Patent ID: 9267977
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G01R,H01P

Claim Text:
1. An auto aligning method for maximizing the reflection factor in single-carriage slide-screw impedance tuner at a user defined frequency of operation using adjustable tuning device said tuner having a test port and an idle port and a slotted airline (slabline) between the ports, and one mobile carriage moving horizontally along the axis of the slabline, said carriage comprising a vertical axis holding the tuning device, whereby said tuning device creates reflection factor when sliding into the slot of the slabline; said tuning device being inserted vertically into the slot and moved parallel to the axis of the slabline; wherein the tuning device is a probe assembly comprising two individual metallic probes (slugs), probe 1 and probe 2, which are attached to the vertical axis using a flexible vertical steel blade, hereby allowing sideways (lateral) self-alignment inside the slot of the slabline, and are manually configurable at adjustable horizontal distance (gap) between them; and whereby the gap is adjusted for the reflection factor vectors, created at the selected frequency by probes 1 and 2, to have an angle of approximately zero degrees between them.