Carlo Infante

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Carlo Infante (b. 1935 – d. May 12, 2005) [Note 1] was a Tektronix engineer.

He earned a PhD in physics from the University of Rome in 1959 and worked at The Frascati Electron Synchrotron facility in Italy.

In 1961, he joined Tektronix in Beaverton, where he played key roles in the development of special-purpose CRTs and display design.

He later went to work at Xerox Corp., where he worked on one of the first personal word processors, and Digital Equipment Corp., among others, before setting up a consulting practice.

In 1996, Infante was named a Fellow of the Society for Information Display.

Products

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Products by Carlo Infante

Manufacturer Model Description Designers Introduced
Tektronix 611 11" CRT storage monitor Norm Winningstad Dan Denham Carlo Infante Stu McNaughton Walt Lowy Leo Heineck 1967
Tektronix 7D11 digital delay Carlo Infante Bob Beville Bruce Hofer 1972
Tektronix 7912 500/750 MHz digitizer Carlo Infante Jim Cavoretto Al Allworth Don Roberts Stu McNaughton Walt Lowy Ray Hayes Ken Hawken Bob Culter Hal Cobb Ed Ritz Bo Janko 1973
Tektronix R7912 500 MHz digitizer Carlo Infante Jim Cavoretto Al Allworth Don Roberts Stu McNaughton Walt Lowy Ray Hayes Ken Hawken Bob Culter Hal Cobb Ed Ritz Bo Janko 1973
Tektronix 7912AD 500 MHz digitizer Carlo Infante Jim Cavoretto Al Allworth Don Roberts Stu McNaughton Walt Lowy Ray Hayes Ken Hawken Bob Culter Hal Cobb Ed Ritz Bo Janko 1978
Tektronix 7912HB 750 MHz digitizer Carlo Infante Jim Cavoretto Al Allworth Don Roberts Stu McNaughton Walt Lowy Ray Hayes Ken Hawken Bob Culter Hal Cobb Ed Ritz Bo Janko 1988

Components by Carlo Infante

Model Class Description Designers Used in
T7912 CRT scan converter tube Carlo Infante Ray Hayes Ken Hawken Bob Culter Hal Cobb Ed Ritz Bo Janko R7912 7912AD 7912HB
Carlo Infante (3rd from left) with 4112 and 4114 in 1981

Patents

  • US 3422305 A, Geometry and focus correcting circuit (g. 1969-01-14)
  • US 3839669 A, Dark current temperature compensation via dc restoration circuit (g. 1974-10-01)
  • US 3893036 A, Precision function generator (g. 1975-07-01)
  • US 4129807 A, Current regulating circuit for magnetic deflection systems (g. 1978-12-12)
  • US 5428270 A, Dynamic focus correction circuit (g. 1995-07-27)

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Notes

  1. Obituary and https://www.eskimo.com/~gatesj/retired
  2. TekScope Vol. 4 No. 6, Nov 1972