Integrated waveguide tuner

1. A wafer probe to waveguide adapter comprising:

a bent waveguide transmission line between a waveguide flange and the wafer probe and

an integrated automated slide screw tuner, having two remotely controlled tuning probes;

wherein

the waveguide transmission line has two broad walls, a top broad wall, and a bottom broad wall, and two narrow sidewalls, and

two slots parallel to a longitudinal axis of the waveguide transmission line, placed facing each-other, one on the top and one on the bottom broad wall;

wherein

the slots are positioned offset of a center line of the waveguide transmission line by at least a thickness of the tuning probes,

and wherein

two remotely controlled stepper actuators A# 1 and A# 2 are mounted opposite to each-other, one on the top broad wall and one on the bottom broad wall, and control associated tuning probes P# 1 and P# 2 , which are inserted diametrical into the slots at a fixed penetration into and move along the waveguide transmission line, sharing this way a section of the waveguide transmission line;

and wherein

actuator A# 1 moves probe P# 1 to a position X 1 , and

actuator A# 2 moves probe P# 2 to a position X 2 .

2. The wafer probe to waveguide adapter of claim 1 ,

wherein

the slots are at least one half of a wavelength (λ/2) long at a lowest frequency of operation (Fmin).

3. The wafer probe to waveguide adapter of claim 1 ,

wherein

the tuning probes are at least partly metallic or metallized rods.

4. The wafer probe to waveguide adapter of claim 1 ,

wherein

the tuning probes are at least partly metallic or metallized blocks.

5. The wafer probe to waveguide adapter of claim 1 ,

wherein

the tuning probes traverse the slots in a contactless manner.