John Gates
John Gates (? – ?) is an electrical engineer who worked joined Tektronix in 1960. He designed (or contributed significantly to) the following instruments:
He led the Sony/Tektronix development team that developed the first product in this partnership, the 323 miniature oscilloscope.
Products by John Gates
Model | Class | Description | Designers | Introduced |
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545 | Oscilloscope | 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates • Dave Barton • Bob Shand | 1955 |
581 | Oscilloscope | 100 (95) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1959 |
585 | Oscilloscope | 100 (95) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1959 |
81 | Plug-in | plug-in adapter | Bill DeVey • John Gates | 1960 |
82 | Plug-in | 85 MHz dual-trace amplifier | John Gates | 1962 |
84 | Plug-in | calibration fixture | John Gates | 1962 |
86 | Plug-in | vertical amplifier | John Gates | 1963 |
585A | Oscilloscope | 85 MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1963 |
581A | Oscilloscope | 85 MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1963 |
547 | Oscilloscope | 50 MHz oscilloscope | Bob Rullman • Keith Taylor • John Gates • Gene Kauffman • George Smith | 1964 |
546 | Oscilloscope | 50 MHz oscilloscope | Bob Rullman • Keith Taylor • John Gates • Gene Kauffman • George Smith | 1964 |
544 | Oscilloscope | 50 MHz oscilloscope | Bob Rullman • Keith Taylor • John Gates • Gene Kauffman • George Smith | 1964 |
545B | Oscilloscope | 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates • Dave Barton • Bob Shand | 1964 |
323 | Oscilloscope | Battery powered 4 MHz scope | John Gates | 1969 |
Components by John Gates
Patents by John Gates
Page | Office | Number | Title | Inventors | Company | Filing date | Grant date |
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Patent US 3408533A | US | 3408533A | Low-loss amplification circuit | John Gates | Tektronix Inc | 1966-03-21 | 1968-10-29 |
Patent US 3470484A | US | 3470484A | Amplifier having push-pull output with current sharing operation | John Gates | Tektronix Inc | 1967-12-14 | 1969-09-30 |
Patent US 3562557A | US | 3562557A | Complementary transistor circuit for driving an output terminal from one voltage level to another, including transistor coupling means between complementary transistors | John Gates | Tektronix Inc | 1968-02-28 | 1971-02-09 |