Online Panel Series

Title: Online Panel: AI in RF

Date: March 28, 2025

Time: 8am PT / 11am ET

Sponsored by: Keysight, Miller MMIC, Cadence and MathWorks

Abstract: This panel of experts will discuss the various ways AI is being used in the development and production of RF and microwave products. From MMIC simulation and design automation to real-time optimization of operating parameters to determining the best algorithms and channels to use in communications systems, the possibilities are unlimited. Learn how some companies are applying AI to come up with ideas that would best fit your organization’s needs.

Moderator: Eric Higham, Technical Editor, Microwave Journal^®
Panelist: Alexander Petr, Senior Director, Keysight EDA
Panelist: Eduard Heidebrecht, RapidRF CTO, Miller MMIC
Panelist: Michael Thompson, Distinguished Engineer in the Virtuoso R&D group, Cadence Design Systems (CDS)
Panelist: Houman Zarrinkoub, PhD, Principal Product Manager, MathWorks

Panel Participant Bios:

Moderator – Microwave Journal^®
Eric Higham, Technical Editor

Eric previously worked as Director of the Advanced Semiconductor Applications and the Advanced Defense Systems Services at Strategy Analytics. He is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of semiconductor experience. Previously, he performed a variety of engineering, business development, marketing and management functions for M/A-COM, MicroDynamics and Raytheon. Eric holds an MSEE degree from Northeastern University and a BSEE degree from Cornell University.

Keysight
Alexander Petr, Senior Director for Keysight EDA

Alexander Petr is the Senior Director for Keysight EDA, overseeing the portfolio for RF-microwave, Power Electronics, and Device Modeling, while also spearheading AI/ML initiatives. With a Master's degree in nano-electronics from the Technical University of Dresden (TU-Dresden) in Germany, Alex has a diverse career spanning three continents, working in various leadership roles across the Foundry, Analog/Mixed-Signal, RF design and EDA supply chain. An expert in Foundry technologies, metrology/measurements, design support, and EDA software development, Alex has recently focused on driving AI/ML initiatives at Keysight to enable the next generation of AI-enabled circuit design and MLOps solutions.

Miller MMIC
Eduard Heidebrecht, RapidRF CTO

Eduard Heidebrecht is CTO and Co-founder of RapidRF. He has experience in non-linear, efficient PA design in CMOS, MMIC, GaN and hybrid design from sub-6GHz to mmWave with a specialization in wideband Doherty PA design. Eduard has a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Information and Communication Technology) – RWTH Aachen University, Germany and PhD in High-Frequency Electronics – Supervised at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Cadence
Michael Thompson, Distinguished Engineer in the Virtuoso R&D group, Cadence Design Systems (CDS)

Michael Thompson is a Distinguished Engineer in the Virtuoso R&D group at Cadence Design Systems (CDS). His current charter is the development of design solutions for Heterogenous Integration across digital, analog, and high-frequency domains. These solutions require complete flows allowing initial design concepts through detailed design and analysis, verification, manufacturability, and tape-out. He works closely with software developers, end-users, and foundries to implement complete deployable development flows.

Before joining Cadence, Michael had various roles in Keysight/Agilent/HP EEsof field organization from AE with specialties in EM, RFIC, and MMIC design, AE District Manager, and Enterprise Account Manager. Before joining HP, Michael was a Senior Specialist at Aerojet ElectroSystems, designing antennas and subsystems for radiometric sensors for the EOS and SSMIS satellite platforms and passive and active sensor antennas and transceivers for the SADARM and STAFF programs. Before Aerojet, he was a member of the technical staff of the Phased Array Antenna Lab at Hughes Aircraft. He was responsible for the design of active and passive beam steering modules. He has a BSECE and MSEE from Cal Poly and did Post-Grad work at USC.

MathWorks
Houman Zarrinkoub, PhD, Principal Product Manager

Dr. Houman Zarrinkoub is a senior product manager at MathWorks responsible for wireless communications products. During his 22-year tenure at MathWorks, he has also served as a development manager and has been responsible for multiple signal processing and communications software tools. Prior to MathWorks, he was a research scientist working on mobile and voice coding technologies in the Wireless Group at Nortel Networks. He has been awarded multiple patents on topics related to computer simulations of signal processing applications. Houman is the author of the book Understanding LTE with MATLAB: From Mathematical Modeling to Simulation and Prototyping. He holds a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from McGill University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunications from the University of Quebec, in Canada.

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