ASSOCIATE FACULTY
K. J. Vinoy
Professor
Room No: # EC 2.04 Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
Email: kjvinoy@iisc.ac.in; kjvinoy@ieee.org
Phone: +91 80 2293 2853
FAX: +91 80 2293 0446
Group Webpage: http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in/~kjvinoy/mwl-home.htm
Associated Departments: Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
• Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2002
• MTech. Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 1993
• B.Tech. College of Engineering, Trivandrum, 1990
Experience
• Professor, Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc, June 2015 –
• Associate Professor, Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc, Sept. 2009 – 2015
• Assistant Professor, Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc, Sept. 2003 – Sept 2009
• Post Doctoral Researcher, Pennsylvania State University, USA, Sept. 2002 – Aug. 2003
• Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, USA, Jan. 1999 – Aug. 2002
• Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, Oct. 1996 – Dec. 1998
• JRF/SRF, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, Feb. 1995 – Sept. 1996
• Post Graduate Trainee National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, Feb. 1994 – Feb. 1995
Patents
• SA Shivashankar, Ranajit Sai, Navakanta Bhat, and K.J. Vinoy, Nanostructures Materials and Process for their deposition on a substrate, Indian Patent Filed 4570/CHE/2012
• Murugan Sumathy, K.J. Vinoy, Subrata Kumar Datta and Lalit Kumar, A Damond shaped Cross section Folded-Waveguide Slow wave Structure, Indian Patent Filed (2011) No.: 1930/DEL/2011
• K.J. Vinoy and Gijo Augustin, An ultrawideband (UWB) antenna Indian Patent Filed No. 03812/CHE/2010
• V.K. Varadan, K.J. Vinoy, J.A. Kollakompil, and V.V. Varadan, Miniaturized conformal wideband fractal antennas on high dielectric substrates and chiral layers, US Patent no. 6,525,691, Feb. 25, 2003.
Conference and Seminars
• Neeraj Kumar Singh, K.J. Vinoy and S. Gopalakrishnan, A Reduced Order Model for Electromagnetic Scattering using Multilevel Krylov Subspace Splitting, IEEE International Conference n Computational Electromagnetics ICCEM, Hong Kong, February 2-5, 2015
• T.V. Prabhakar, U. Mysore, U.S. Saini, K.J. Vinoy and B. Amruthur, NFC products for pervasive healthcare, VLSI Design and Embedded Systems Conference, Bangalore, Jan. 3-7, 2015.
• S. Kumar, S. Nikhil and KJ Vinoy, Design of a Compact Antenna for the Wireless Networking of Energy Meters, National Symposium on Antennas & Propagation, APSYM 2014, Kochi, Dec 17-19, 2014
• M. N. Sujatha and K. J. Vinoy, Bistatic RCS measurement for an electromagnetic absorber using a stacked ring-patch array, National Symposium on Antennas & Propagation, APSYM 2014, Kochi, Dec 17-19, 2014
• S. Shekhar, G.K. Ananthasuresh, K.J. Vinoy, Design, Fabrication and Characterization of A Capacitive RF MEMS Switch with a Very-Low Pull-In Voltage, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, Bangalore, Dec 15-17, 2014 (Finalist for Best Student Paper Contest)
• Keerthan P, Abhay Kumar, K.J. Vinoy, Real-Time Frequency Discriminator Using Two Stage All-Pass Network, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, Bangalore, Dec 15-17, 2014. (Shortlisted for Best Paper Prize Presentation)
• Neeraj Kumar Singh, K.J. Vinoy and S. Gopalakrishnan, Efficient Finite Element Model Order Reduction of Electromagnetic Systems using Fast Converging Jacobi-Davidson Iteration, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, Bangalore, Dec 15-17, 2014
• Selvanayaki K, V. Ramachandra, and K.J. Vinoy, Planar Micro-Wire Array with Microwave Plasma Frequency and Use of its Near Zero ε for Antenna Gain Enhancement, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, Bangalore, Dec 15-17, 2014
• G. Hemanth, K.J. Vinoy and S. Gopalakrishnan, Spectral Stochastic Finite Element Method for Periodic Structure, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference, Bangalore, Dec 15-17, 2014. (Winner Best Student Paper Contest)
• S. Shekhar, G. K. Ananthasuresh, K. J. Vinoy, Fabrication and Characterization of High-Isolation Low Pull-in Voltage Shunt Capacitive RF MEMS Switches, ISSS International Conference on Smart Materials Structures & Systems, Bangalore July 8-11, 2014.
• J. Bommer, A. Robb, R. Martinez, S. Ramamurthy, J. Harrigan, H. Muniganti, V. Mannangi and K.J. Vinoy, Wireless Aircraft Fuel Quantity Indication System, 2014 Sensors Applications Symposium, Rydges Lakeland Resort Queenstown, New Zealand, Feb 18-20,2014.
• MN Sujatha and KJ Vinoy, A Thin Radar Absorbing Material using a Stacked Ring-Patch Array Presented at IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC 2014, at Bhubaneshwar, Dec 18-20, 2013.
• Harikiran Muniganti and KJ Vinoy, Design of Ultra Wideband Conformal Antenna Array on a Concave Surface for Medical Imaging Applications, Presented at IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC 2014, at Bhubaneshwar, Dec 18-20, 2013.
