Abstract: In some examples, a method for converged system compliance checking can include identifying a converged system compliance checking field for hardware in a converged system. The compliance checking field can, for example, be based on the purpose of the hardware. The method can further include identifying baseline compliance data for the compliance checking field, identifying actual compliance data for the compliance checking field by testing the hardware, comparing the actual compliance data to the baseline compliance data, and determining whether the hardware is in compliance with the converged system based on the comparison between the actual compliance data and the baseline compliance data.

Abstract: A microwave cavity closure structure encloses an upper splitter cavity bounded at its top and bottom by, respectively, a rigid metal plate and a flexible sheet metal dish and (b) a lower combiner cavity bounded at its top and bottom by another such dish and another lower such plate. Each such cavity has a central region occupied by a raised circular boss, and the lower plate bounding the bottom cavity mounts, outward of the central boss, two concentric annular sheet metal rings each having a flat top and peripheral flanges extending from the margins of that top down into annular grooves in the lower plate. One or more rings of dielectric posts are disposed in each cavity radially between the central boss therein and the cavity periphery to vertically space at the ring's location the plate and dish of the cavity by a distance determined by the posts, while concurrently permitting the dish to be flexed in the cavity's central region for cavity tuning purposes.