Patent ID: 8400238
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
1. An impedance matching tuner comprising: a housing, said housing having a test port and an idle port; a center conductor mounted within said housing and generally between said test port and said idle port; a slab line mounted within said housing and generally between said test port and said idle port; said slab line having a first slot, a second slot and a third slot; a first probe disposed to move in said first slot; a second probe disposed to move in said second slot; a third probe disposed to move in said third slot; said movement of each of said probes including movement parallel to said center conductor and said movement of each of said probes including movement toward and away from said center conductor; said probes being disposed in said slots such that any of said probes may move to any position relative to its respective slot regardless of any position of another of said probes in another respective slot; said probes being positionable relative to said center conductor to create a user selectable impedance value.