Maury Updates Automated Impedance Tuner Software

July 10, 2008

Maury Microwave announced the release of the updated version of its Automated Tuner System (ATE) software at the recent IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT-S) annual symposium and exhibition in Atlanta, GA. Version 5.0 of the ATS software offers an improved graphical user interface that will appeal to first-time as well as veteran users. The software also features a new harmonic load-pull method that eliminates the need for multiplexers. The approach, which has been named cascaded harmonic tuning, provides harmonic tuning over an extended VSWR range when implemented with two or more of the company's automated impedance tuners.

The new cascaded harmonic tuning method automatically updates the impedance constellation shown in the Tuner Control GUI with markers showing fundamental- and harmonic-frequency impedance values. ATS 5.00 also boasts an improved sweep plan for noise characterization, a tuner GUI API for direct tuner control, and a total of 10 additional productivity-enhancing tools and functions.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.