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|Names=Winthrop A. "Wink" Gross | |||
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|Affiliations=Harvard; Tektronix; MIT;Maxim Integrated Products | |||
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}} is a retired Tektronix engineer. | |||
Wink started at Tektronix as a summer student from Harvard in 1968 | Wink started at Tektronix as a summer student from Harvard in 1968 and became a full time Tek employee upon graduation with a BA in EE in 1969. | ||
and became a full time Tek employee upon graduation with a BA in EE in 1969. | He worked closely with [[Carl Battjes]] for a number of years during the [[454]] design, and designed the [[485|485 portable oscilloscope]]'s main vertical amplifier. | ||
He worked closely with [[Carl Battjes]] for a number of years during the [[454]] design, | |||
and designed the [[485|485 portable oscilloscope]]'s main vertical amplifier. | |||
He left Tek to go to MIT for their graduate Engineer degree in 1972 and 1973, | He left Tek to go to MIT for their graduate Engineer degree in 1972 and 1973, returning to Tek to work on the main vertical amplifier of the [[7104|7104, 1 GHz oscilloscope]]. | ||
returning to Tek to work on the main vertical amplifier of the [[7104|7104, 1 GHz oscilloscope]]. | |||
Gross and [[John Addis]] collaborated closely on both the 485 and 7104. | Gross and [[John Addis]] collaborated closely on both the 485 and 7104. | ||
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He designed the [[2465]] main vertical amplifier, the channel switch, and the auxiliary input preamp. | He designed the [[2465]] main vertical amplifier, the channel switch, and the auxiliary input preamp. | ||
[[Marv LaVoie]] designed the 2465 attenuator. | [[Marv LaVoie]] designed the 2465 attenuator. | ||
[[Ken Schlotzhauer]] (who died in China in an auto accident May 30, 1995) designed the 2465 trigger IC and | [[Ken Schlotzhauer]] (who died in China in an auto accident May 30, 1995) designed the 2465 trigger IC and | ||
[[Mike Metcalf]] (who died of Hodgkin's Lymphoma complications April 1, 1989) designed the 2465 Z axis IC, | [[Mike Metcalf]] (who died of Hodgkin's Lymphoma complications April 1, 1989) designed the 2465 Z axis IC, | ||