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[[File:Ropiequet_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1959]] | [[File:Ropiequet_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dick Ropiequet, 1959]] | ||
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{{Person | |||
|Names=Richard Lincoln Ropiequet | |||
|Birth date=8 May 1920 | |||
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|Death date=25 April 2011 | |||
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|Affiliations=University of Illinois ; Tektronix; | |||
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}} was a Tektronix engineer. | |||
With a background as a Navy electronics technician and a BS in chemical engineering from University of Illinois (1946), “Rope” joined the company in 1949. | With a background as a Navy electronics technician and a BS in chemical engineering from University of Illinois (1946), “Rope” joined the company in 1949. | ||
He was a key figure in early Tek, eventually rising to the position of Executive Vice President of Engineering and CRT Research. He left Tektronix in 1963. | |||
==Tek Products== | ==Tek Products== | ||
Revision as of 09:14, 9 August 2021
Richard Lincoln Ropiequet (b. 8 May 1920 – d. 25 April 2011) was a Tektronix engineer.
With a background as a Navy electronics technician and a BS in chemical engineering from University of Illinois (1946), “Rope” joined the company in 1949. He was a key figure in early Tek, eventually rising to the position of Executive Vice President of Engineering and CRT Research. He left Tektronix in 1963.
Tek Products
Ropiequet is credited with creating the precision sweep generator for models 315 and 310 that for the first time permitted time calibration and led to the term “Time-Base” being adopted.
Publications
Patents
- US Patent 3355620 Pulse counter tube employing voltage feedback from target to beam deflection electrodes isolated from any d. c. reference voltage (Filed 2 Dec 1963, granted 28 Nov 1967)