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[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-IRE/60s/IRE-Directory-1960-Members.pdf IRE Directory 1960]:
: HOOD, FRANKLIN D. (M'47), Project Engr., Tektronix, Inc., Sunset Hwy. & Barnes Rd., Portland 7, Ore.


==Tektronix products ==
==Tektronix products ==

Latest revision as of 03:50, 25 July 2024

Frank Hood, 1959

Franklin D. Hood (? – ?) joined Tektronix in February of 1949 as employee #32 and stayed with the company for 22 years.

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IRE Directory 1960:

HOOD, FRANKLIN D. (M'47), Project Engr., Tektronix, Inc., Sunset Hwy. & Barnes Rd., Portland 7, Ore.

Tektronix products

  • designed 103 Time Mark Generator
  • designed 511B variant of 511
  • project engineer on 513
  • project engineer on 315
  • project engineer on 310
  • ...

Products by Frank Hood

Manufacturer Model Description Designers Introduced
Tektronix 103 Time Mark Generator Frank Hood (?)
Tektronix 511 10 MHz Tube scope
First Tektronix oscilloscope
Frank Hood Logan Belleville Howard Vollum 1947
Tektronix 511A 10 MHz Tube scope Frank Hood Logan Belleville Howard Vollum 1948
Tektronix 513 18 MHz scope Frank Hood 1950
Tektronix 315 "Portable" tube scope Frank Hood Dick Ropiequet John Kobbe Ted Goodfellow Jim Morrow 1952
Tektronix 310 4 MHz oscilloscope Frank Hood John Kobbe 1955
Tektronix 310A 4 MHz oscilloscope Frank Hood John Kobbe 1959

Components by Frank Hood

Patents by Frank Hood

Films

Hood was instrumental in producing many educational and information films for Tektronix, earning him the nickname Cecil B. DeHood within the company.

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