Company

About us

The Focus Microwaves Group comprises Focus Microwaves Inc., Mesuro Ltd. and Auriga PIV Tech Inc. They are All Engineering and Manufacturing Corporations based in Montreal (Canada), Cardiff (UK) and Merrimack (USA) respectively, as well as a dedicated Sales and Support office in Beijing. Our team now counts over 60 employees worldwide.

Together, the three companies under the Focus Microwaves Group umbrella cover a wide range of non-50 Ohm measurement products and systems, from active and passive load pull tuners and noise characterization systems to pulsed IV measurements and bias tees. With our in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are able to develop our innovative products quickly and effectively, continuously bringing to market new solutions for the ever-changing demands of the RF landscape.

2023

Dynamic Active Load Pull System (DLP)

For CW and Pulsed Singal Applications Up to 40GHz & 3f0 Mesuro

G-Band (140-220GHz)

Waveguide Measurement System For Vector Load Pull

2022

D-Band (110-170GHz)

Waveguide Measurement System For Vector Load Pull and Noise Applications

2021

Tri-State (Pre-Pulse) Pulsed IV

For GaN Devices Auriga

Sub-THz Waveguide Tuners

110-170GHz / 140-220GHz / 220-330GHz

2020

Low Frequency Tuners for On-Wafer

Delta, 1.8-30GHz / 2-36GHz / 3-40GHz

2019

67GHz Bias Tees

Auriga

40, 67, & 110GHz Bi-Directional Ultra-Low Loss Couplers

Compact Model with Thermal and Trapping Effects

Rapid Active Load Pull with 500MHz of Bandwidth

Mesuro

2018

2000V Protected Pulse Head

Auriga

Omega Miniature Tuner for 5G

24 - 60 GHz

Rapid Active Load Pull up to 40 GHz & 3 Harmomics

Mesuro

2018

110GHz Coaxial Harmonic (Delta) Tuner

From 24-110GHz Harmonic Load Pull

Direct Connect (Delta) Tuner for On Wafer Measurements

From 8 - 67 GHz

2017

Rapid Active Load Pull up to 40GHz

Mesuro

E-Band (60-90GHz) Noise Measurement System

2016

The First Coaxial 110GHz Tuner

2015

Electronic Tuner

0.3 – 3 GHz

1200V Protected Pulse Head

Auriga

RAPID Wideband Active Tuning

Mesuro

2014

Continuous Noise Measurement System

0.3 – 67 GHz

High Power 30/50 GHz Tuner

19″ Rack Mount Hybrid Load Pull System

0.6 – 8 GHz

2013

Differential Tuner

8 – 50 GHz, 2 – 18 GHz

EMI Hardened Tuner Technology

2012

High Precision Tuner Load Pull Probe Station

2011

Compact Harmonic MPT-Lite-C (Nano)

Patent: 8,188,816

Harmonic Active Injection Load Pull System

Patent: 9,213,056

2010

Multi-Purpose (Harmonic) Tuner

MPT-60100 (10-60GHz)

Fast Wide-Band Noise Parameter Software

NPEx 1.9

2009

Ingenium Autonomous Tuner

Patent: 8,203,348

Four Probe – Four Harmonic MPT Quattro

10 – 60 GHz Patent: 8,212,628

2008

Maximum Reflection Tuner MRT

VSWR > 200:1 (MRT-308)

2006

40 – 100MHz Programmable Tuner

Patent: 7,646,267

50 GHz Multi-Purpose Tuner

MPT-50140

2005

Fast Programmable Tuner

0.1 – 1.2GHz

2004

The Multi-Purpose Tuner Concept

Patent: 7,135,941

Stable Tuner for On-Wafer Operations

Patent: 7,102,457

2003

2003 Frequency Selective Tuners

Patent: 7,248,866

True Differential Load Pull System

2002

Bi-Harmonic Programmable Tuner

For F0, 2F0, & 3F0 in a single unit (4-9GHz)

