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Calendar of Events

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IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2013
Visit Maury Microwave on Agilent Avenue and at uApps
June 2-7, 2013
Washington State Convention Center • Seattle • WA
Booth 1139
http://ims2013.org/

81st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium
Topic: Metrology for High Speed Circuits and Systems
June 7, 2013
Washington State Convention Center • Seattle • WA
http://www.arftg.org/conferences/81st_conference.html

EuMA European Microwave Week
Visit Maury Microwave on Agilent Avenue
October 8-10, 2013
NCC • Nuremberg• Germany
Booth A113
http://www.eumweek.com

Scheduled Training Seminars

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Press Releases and more

Connect With Confidence: Color-Coded Interconnects

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April 17 2013

Maury Microwave color-coded interconnects were featured in the March 2013 Microwave Journal Cables & Connectors supplement. The article, titled "Connect With Confidence: Color-Coded Interconnects", explains the motivation behind Maury's color-coding concepts, as well as product information on ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters, Stability™ Cable Assemblies, and TW-Series Torque Wrenches.

Maury Microwave Article Reprint 5A-055 “Connect With Confidence: Color-Coded Interconnects” is available for download here.

Maury expands Beijing office

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March 19 2013

Maury Microwave expands its regional headquarters in Beijing, China with the addition of Senior Applications Engineer Yang Dongliang.

Yang Dongliang is a graduate of the North China University of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering) and the Beijing Institute of Technology (Masters of Engineering). Before joining Maury, he worked as an RF engineer at Ericsson, responsible for the design and maintenance of power amplifiers. Yang Dongliang specialized in optimizing power amplifiers for output power, gain, efficiency and linearity using advanced measurement and modeling device characterization tools such as Load Pull and ADS.

Maury Microwave China Applications Support and Yang Dongliang can be reach at dyang@maurymw.com and at +86-13693606842

Maury Opens China Office

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February 28 2013

Maury Microwave announces the opening of its new regional headquarters in Beijing, China, expanding a 55 year tradition of honor, integrity and customer support. General Manager Zhang Nianmin will lead a team of dedicated and highly skilled application engineers in offering pre- and post-sales service and support to our growing Chinese customer base.

Zhang Nianmin earned an EE degree from Shanghai Tongji University in 1987 majoring in electronic test and measurement instrumentation. Before joining Maury Microwave, he worked for HP/Agilent as a sales engineer, marketing engineer and business development manager for 16 years, during which time he gained extensive advanced experience in the component test and device characterization industry. He also worked as an R&D engineer developing test methods for large scale integrated circuits at Beijing Institute of Test Automation, and as project manager at the Institute of Electronic Science and Technology affiliated with the China Electronics Corporation.

Maury Microwave China and Zhang Nianmin can be reach at nzhang@maurymw.com and at +86-13910601865

Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction in Favor of Maury Microwave

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February 13 2013

PRESS RELEASE from Greg Maury, President & CEO, Maury Microwave Corp

We are pleased to announce that Maury Microwave Corp was awarded a Sweeping Victory in the recent patent case against Focus Microwaves.

We understand that you may have heard FALSE AND INACCURATE information regarding this patent case and regarding Maury’s future in the market place.

In the words of the court itself: “FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION IN FAVOR OF MAURY AND AGAINST FOCUS IS HEREBY GRANTED”.

HERE ARE THE FACTS FROM THE COURT ITSELF:

Maury filed suit in May 2010 seeking Declaratory Relief from the courts against Focus Microwaves who alleged that Maury was infringing two Focus Patents relating to the Maury Multi-Harmonic Automated Tuners:
1. 6,674,293: Adaptable Pre-Matched Tuner System and Method
2. 7,034,629: High Frequency, High Reflection, Pre-matching tuners with Zero Initialization

In November 2010, Maury added to the suit that Focus had violated the Maury 7,548,069: ‘Signal Measurement Systems and Methods’ Patent; relating to the Maury V I Sensor Probe, technology.

On both Claim Construction and Summary Judgment issued by the United States District Court, Central District of California; Maury was awarded a COMPLETE VICTORY:
1. Focus ‘6,674,293 Patent, Finding: Maury has not infringed.
2. Focus ‘7,034,629 Patent, Findings:
a. Maury has not infringed.
b. Patent Found Invalid
3. Maury 7,548,069 Patent: Focus directly infringed.

Maury even won its court costs and was awarded penalties for Focus’ misconduct.

Maury Microwave Corp is the de facto authority on device characterization measurement and modeling, and is a world leader in load pull, noise parameters, transistor modeling and MW/RF/mmW solutions. We continue to innovate and increase the range of our product offering across all Maury business units, including device characterization measurement and modeling products and services; precision calibration solutions and Test Essentials™ lines of calibration kits and components, metrology, precision and laboratory grade interconnects and calibration services.

