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Calendar of Events

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IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2012
Visit Maury Microwave on Agilent Avenue and at uApps
June 17-22, 2012
Palais des Congrès • Montreal • Canada
Booth 1215
http://ims2012.mtt.org/

79th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium
Topic: Non-linear Measurement Systems
June 22, 2012
Palais des Congrès • Montreal • Canada
http://www.arftg.org

EuMA European Microwave Week
Visit Maury Microwave on Agilent Avenue and at uApps
October 28 - November 2, 2012
RAI • Amsterdam • The Netherlands
http://www.eumweek.com

80th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium
Topic: Advances in Wireless Communications Test and Measurements
November 27 - 30, 2012
TBD • San Diego, California • USA
http://www.arftg.org

Scheduled Training Seminars

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Press Releases and more

New 8-65 GHz Wideband Tuner

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May 10 2012

Maury Microwave has released a new 8-65 GHz automated impedance tuner, model MT985AU01, in its continuation to offer high-frequency coaxial tuners.

The new MT985AU01 tuner is ideal for load pull and wideband noise parameter measurements up to 65 GHz.

More information regarding the MT985-series automated impedance tuners can be found here.

New LXI™-certified Tuners

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May 10 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of its new LXI™-certified Automated Impedance Tuners.

LXI™ is the power of Ethernet and the Web applied to Test & Measurement (T&M) offering new possibilities in test systems - local, remote, distributed, time-aware. LXI™ control empowers Maury's world-class automated impedance tuners with
• Dual TCP/IP and USB Interfaces for Simple, Fast & Reliable Control
• Direct ASCII Commands or DLL Environment for Automated Applications
• LXI™-Certified for Seamless Integration with State-of-the-Art Instruments
• Intuitive Web-Interface for Easy Tuning


More information regarding LXI™-certifed automated impedance tuners can be found here.

Data sheets for the new MT981-series and MT982-series LXI™-certified automated impedance tuner families can be found here.

IVCAD Stability Analysis Tool

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April 21 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of STAN - Stability Analysis Tool for IVCAD.

STAN is a revolutionary stability analysis technique for microwave circuits, valid for small-signal and large-signal operating conditions. This technique is able to detect and determine the nature of oscillations, such as parametric oscillations in power amplifiers that can be a function of the input drive signal, for example. Knowledge of the type of oscillation facilitates the addition of stabilization networks, with a better balance between the required oscillation avoidance and maintaining the original circuit performances.

More information regarding STAN for IVCAD can be found here.

Stability™ Cable Assembly Introduction

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April 9 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of its Stability™ family of amplitude- and phase-stable cable assemblies.

Stability™ sets the standard for high-performance ruggedized cable assemblies. Designed specifically for phase-stable and amplitude-stable applications, Stability™ offers excellent measurement repeatability even after cable flexure. With a ruggedized, durable construction, Stability™ will outlast and outperform other assemblies resulting in a reduced total cost-of-test. Stability's™ light weight, superior flexibility and small form factor make it ideal for daily use with VNA's, test instruments, bench-top testing and ATE systems.

More information regarding Stability™ cable assemblies can be found here.

New Application Note on Compact Transistor Models

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March 28 2012

Maury Microwave has released its latest application note regarding transistor modeling, written by partner AMCAD Engineering and featured in the March edition of the Microwave Journal.

Article "Compact Transistor Models: The Roadmap to First-Pass Amplifier Design Success" covers the compact transistor modeling extraction flow, including: s-parameters to determine the extrinsic and intrinsic elements, Pulsed IV measurements to extract the diode and current source model parameters under quasi-isothermal conditions, Pulsed S parameter measurements to extract the nonlinear capacitance models that are needed for simulations in large signal operating conditions, electro-thermal and trapping effects, and modeling validation through frequency-domain and time-domain load pull measurements.

Maury Microwave Application Note 5A-052 “Compact Transistor Models: The Roadmap to First-Pass Amplifier Design Success!” is available for download here.

New Device Characterization Catalog

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February 15 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of its Winter 2011 Measurement and Modeling Device Characterization catalog. The Winter 2011 edition contains updated information on recently released tuners, measurement and modeling software, and test accessories.

The Online, iPad, iPhone and PDF editions of the new catalog can be found here.