Millimeterwave Coaxial Programmable Tuner

10 – 65GHz

2001

Synchronized® Prematching High VSWR Tuner

Patent: 6,850,076

2000

High Isolation Manual Harmonic Tuner

For the PCS Frequency Range

1999

Minimum Loss Coaxial Test Fixtures

Patent: 6,414,563

Prematching® High VSWR Tuners

Patent: 6,674,293

1998

Broadband Milimeter Wave Coaxial

Fundamental & Harmonic Tuners

1997

Programmable Harmonic Rejection Tuner

Patent: 6,297,649

1996

Active Load Pull Sytem (ALPS)

1995

Ultra Wideband Tuner System

1.6 – 50 GHz

1994

Coaxial TRL Calibration Kit

Up to 18GHz, 26.5GHz, & 40GHz

1993

6 – 40 GHz Coaxial Tuner

1992

W-band (75 – 110 GHz) Tuner System

1991

V-Band (50 – 75 GHz) Tuner System

1988

Focus Microwaves Founded

Our Team

The Focus Microwaves Team includes 3 companies in Montreal, Boston and Cardiff, as well as dedicated Sales and Support office in Beijing and in Munich. Our team now counts over 60 employees worldwide.

To the greatest extent possible, the Focus Microwaves Group engineers and produces all of its products in house. Our team of around 20 engineers work on developing new products, improving existing methods, and supporting our customers with their test and measurement needs. From machining raw materials in our state of the art machine shop, to the assembly of mechanical and electronic components, and most critically the exact alignment of our tuners, the Focus team has the experienced ability to see a tuner through from creation to completion, and beyond to installation, training and continued support.

Our Sales and Support team, spread across the globe and supported by representatives in 10 geographical zones, are ready to assist our customers with all inquiries and measurement needs.

Focus Microwaves

Focus Microwaves is a pioneering engineering company, built around the innovations of its founder Dr. Christos Tsironis who developed his first manual tuner in 1973 and is the inventor of most existing electro-mechanical tuner families. The success of Focus is based on the engineering and manufacturing skills of its highly motivated and experienced team of engineers and technicians, who have been trained and encouraged to develop new technologies. In addition, listening to our customers needs and insights helps us discover and develop products and measurement methods on an ongoing basis, relentlessly pushing the limits of what is possible.

From humble beginnings in 1988, Focus has become the main supplier of advanced Load Pull and Noise Tuner Systems. Our mission is to provide effective, reliable and innovative solutions for non-50 Ohm testing (Noise and Load Pull) of RF microwave transistors, thus enabling our customers to compete in the marketplace with better designs and to advance the understanding and knowledge of the field.

Auriga PIV Tech. Inc.

Auriga PIV Tech. Inc. develops and provides pulsed IV/RF characterization systems and bias tees. It offers its products for current–voltage measurements. Auriga PIV Tech. Inc. was formerly known as Auriga Microwave, Inc. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Auriga PIV Tech. Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Focus Microwaves Inc.

In February 2015, Focus Microwaves acquired the Pulsed IV and Bias-Tee lines of AURIGA. Out of a main concern regarding support of existing Auriga customers and in view of the potential of these valuable product lines, which fit seamlessly into Focus’ own modular pulsed IV, RF accessory and nonlinear modelling technology of MESURO, which Focus acquired last January, Focus also hired key Auriga personnel, in order to support customers, fulfill existing and pending pulse system orders and to push further product development.

Focus operates the Auriga PIV and BT lines out of its new location in Nashua, N.H. For further information please contact your local Auriga representative

Mesuro

Mesuro’s technology has been developed as a result of over a decades’ research at Cardiff University’s renowned Institute of High Frequency and Communication Engineering.

The Institute was founded by Professor Paul Tasker in 1997 and has grown rapidly to establish an international reputation in the fields of non-linear measurement systems, device characterization, and circuit design. The Institute works with many of the leading companies in the RF communications field to address significant technical challenges through fundamental research.

In January 2015, Focus Microwaves acquired Mesuro Ltd, taking sole ownership of the shares, IP, load pull and modelling technologies of the organization.