1. Over the last few years we have added many new products and services, including:
a. Vector-receiver (real-time) load pull solutions
b. Active and hybrid-active load pull solutions
c. Time-domain (NVNA) load pull solutions
d. Harmonic load pull solutions (patent-pending)
e. Pulsed RF and pulsed-bias load pull solutions
f. Active load-pull with wideband modulation (patented)
g. Fastest load pull solution on the market (with up to 1000 impedance/power states per minute)
h. Ultra-fast ultra-accurate noise parameter solutions (patented)
i. Tuners with integrated VI probes (patented)
j. LXI™-certified tuners with integrated web interface (patent-pending)
k. Millimeter-wave tuners (patented)
l. Modular and turnkey Pulsed IV systems for MW/RF and power semiconductors
m. IVCAD Advanced Measurement and Modeling Software and Visualization Suite
n. AMTS mobile phone testing platform
o. Test Essentials™ Lab Adapters and ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters
p. Stability™ line of phase-stable microwave/RF cable assemblies

Looking forward, we have an extensive device characterization R&D roadmap.

2. We have doubled the size of our global Applications Engineering team, increasing our pre- and post-sale support capabilities.

3. We continue to add to and upgrade our test and measurement equipment within our factory, improving accuracy and reducing lead times.

4. We have grown our in-house advanced measurement and modeling capabilities, allowing us to offer measurement services,

5. We offer the world’s largest and most complete range of device characterization measurement and modeling solutions, including passive, active, hybrid-active, wideband-modulated, multi-harmonic, time-domain, and pulsed load pull and noise parameter solutions.

6. We continue to grow our stock of demo and immediate-delivery solutions across all Maury business units.

7. We dominate the US market, due largely to our expertise, support and high integrity.

Our objective is to ensure our customers choose the best solutions that meet their immediate and future needs. We have and will always stand by our products with excellent service and support. We believe we have earned our 55 years in the industry based on a foundation of Honor, Integrity and Customer Support, and look forward to proving ourselves in the future.

A PDF version of this press release can be found here.

A PDF version of the final court ruling can be found here.

Stability™ cable assemblies are now part of the ColorConnect™ family!

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January 30 2013

Stability™ cable assemblies are now part of the ColorConnect™ family! Following the proposed IEEE high-frequency connector/adapter color convention, Stability™ cable assemblies are the first commercially available assemblies to offer clear indications of compatibility and intermatability. ColorConnect™ makes it a simple matter to avoid and eliminate damaged equipment, degraded equipment reliability, degraded performance and lengthy maintenance times due to improper mating (and attempted mating) of incompatible interconnects.

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

Microwave Journal Interviews Mauro Marchetti

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January 15 2013

Richard Mumford, International Editor at the Microwave Journal, spent some time with Mauro Marchetti, Anteverta's Co-Founder and CEO. They discussed Anteverta's relationship with Maury, new product releases and other topics.

The complete interview can be seen here.

Low-Profile and TVAC Stability™Cable Assemblies

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November 29 2012

Maury Microwave announces the expansion of its Stability™ family of amplitude- and phase-stable cable assemblies to include Low-Profile (-LP) and Thermal Vacuum (-TVAC) models.

Stability™ Low Profile Cable Assemblies have been designed for high-density applications such as switch matrices and PXI/PXIe/AXIe cards, as well as wafer-probe applications where traditional cable assemblies might cause interference due to cable and connector size. Stability™ Low Profile Cable Assemblies offer the same electrical performance in an assembly that is 44% smaller and 66% lighter, and are available with 3.5mm and 2.92mm connectors.

Stability™ TVAC Cable Assemblies have been designed for measurements in a thermal vacuum environment for space product testing. TVAC cable assemblies connect components or satellites located in thermal test chambers to systems and instruments outside. Stability™ TVAC Cable Assemblies offer the same electrical and mechanical performance with specialized vented 2.92mm connectors that meet low outgassing requirements of ESA-PSS-01-702 with a TML < 1% and CVCM < 0.1%.

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

New Family of LXI™-certified Multi-Harmonic Tuners

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November 1 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of the MT981ML01 0.65-8.0 GHz and MT982ML01 1.8-18.0 GHz LXI™-certified Multi-Harmonic Automated Impedance Tuners. These new models expand Maury's offering of harmonic load pull solutions and allow simultaneous high-gamma harmonic tuning.

More information regarding the MT98xML-series of LXI™-certified multi-harmonic tuners can be found here.

EuMW 2012 Recap

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November 1 2012

European Microwave 2012 in Amsterdam represented another highly successful international exhibition with live demonstrations by Maury Microwave and strategic partners Agilent Technologies, AMCAD Engineering and Anteverta Microwave.