New Wideband High-Power Tuner

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January 1 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of the MT981BU18 0.4-8.0 GHz High Power Automated Impedance Tuner. This new model builds upon the success of the MT981-series of high-power automated tuners and fulfills customer requests for operation in the Civil and LTE bands.

More information regarding MT981BU18 0.4-8.0 GHz Automated Impedance Tuner can be found here.

AMTS Supports LTE Measurements

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December 1 2011

Maury Microwave announces the release of AMTS V3, the third revision of its Automated Mobile phone Test Software. This revision adds support for the LTE standard as well as instrument support for the R&S CMW500.

More information regarding AMTSv3 Automated Mobile phone Test Software can be found here.

Active Load Pull Surpasses 500W!

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November 8 2011

The MT2000 mixed-signal active load pull system breaks the 500W barrier with the successful characterization of a GEN8 NXP base station transistor

Maury Microwave, in conjunction with Anteverta-mw and NXP Semiconductors, has successfully characterized a NXP 8th generation LDMOS 320 W-rated base station transistor up to 500 W using the fully active MT2000 mixed-signal active load pull system (MSALP).

This base station transistor was measured at 2.14 GHz, in a pulsed-CW condition with pulse width of 50 µS, duty cycle of 10%, using a prematch transformer test fixture at 7 Ω. The power amplifier used to drive this DUT up to Pout=500 W and down to 1.5 Ω was a 500 W NXP Doherty amplifier demo board, an almost 1:1 relationship with the device output power. A maximum output power of 470 W and a maximum efficiency of 62 % were measured at 3 dB gain compression.

The MT2000 mixed-signal fully active load pull system represents the next evolution in device characterization systems, capable of presenting impedances below 0.05 Ω (Γ=1, VSWR>999:1), unique in its capability of measuring up to 1000 impedance/power states per minute, and unique in its capability of up to 120 MHz of instantaneous wideband impedance control for industry-compliant and proprietary wideband modulated signals.

Maury Microwave Application Note 5C-087 “Active Load Pull Surpasses 500W!” is available for download here.

Microwave Journal Interview at EuMW 2011

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October 28 2011

David Vye, Technical Editor at the Microwave Journal spent some time with Steve Dudkiewicz, Maury's Director of Business Development, at European Microwave in Manchester this year. They discussed Maury's partnerships with AMCAD Engineering and Anteverta Microwave, and new product releases.

The complete interview can be seen here.

AMCAD Releases New Pulser Heads for HBTs

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October 18 2011

AMCAD Engineering has released a new pulser, also referred to as probe head, tailored for small-periphery transistor (HBTs & HEMT) pulsed IV measurements. This new pulser, AM223, has two embedded measurement units: one for currents lower than 20mA, one for currents between 20mA and 200mA.

Tony Gasseling, President of AMCAD Engineering, says "As the world leader in modular and turnkey modeling solutions including pulsed IV, pulsed S-Parameters, linear and nonlinear modeling software, we are constantly adapting our technology to meet the most challenging requirements of our customers. We are happy to release the AM223 probe head, which now allows for the most accurate characterization of HBTs to date."

More information regarding the AMCAD BILT Pulsed IV System and Probe Heads can be found here.

Maury Releases New 2-26 GHz Wideband Tuner

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September 2 2011

Maury Microwave has released a new 2-26 GHz automated impedance tuner, model MT983BU01, as a replacement to its legacy MT983A01 4-26 GHz tuner.

The new MT983BU01 tuner is ideal for load pull and wideband noise parameter measurements.

More information regarding the MT983-series automated impedance tuners can be found here.

Maury Microwave and AMCAD Engineering Announce a Development and Distribution Partnership for Advanced Measurement and Modeling Software and Pulsed IV Systems

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June 1 2010

Maury Microwave Corporation and AMCAD Engineering have signed an exclusive development and distribution agreement with regards to AMCAD’s advanced measurement suite, IVCAD, and its PIV/PLP family of pulsed IV systems.

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Maury Microwave And Anteverta Microwave Announce A Development And Distribution Partnership For Mixed-Signal Active Load Pull Systems

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June 1 2010

Maury Microwave Corporation and Anteverta Microwave have signed an exclusive development and distribution agreement with regards to Anteverta’s next generation mixed-signal active load pull technology.

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Product Demonstrations

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