John Gates
John Gates (? – ?) is an electrical engineer who joined Tektronix in 1960 from Hickok, where he had worked on that company's clones of Tek 535 and 543 scopes.
Gates 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
| Manufacturer | Model | Description | Designers | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tektronix | 545 | 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates • Dave Barton • Bob Shand | 1955 |
| Tektronix | 585 | 100 (95) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1959 |
| Tektronix | 545A | 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates • Dave Barton • Bob Shand | 1959 |
| Tektronix | 581 | 100 (95) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1959 |
| Tektronix | 81 | plug-in adapter | Bill DeVey • John Gates | 1960 |
| Tektronix | 82 | 85 MHz dual-trace amplifier | John Gates | 1962 |
| Tektronix | 84 | calibration fixture | John Gates | 1962 |
| Tektronix | 86 | vertical amplifier | John Gates | 1963 |
| Tektronix | 585A | 85 MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1963 |
| Tektronix | 581A | 85 MHz oscilloscope | John Gates | 1963 |
| Tektronix | 545B | 30 (33) MHz oscilloscope | John Gates • Dave Barton • Bob Shand | 1964 |
| Tektronix | 546 | 50 MHz oscilloscope | Bob Rullman • Keith Taylor • John Gates • Gene Kauffman • George Smith | 1964 |
| Tektronix | 547 | 50 MHz oscilloscope | Bob Rullman • Keith Taylor • John Gates • Gene Kauffman • George Smith | 1964 |
| Tektronix | 544 | 50 MHz oscilloscope | Bob Rullman • Keith Taylor • John Gates • Gene Kauffman • George Smith | 1964 |
| Sony/Tektronix | 323 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
