Murlan Kaufman

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Murlan Kaufman (b. July 14, 1937 in Portland, OR – ?) worked at Tektronix from 1961 to 1999.

He earned a BSEE in 1959 and MSEE in 1968 at Oregon State University.

Career

  • Four summers working for Tek while attending Oregon State University
  • June 1959 to January 1961 at General Electric in New York and Wisconsin
  • January 1961 Design Engineer at Tek until retirement in August 1999

Tek Products

  • Designed P6032, CT-1, CT-2 and 114 pulse generator
  • Inherited and completed design for R293 pulse generator and 184 time mark generator
  • Designed S-51 18 GHz Countdown and 3T5 auto triggering circuit
  • 7B50, 7B51, 7B70 and 7B71 − inherited and completed design
  • 485 − project Leader of the horizontal section
  • 7844 − inherited and completed as project manager
  • 7D01, DF1 and DF2 − project manager
  • DAS9129 − project manager for development of the color display logic analyzer
  • 11400 Series (11401, 11402, 11403) − assistant project manager and responsible for the touch panel and display
  • 11802 − project manager for sampling mainframe and SD-51 21 GHz trigger head
  • 11A81, 11A34V and 11T5H − managed development
  • THS700 series − high voltage isolated front end design
  • Bipolar and BiCMOS IC design for TDS200, TDS300, TDS700 and TDS3000 series oscilloscopes
Page Manufacturer Model Class Description Series Introduced Designers Discontinued
114 Tektronix 114 Pulse generator Pulse generator 1965 Murlan Kaufman (?)
11402 Tektronix 11402 Oscilloscope Digital scope 11000-series scopes 1986 Murlan Kaufman • Tom Rousseau (?)
11403 Tektronix 11403 Oscilloscope 1 (3) GHz digital scope 11000-series scopes 1989 Murlan Kaufman (?)
11801 Tektronix 11801 Oscilloscope Digital sampling scope 11800-series scopes 1989 Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lueker • Roy Lewallen 1998+
11802 Tektronix 11802 Oscilloscope Digital sampling scope 11800-series scopes 1989 Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lueker • Roy Lewallen (?)
11A32 Tektronix 11A32 Plug-in 400 MHz dual channel vertical plug-in 11000-series scopes 1987 Murlan Kaufman • Cliff Baker (?)
11A34 Tektronix 11A34 Plug-in Quad channel 300 MHz amplifier 11000-series scopes 1987 Murlan Kaufman • Cliff Baker (?)
11A81 Tektronix 11A81 Plug-in 3 GHz vertical amplifier plug-in 11000-series scopes (?) Murlan Kaufman (?)
11T5H Tektronix 11T5H Plug-in Multistandard Video Trigger plug-in 11000-series scopes 1991 Murlan Kaufman (?)
184 Tektronix 184 Pulse generator Time mark generator 1965 Murlan Kaufman 1972
3T5 Tektronix 3T5 Plug-in Programmable sampling sweep plug-in 560-series scopes 1969 Murlan Kaufman (?)
485 Tektronix 485 Oscilloscope 350 MHz portable scope 400-series scopes 1972 John Addis • Wink Gross • Gene Andrews • Glenn Bateman • Ron Peltola • Bob Firth • Murlan Kaufman • Bob White • Keith Taylor • Dick Troberg 1986
7844 Tektronix 7844 Oscilloscope 400 MHz dual-beam non-storage mainframe 7000-series scopes 1974 Murlan Kaufman • Chuck Scott • Dick Anderson • Keith Taylor • Bob White 1988
7B50 Tektronix 7B50 Plug-in 100 MHz Timebase 7000-series scopes 1969 Murlan Kaufman 1975
7B51 Tektronix 7B51 Plug-in 100 MHz Timebase 7000-series scopes 1969 Murlan Kaufman 1973
7B70 Tektronix 7B70 Plug-in 200 MHz Timebase 7000-series scopes 1969 Murlan Kaufman 1975
7B71 Tektronix 7B71 Plug-in 200 MHz Delaying Timebase 7000-series scopes 1969 Murlan Kaufman 1975
7D01 Tektronix 7D01 Plug-in 16-ch Logic Analyzer 7000-series scopes 1976 Murlan Kaufman • Keith Taylor • Morris Green • Jeff Bradford • Ed Wolf • Vendell Damm 1985
CSA803 Tektronix CSA803 Oscilloscope Digital sampling scope 11800-series scopes 1990 Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lueker • Roy Lewallen (?)
CT-1 Tektronix CT-1 Probe AC current probe 50 Ω scope inputs (?) Murlan Kaufman (?)
CT-2 Tektronix CT-2 Probe AC current probe 50 Ω scope inputs 1964 Murlan Kaufman (?)
DF1 Tektronix DF1 Plug-in display formatter 7D01 1976 Murlan Kaufman • Dave Lowry • Jeff Bradford • Ed Wolf 1985
DF2 Tektronix DF2 Plug-in display formatter 7D01 1978 Murlan Kaufman • Dave Lowry • Jeff Bradford • Ed Wolf 1985
P6032 Tektronix P6032 Probe 850 MHz cathode-follower probe 1S1 1962 Murlan Kaufman (?)
P6041 Tektronix P6041 Probe AC current probe 50 Ω scope inputs 1964 Murlan Kaufman (?)
R293 Tektronix R293 Pulse generator Programmable pulse generator 1965 Murlan Kaufman (?)
S-51 Tektronix S-51 Plug-in Synchronizing Head 7000 and 3S series sampling heads 1969 Murlan Kaufman 1989
S-52 Tektronix S-52 Plug-in pulse generator 7000 and 3S series sampling heads 1971 Murlan Kaufman 1990
SD-51 Tektronix SD-51 Plug-in 20 GHz trigger countdown head 11800-series scopes 1989 Murlan Kaufman (?)
THS710 Tektronix THS710 Oscilloscope 60 MHz portable 2-ch digital scope THS series scopes (?) Murlan Kaufman (?)
THS720 Tektronix THS720 Oscilloscope 100 MHz 2-ch portable digital scope THS series scopes (?) Murlan Kaufman (?)
THS730 Tektronix THS730 Oscilloscope 200 MHz portable 2-ch digital scope THS series scopes (?) Murlan Kaufman (?)

Patents

Publications

  • Current Measurements at Nanosecond Speeds, Engineering Design News, October 1965
  • How Fast Does Your CRT Write? Electronic Design, July 1975
  • Pick a Logic Analyzer That is Right for Your Job, Instrument and Control Systems, February 1977
  • Expression of the Properties of Logic Analyzers, International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC Standard, Publication 776, 1983

Other

  • Coordinated HW program development for 8002 with Millennium Information Systems in CA for 6 months in 1977
  • Secretariat on International Electrotechnical Commission WG4 to develop a Logic analyzer standard with inputs from HP, Biomation, Marconi, Schlumberger, meetings in Oslo, London and Budapest, 1977-84
  • Member of corporate technology team for color shutter and A to D conversion, 1981-82
  • Member of Electronic Technical Advisory Committee (EITAC) for the US Dept. of Commerce for export regulations; active in rebuilding controls, meeting 4 times/year in WDC, 1989-96
  • With Marketing, introduced products in the US, Europe and Japan
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