Syracuse, NY, June 20, 2006: Sonnet Software Inc would like to
congratulate Mr. Vahid Miraftab, a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, who was named the 1st Place Winner at this
year's IMS 2006 MTT-S Student Paper Competition. Mr. Miraftab was
awarded the top prize of a copy of Sonnet Suites Professional
version donated to his university of choice.
Dr. James Rautio (Founder and President, Sonnet
Software, Inc.) and Mr. Vahid Miraftab
Mr. Miraftab wrote a paper titled "Automated Microwave Filter
Tuning by Extracting Human Experience in Terms of Linguistic Rules Using Fuzzy
Controllers." The paper introduces modeling of human experience by
linguistic if-then rules in terms of fuzzy logic controllers for tuning
microwave filters. The approach could be used for any microwave circuit tuning
problem that involves human expert information provided that the expert
information could be described in terms of linguistic if-then rules. A fully
automated experimental setup is implemented by high resolution motors with
flexible leads to make the tuning possible. A 3-pole Chebyshev waveguide filter
is used to demonstrate the concept. The measured results prove the validity of
the method.
Brief Biography: Vahid Miraftab (S'96) received his B.Sc.
degree from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran in 1998, M.Sc. degree
from the Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) in 2000, and
Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 2005 all in electrical
and computer engineering. He is currently working as a PDF at the University of
Waterloo and COM DEV, Cambridge, Canada. His research interests include design
and tuning of RF/Microwave circuits/filters, RFIC design, and artificial
intelligence.
About Sonnet Software, Inc.:
Founded in 1983, Sonnet
Software, Inc. is a worldwide leader in software for High Frequency
Electromagnetic (EM) Simulation Software for microwave and millimeter-wave
design engineers. The company offers a wide range of EM simulation packages as
well as interfaces with major design frameworks well suited for engineers across
all levels and platforms.
For more information,
please contact:
Yun Chase
Technical Marketing Manager
Sonnet Software, Inc |