• Harikiran Muniganti, Vivekanand Mannangi, KJ Vinoy, JP Bommer and SE Marston, Immersible Antenna for RF Energy Harvesting, Presented at IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC 2014, at Bhubaneshwar, Dec 18-20, 2013.
• Manjunath M., R. Kumar, P. Muralidharan,TV Prabhakar and KJ Vinoy, Carpet Integrated RF Front-end for an RFID System for Endurance Tests, Presented at IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC 2014, at Bhubaneshwar, Dec 18-20, 2013.
• Neeraj Kumar, K.J. Vinoy, S. Gopalakrishnan, Jacobi-Davidson Iteration based Reduced Order Finite Element Models for Radar Cross-Section, Presented at IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC 2014, at Bhubaneshwar, Dec 18-20, 2013.
• Neeraj Kumar, K. J. Vinoy and S. Gopalakrishnan, Augmented Krylov Model Order Reduction for Finite Element Approximation of Plane Wave Scattering Problems, Presented at IEEE International Microwave & RF Conference, Dec 14-16, 2013.
• D. Packiaraj, K. J. Vinoy, Subha Laxmi Rath, M. Ramesh and A. T. Kalghatgi, Ultra Wide Band Filter Using Shorted Meandered Coupled Lines and Stepped Line Stubs, International Radar Symposum 2013, Dec 10-14, 2013, Bangalore.
• Arjun Shetty, K J Vinoy, S B Krupanidhi, Effect of Electrode Geometry and Presence of Au Nanoparticles on Properties of GaN based Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM) Ultraviolet (UV) Photodetectors, Presented at ISSS National Conference on MEMS Smart Materials and Systems, Sept 6-7, 2013.
• Rajiv Panigrahi, Gopal Hegde, K J Vinoy, Joy Thomas M., Design and Fabrication of Serpentine Travelling Wave Tube at THz Frequencies, Presented at ISSS National Conference on MEMS Smart Materials and Systems, Sept 6-7, 2013.
• S. Bose and K.J. Vinoy, Group delay engineering using uascaded all pass filters for wideband chirp waveform generation, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing, Communication Technologies, Bangalore, Jan 16-17, 2013.
• R Sai, S.D. Kulkarni, K.J. Vinoy, N. Bhat, S. A. Shivashankar, CMOS-compatible and scalable deposition of nanocrystalline zinc ferrite thin films to improve the per area inductance of integrated RF inductor, 12th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, Jan 14-18, 2013, Chicago, IL, USA
• N.Kumar, K.J.Vinoy, S.Gopalakrishnan, A Model Order Reduction Method and its Application in Wideband Wave Propagation Studies through General Media,National Symposium on Antennas & Propagation, APSYM 2012, Kochi, Dec 17-19, 2012
• D. Packiaraj, K.J. Vinoy, M. Ramesh, and A.T. Kalghatgi, DGS based Ultra Wide Band Filter, International Symposium on Microwaves, ISM 2012, Dec 7-10, 2012
• N.Kumar, K.J.Vinoy, S.Gopalakrishnan, A Model Order Reduction Method and its Application for Finite Element Analysis of Inhomogeneous Slabs,International Symposium on Microwaves, ISM 2012,Dec 7-10, 2012
• M.N. Sujatha and K.J. Vinoy, Compact Polarization Dependent EBG Surface with Fractal Boundary Patches, Accepted for APCAP Singapore, 27-29 Aug. 2012
• S. Behera and K.J. Vinoy, Multi-port network modeling of stub loaded Microstrip ring antenna for dual-band operations, Accepted for APCAP Singapore, 27-29 Aug. 2012
• Vijayashree Bhat and K.J. Vinoy, Studies on Ultra Wideband Triangular Patch Antennas for Imaging Applications, Accepted for APCAP Singapore, 27-29 Aug. 2012
• Sudhanashu Shekar, K.J. Vinoy and G.K. Ananthasuresh, Switching and release dynamics of an electrostatically actuated MEMS switch under the influence of squeeze film damping, TechConnect World Conference and Expo, Santa Clara, California, U.S.A, June 18-21 2012
• R Sai, S. D. Kulkarni, K. J. Vinoy, N. Bhat, S. A. Shivashankar, Rapid CMOS compatible ZnFe2O4 film deposition for enhanced inductance of integrated RF inductors, Submitted to More than Moore: Novel materials approaches for functionalized Silicon based Microelectronics of the E-MRS 2012 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg (France) from May 14 to 18, 2012.
• R. Sai, S. D. Kulkarni, K. J. Vinoy, N. Bhat, S. A. Shivashankar, Low-Thermal-Budget Solution Processing of Thin Films of Zinc Ferrite and Other Complex Oxides, Submitted to MRS Fall Meeting 2012.
• D. Packiaraj, M. Ramesh A. T. Kalghatgi, and K. J. Vinoy, Analysis of modified microstrip line and its application, Presented at National Conference on Communications, Kharagpur, India, January 2012.
• G. Hemanth, K. J. Vinoy, and S. Gopalakrishnan, Spectral element method for electromagnetic problems, International conference on smart materials structures and systems 2012, Bangalore, India, Jan 4-7, 2012.
• D. Packiaraj, K. J. Vinoy, M. Ramesh, A. T. Kalghatgi, Varsha Chaware and G. J. Phatak, Miniaturized Multi-layer LTCC RF Broadband devices, International conference on smart materials structures and systems 2012, Bangalore, India, Jan 4-7, 2012.