Research topics
Aalto University research infrastructure for ECD offers state of the art design tools for integrated circuit design and high-quality measuring tools. Latest nanoscale CMOS technologies enable seamless collaboration with industry partners in research and development of different kinds integrated circuits for data communications and sensor applications. In addition, there is a lot of in-house collaboration with different research groups inside Aalto University, e.g. in the fields of antennas, wireless sensors and wireless communication.
Key activities within the research infrastructure include IC design to meet the requirements of modern
technology, e.g. 5G radio transmitter, designed for the small fifth generation base stations.
The ECD unit attracts serious amount of external funding, mainly from Academy of Finland, the Finnish
Funding Agency for Innovation (Tekes), European Union research programs, and various industrial and corporate partners.
The focus areas of research are the following:
Advanced architectures for RF radio transceivers research produces innovative solutions to improve the communication capacity and energy efficiency of emerging radio receiver generations. Circuit solutions aim to fully exploit the benefits of modern CMOS scaling by seeking solutions based on digital-intensive and digitally assisted, nonlinearity and interference tolerant RF-circuits.
Faculties involved: Prof. Jussi Ryynänen, D.Sc. Marko Kosunen, D.Sc. Kari Stadius
Sensor electronics and energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks, wearable, and implant applications research provides solutions for signal acquisition, power control and communications for wireless sensor devices of Internet of Everything and personalized customer electronics. As IoE devices merge the physical environment and internet seamlessly, the wearable and implant applications targets for improved personalized user experiance through advanced wireless user interfaces and information acquisition for personal health and well-being applications. The research aims to ultra low-power implementations of analog and digital electronics in energy scarce application environment.
Faculties involved: Prof. Kari Halonen, Prof. Jussi Ryynänen, D.Sc. Marko Kosunen