Maury Microwave, Inc.

Roman Meierer

Gary R Simpson

Ali Boudiaf

A solid state impedance tuner or impedance tuner system including a housing structure and at least two solid state tuner modules electrically combined and disposed in one package within the housing structure. Each tuner module includes at least one solid state control element. Another embodiment is directed to an impedance tuner module card configured in a standardized system architecture. The card includes a chassis board, and at least one solid state tuner module integrated on the card and supported on or by the chassis board, each module including at least one solid state control element. Methods for calibrating a solid state impedance tuner that includes at least two solid state tuner modules combined in one package are disclosed.

Solid state impedance tuners

A solid state impedance tuner or impedance tuner system includes a control element array with a plurality of solid state control elements configured to be turned on simultaneously to achieve a desired impedance state. The control element array comprises N solid state control elements arranged along an RF transmission line. A controller selectively turns on or off each control element by application of a control signal to vary an impedance presented by the control element array, Another aspect is an impedance tuner module card configured in a standardized system architecture, with a chassis board, and at least one solid state tuner module integrated on the card A chassis electrical connector connected to the tuner module is configured for connection to a corresponding backplane connector. Methods for calibrating a solid state impedance tuner that includes at least two solid state tuner modules combined in one package are disclosed.

A system and method for controlling an impedance tuner system. In one embodiment, a web-enabled electronic controller controls an impedance tuner system including a signal transmission line and an electronically-controllable impedance-varying system coupled to the signal transmission line for affecting the impedance presented by the signal transmission line. The controller has a communication port, and an electronic processor configured to process external command signals and generate electronic control signals to configure the impedance-varying system in response to the command signals. An electronic memory stores sets of data and one or more web pages. The controller has a communication server and is configured to receive or send signals through a communication channel from or to a client computer system. The communication server is configured to be responsive to a request message from a client computer system to send a response comprising a web page to the client computer system. The controller processes commands received from the client computer system into the electronic control signals. An exemplary embodiment of a method for controlling an impedance tuner system includes providing a web-enabled controller having a communication server, storing web pages on the controller, sending a client request to the communication server from a client computer through a communication channel, in response to the client request, sending the web page to the client computer from the impedance tuner system through the communication channel, entering user commands through the web page and transmitting signals representing the user commands to the tuner controller, and processing the user commands by the tuner controller to provide tuner drive signals to set the tuner to a state determined by the user commands.

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