Maury's BeNeLux/German distributor bsw TestSystems & Consulting tested customers' knowledge of the Smith Chart with a challenging and fun "guess-the-impedance" load pull game; congratulations to the winners!

More information regarding Maury's participation in EuMW 2012 and links to featured products demonstrations, and NPIs can be found here.

50 GHz Noise Measurements With PNA-X Option 29

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September 6 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of its new MT7553B02 Noise Receiver Module (NRM) designed specifically for the N5245-series PNA-X with Noise option 029.

MT7553B02 is a 50 GHz direct-frequency Noise Receiver Module. The term "direct-frequency" means that no downconversion process is required as the 029 noise analyzer option internal to the PNA-X works natively to 50 GHz.

MT7553B02 improves the second-stage noise figure of the PNA-X by 5-6 dB thereby increasing the sensitivity of the analyzer which can lead to more accurate noise parameter measurements.

More information regarding MT7553-series Noise Receiver Modules and Noise measurements with the PNA-X option 029 can be found here.

IMS 2012 Recap

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July 5 2012

MTT-S IMS 2012 in Montreal, Canada was Maury's 35th time exhibiting at an IMS event. In fact, Maury is just one of a few companies to consecutively participate in the IMS exhibition since the mid-1970s (the first IMS exhibit took place in 1972, Maury's first booth was in 1977).

This year, Maury sent a clear message that it has evolved. With a new logo, enlarged island booth space and expanded product offering, Maury marked itself as a global leader in calibration, measurement and modeling solutions.

Participating with Maury were strategic partners Agilent Technologies, AMCAD Engineering and Anteverta Microwave.

More information regarding Maury's participation in IMS 2012 and links to featured products, demonstrations, recorded presentations and NPIs can be found here.

Web Store is Open!

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June 18 2012

Maury Microwave announces the grand opening of its online web store.

As of June 18, customers will be able to purchase in-stock inventory of Test Essentials™ Lab Adapters and Stability™ Microwave/RF Cable Assemblies.

The web store can be accessed at https://www.maurymw.com/store.

Test Essentials™ Lab Adapters have been designed for daily use in microwave/RF labs and production facilities and offer one of the industry's best price/performance ratios. Test Essentials™ Lab Adapters feature excellent electrical performance, rugged construction for durability, repeatable mating and high reliability. Test Essentials™ Lab Adapters are available in SMA, N Type, 3.5mm, 2.92mm, 2.4mm and 1.85mm in-series and between-series.

Maury Microwave's Stability™ series sets the standard for high-performance ruggedized microwave/RF 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. Stability™, the phase stable cable of choice.

New Test Essentials™ Precision and Lab Adapters

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June 1 2012

Maury Microwave announces the release of its new Test Essentials™ line of precision and lab adapters.

The Test Essentials™ line expands Maury's portfolio of microwave/RF adapters by adding two new lines alongside its existing Calibration (Metrology) family: ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters and Test Essentials™ Lab Adapters.

ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters have been designed for lab and field use where quality, performance, ease-of-identification and ease-of-use are critical. New manufacturing techniques have given ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters improved VSWR specifications bridging the gap between calibration-grade metrology adapters and daily-use lab adapters. Following the proposed IEEE high-frequency connector/adapter color convention, ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters are the first commercially available products to offer clear indications of compatibility and intermatability. ColorConnect™ makes it a simple matter to avoid and eliminate damaged equipment, degraded equipment reliability, degraded performance and lengthy maintenance times due to improper mating (and attempted mating) of incompatible adapters. ColorConnect™ Precision Adapters are available in N Type, 3.5mm, 2.92mm, 2.4mm and 1.85mm in-series and between series.

"Our customers have spoken, and we've listened. ColorConnect™ is the only commercially available color-coded adapter that helps distinguish between adapter types, and help prevent costly mistakes by mating incompatible adapters" stated Steve Dudkiewicz, Director of Marketing and Business Development.

More information regarding Test Essentials™ precision and lab adapters can be found here.

On-Wafer Production Testing in Seconds!

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May 31 2012

Maury Microwave and Anteverta-mw announce an on-wafer production test application using the MT2000 mixed-signal active load pull system.

The MT2000 mixed-signal active load pull system is the only load pull system capable of tuning and measuring hundreds and thousands of impedance/power states per minute. This incredible speed enables CW and pulsed-CW production testing of multiple load impedance states over multiple power levels in only seconds per die. An intuitive API allows users to combine the power of the MT2000 with Cascade's Nucleus wafer-mapping software to fully automate production testing.

More information regarding on-wafer production testing using the MT2000 can be found here.

An live on-wafer production test demo will take place at MTT-S IMS in Montreal, Canada on June 19-21, 2012.

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 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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