 2023 IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Scalable 3D-printable antenna array with liquid cooling for 28 GHz

Jaakko Haarla, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Ville Viikari 2023 IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation