Chris Curtin

Chris Curtin worked at Tektronix for 26 years, focusing on display technology.

Career

Two summers working for Tek while attending Lewis and Clark College Graduated in June 1963 with a BS degree in Physics June 1963 to June 1989 at Tek in various CRT Design and Manufacturing roles Retired in 2001 after Flat CRT development at Candescent Technologies in San Jose, CA

Tek Products

Assisted with the 321A, 422, 647, 453 and 549 CRT designs. Project Manager for the CRTs in the 601, 7514, 7613, and 7623. Supervised development of various storage CRTs as a Group and Department manager. After a stint in CRT Manufacturing, named Display Device Operations General Manager.

Tek Patents

3,798,494 Non-Storage Electron Multiplier Operation of Transmission Storage Tubes 3,742,286 Fast Writing Bistable Storage Tube and Method of Operation

Field Emission Display Patents

25 

Tektronix Publications

TBD

Field Emission Display Publications

1. G. Hopple and C. Curtin; FED Life and Reliability; Information Display, April/May 2000; p. 34-37
2. C. Curtin and Y. Iguchi; Scaling of FED Display Technology to Large-Area Displays; SID 2000 Digest, p. 1263-1265.
3. G. Hopple, C. Curtin and Y. Hatano; Thin CRT Display Technology Operating Life and Reliability Issues; SID 2000 Digest, p. 1257-1259.
4. C. J. Spindt, T. Fahlen, J. M. Macaulay, C. Curtin, and R. M. Duboc; ThinCRT Flat-Panel-Display Construction and Operating Characteristics; SID 1998 Digest, p. 95-98.