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Agoston Agoston (? in Romania – ?) is an engineer born in Romania who joined Tektronix in 1980.

He designed high-speed pulse generation and sampling electronics for Tektronix.

He has a Ph.D., Electro-physics (Oregon State University, 1986) and an MBA (University of Oregon, 1993).

He was also a Senior Design Engineer at Picosecond Pulse Labs. In 1992, he founded Hyperlabs Inc.

Previously, Dr. Agoston worked as a Chief Engineer at Tektronix, where he designed a variety of oscilloscopes, signal analyzers, and TDR sampling heads. He was also a Senior Design Engineer at Picosecond Pulse Labs.

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Products by Agoston Agoston

Manufacturer	Model	Description	Designers	Introduced
Tektronix	S-20	30 GHz sampling head	Agoston Agoston	(?)
Tektronix	11802	Digital sampling scope	Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lueker • Roy Lewallen	1989
Tektronix	11801	Digital sampling scope	Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lueker • Roy Lewallen	1989
Tektronix	SD-24	20 GHz Sampling/TDR Head	Agoston Agoston	1989
Tektronix	CSA803	Digital sampling scope	Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lueker • Roy Lewallen	1990

Components by Agoston Agoston

Patents by Agoston Agoston

Page	Office	Number	Title	Inventors	Company	Filing date	Grant date
Patent US 4647795A	US	4647795A	Travelling wave sampler	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-03-28	1987-03-03
Patent US 4726045A	US	4726045A	Low jitter digital delay generator	George J. Caspell • Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-03-28	1988-02-16
Patent US 4758736A	US	4758736A	Fast transition, flat pulse generator	Agoston Agoston • John E. Carlson	Tektronix Inc	1986-03-28	1988-07-19
Patent US 4701714A	US	4701714A	Tunable delay line	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-03-31	1987-10-20
Patent US 4766559A	US	4766559A	Linearity correcting control circuit for tunable delay line	Laszlo J. Dobos • Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-03-31	1988-08-23
Patent US 4659946A	US	4659946A	Memory gate for error sampler	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-04-14	1987-04-21
Patent US 4755742A	US	4755742A	Dual channel time domain reflectometer	Agoston Agoston • John Rettig • Stan Kaveckis • John E. Carlson • Andrew E. Finkbeiner	Tektronix Inc	1986-04-30	1988-07-05
Patent US 4812769A	US	4812769A	Programmable sampling time base circuit	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-04-30	1989-03-14
Patent US 4736380A	US	4736380A	Laser diode driver	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-04-30	1988-04-05
Patent US 4727340A	US	4727340A	Comb generators	Agoston Agoston • Stan Kaveckis	Tektronix Inc	1986-04-30	1988-02-23
Patent US 4751468A	US	4751468A	Tracking sample and hold phase detector	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-05-01	1988-06-14
Patent US 4734576A	US	4734576A	Electro-optic sampler	Agoston Agoston • Cornelis Teunis Veenendaal	Tektronix Inc	1986-05-01	1988-03-29
Patent US 4680780A	US	4680780A	Clock recovery digital phase-locked loop	Agoston Agoston • Robert G. Sparkes	Tektronix Inc	1986-05-01	1987-07-14
Patent US 4678345A	US	4678345A	Equivalent time pseudorandom sampling system	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-05-01	1987-07-07
Patent EP 0239696B1	EP	0239696B1	Linearity correcting control circuit for tunable delay line	Laszlo J. Dobos • Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-16	1993-11-24
Patent EP 0238747B1	EP	0238747B1	Low jitter digital delay generator	George J. Caspell • Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-20	1991-12-04
Patent EP 0462626B1	EP	0462626B1	Travelling wave sampler	Agoston Agoston	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-20	1993-08-11
Patent EP 0248962B1	EP	0248962B1	Comb generators	Agoston Agoston • Stan Kaveckis	Tektronix Inc	1986-11-05	1993-05-12
Patent EP 0244248B1	EP	0244248B1	Electro-optic sampler	Agoston Agoston • Cornelis Teunis Veenendaal	Tektronix Inc	1987-04-30	1995-01-11
Patent US 6900710B2	US	6900710B2	Ultrafast sampler with non-parallel shockline	Agoston Agoston • John Ebner • Steven Pepper • David Pratt	Picosecond Pulse Labs	2001-11-02	2005-05-31
Patent US 7612628B2	US	7612628B2	Ultrafast sampler with coaxial transition	Agoston Agoston • John Ebner • Steven Pepper • Robert Norton	Picosecond Pulse Labs	2005-09-28	2009-11-03

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-'''Agoston Agoston''' is an engineer born in from Romania who joined Tektronix in 1980.
+{{Person
+|Names=Agoston Agoston
+|Birth date=
+|Birth place=Romania
+|Death date=
+|Death place=
+|Countries=Romania;USA
+|Affiliations=Oregon State University;University of Oregon;Tektronix; Picosecond Pulse Labs;Hyperlabs
+|Wikidata id=
+}} is an engineer born in Romania who joined Tektronix in 1980.
 He designed high-speed pulse generation and sampling electronics for Tektronix.
+He has a Ph.D., Electro-physics (Oregon State University, 1986) and an MBA (University of Oregon, 1993).
+He was also a Senior Design Engineer at [[Picosecond Pulse Labs]]. In 1992, he founded [https://hyperlabsinc.com/ Hyperlabs Inc.]
+Previously, Dr. Agoston worked as a Chief Engineer at Tektronix, where he designed a variety of oscilloscopes, signal analyzers, and TDR sampling heads. He was also a Senior Design Engineer at Picosecond Pulse Labs.
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+{{Designer|Agoston Agoston}}
-==Tek products==
+{{Patents|Agoston Agoston}}
-* [[S-20]]
-* [[11802]]/[[SD-24]]
-* ...
-==Patents==
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4659946A US4659946A Memory gate for error sampler], Apr 1987
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4678345A US4678345A Equivalent time pseudorandom sampling system], July 1987
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4680780A US4680780A Clock recovery digital phase-locked loop], Jul 1987
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4701714A US4701714A Tunable delay line], Oct 1987
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4736380A US4736380 Laser Diode Driver], April 1988
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4751468A US4751468 Tracking sample and hold phase detector], June 1988
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4755742A US4755742 Dual channel time domain reflectometer], July 1988
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4758736A US4758736 Fast transition, flat pulse generator], July 1988
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4812769A US4812769A Programmable sampling time base circuit], Mar 1989
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0238747B1 EP0238747B1 Low jitter digital delay generator], Dec 1991
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0239696B1 EP0239696B1 Linearity correcting control circuit for tunable delay line], Nov 1993
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0462626B1 EP0462626B1 Travelling wave sampler], Aug 1993
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0248962B1 EP0248962B1 Comb generators], May 1993
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0244248B1 EP0244248B1 Electro-optic sampler], Jan 1995
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US6900710B2 US6900710B2 Ultrafast sampler with non-parallel shockline], May 2005
-* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US7612628B2 US7612628B2 Ultrafast sampler with coaxial transition], Nov 2009
-* ...
 ==Links==
 * [https://vintagetek.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/AgostonAgoston_TW_02131987.pdf Bucharest or Beaverton - Agoston makes fast scopes go faster]
+* [https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/34193-executive-interview-agoston-agoston-president-and-brian-doxey-evp-of-hyperlabs Executive Interview: Agoston Agoston, President, and Brian Doxey, EVP, of HYPERLABS] (June 2020)
 [[Category:Tektronix people]]