John Addis

John Lindsey Addis (b. March 30, 1941, in Plainfield, NJ – ?) is an engineer who worked for Tektronix (retired in 1991). He obtained a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT.

Links

John Addis, Good Engineering and Fast Vertical Amplifiers, in Jim Williams (Ed.), Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities (1991), p.107+ (Ref 1)
P.Starič, E. Margan: Wideband Amplifiers (Ref. 2)
A Tektronix oscilloscope that moved faster than light? The Oregonian, 23 Sep 2011. (Original no longer accessible, link via archive.org.), and the paper referred to in that article, Kirk T. McDonald, Radiation from a Superluminal Source
Biography in Tek Retirees August 2020 newsletter

Designer

designed the 1A7 (not the 1A7A, which was designed by Thor Hallen and is electrically similar to the 7A22). The 1A7 was Addis' first design at Tektronix.
10A2A
designed the 7A11 and 7A29 amplifiers
designed the 067-0681-01 pulse generator / calibration fixture
designed the 155-0078-xx (M84) amplifier chip
with Wink Gross, co-designed the vertical amplifier for the 485 (Ref 1)
responsible for vertical system in the 7104
with Wink Gross, co-designed the hybrid amplifiers for the 7104 (Ref 1) - 155-0173-00, 155-0175-00, 155-0076-00, 155-0180-00, 155-0181-00
M377 preamplifier IC for 11000-series scopes (Ref 2, Ref 1)

Documents Authored by John Addis

Document	Page	Class	Title	Author(s)	Year	Refers to
Electronic-Engineering-Aug-Sept-1988-Versatile-Analogue-Chip-John-Addis.pdf		Article	Versatile Analogue Chip for Oscilloscope Plug-ins	John Addis	1988	M377 • 11A32 • 11A33 • 11A34 • 11A52 • Cascomp • Overdrive • Thermals • Gilbert multiplier • Pat Quinn • Gary Polhemus • Art Metz

Products by John Addis

Manufacturer	Model	Description	Designers	Introduced
Tektronix	067-0681-01	Pulse Generator	John Addis	(?)
Tektronix	067-0518-00	Calibration Fixture	John Addis	(?)
Tektronix	067-0594-00	Harmonic Generator	John Addis	(?)
Preamble Instruments	Preamble DA1855	100 MHz differential amplifier	John Addis	(?)
Tektronix	1A7	Differential amplifier	John Addis	1965
Tektronix	10A2A	100 MHz dual channel amplifier plugin	John Addis	1967
Tektronix	7A11	250 MHz FET-probe amplifier	John Addis • Ron Peltola • Glenn Bateman	1969
Tektronix	485	350 MHz portable scope	John Addis • Wink Gross • Gene Andrews • Glenn Bateman • Ron Peltola • Bob Firth • Murlan Kaufman • Bob White • Keith Taylor • Dick Troberg	1972
Tektronix	7A29	1 GHz amplifier	John Addis • Val Garuts	1978
Tektronix	7104	1 GHz mainframe with MCP CRT	Val Garuts • Gene Andrews • Hans Springer • John Addis • Wink Gross • Art Metz • Aris Silzars • Conrad Odenthal • Dave Morgan	1978
Tektronix	R7103	1 GHz non-storage mainframe	Val Garuts • Gene Andrews • Hans Springer • John Addis • Wink Gross • Art Metz • Aris Silzars • Conrad Odenthal • Dave Morgan	1985
Tektronix	7A29P	1 GHz programmable amplifier	John Addis	1988

Components by John Addis

Model	Class	Description	Designers	Used in
155-0076-00	Monolithic integrated circuit	input protection and probe logic	John Addis • Wink Gross	465 • 485 • 7A29 • 7A29P • 11A52 • 11A71 • 11A72 • SCD1000
155-0078-00	Monolithic integrated circuit	broadband amplifier	John Addis	464 • 465 • 466 • 468 • 475 • 475A • 475M • 485 • 7834 • 7844 • 7854 • 7904 • R7903 • R7912 • 7912AD • 7912HB • 7104 • 7A16A • 7A16P • 7A24 • 7A26 • 7A42 • 067-0587-01 • 067-0680-00 • AM503 • PG502 • PG508 • DC510 • DC5010 • FG5010
155-0173-00	Hybrid integrated circuit	vertical channel switch	John Addis • Wink Gross	7104 • R7103 • 7904A • 7934 • EG&G N-AM-173A
155-0175-00	Monolithic integrated circuit	broadband amplifier	John Addis • Wink Gross • Carl Battjes	7904A • 7912HB • 7934 • 7104 • R7103 • 7A29 • 7A29P • 7F10 • 067-0587-02 • 067-0587-10 • 11A71 • SCD1000 • EG&G N-AM-173A
155-0180-00	Hybrid integrated circuit	fast input protection	John Addis • Wink Gross	7A29 • 7A29P • 7F10 • 11A71
155-0181-00	Hybrid integrated circuit	input amplifier	John Addis • Wink Gross	7A29 • 7A29P • 7F10 • 11A71
155-0273-00	Monolithic integrated circuit	broadband vertical amplifier	John Addis	2220 • 2221 • 2230 • 2232
155-0274-00	Monolithic integrated circuit	broadband vertical amplifier	John Addis	2220 • 2221 • 2230
165-2456-00	Hybrid integrated circuit	amplifier	John Addis	AM503A • AM503B
M377	Monolithic integrated circuit	amplifier	John Addis	11A16 • 11A32 • 11A33 • 11A34 • 11A52 • 2245 • 2245A • 2247 • 2247A • 2252 • TDS410 • TDS420 • TDS460 • TDS520D • TDS540D • TDS580D • TDS680C • TDS684C • TDS714L • TDS724D • TDS754D • TDS784D
M474	Monolithic integrated circuit	amplifier	John Addis • Ivan John Cousins	11A32 • 11A34
M694	Monolithic integrated circuit	amplifier	John Addis	165-2456-00
M753	Monolithic integrated circuit	buffer amplifier	John Addis	H2462
M777	Monolithic integrated circuit	amplifier	John Addis • Bob Woolhiser • Rich Huard	H2462

Patents by John Addis

Page	Office	Number	Title	Inventors	Company	Filing date	Grant date
Patent US 3582807A	US	3582807A	Amplifier gain control circuit including diode bridge	John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1969-07-28	1971-06-01
Patent US 3710270A	US	3710270A	Linear gain control	John Addis • Ron Peltola	Tektronix Inc	1970-07-28	1973-01-09
Patent US 3906344A	US	3906344A	Oscilloscope having selectable input impedances	John Addis • Ron Peltola	Tektronix Inc	1974-04-04	1975-09-16
Patent US 4132958A	US	4132958A	Feedbeside correction circuit for an amplifier	John Addis • Bruce Hofer	Tektronix Inc	1977-10-31	1979-01-02
Patent US 4390852A	US	4390852A	Buffer amplifier	John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1981-04-13	1983-06-28
Patent US 4551636A	US	4551636A	Wide bandwidth signal coupling circuit having a variable voltage-level shift from input to output	Gene Andrews • John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1983-05-25	1985-11-05
Patent US 4647889A	US	4647889A	Rotary control having variable detents	John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1985-11-15	1987-03-03
Patent US 4704558A	US	4704558A	Method and apparatus for automatic oscilloscope calibration	John Addis • Dave Morgan	Tektronix Inc	1985-12-02	1987-11-03
Patent US 4731693A	US	4731693A	Connection apparatus for integrated circuit	William E. Berg • John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1986-09-29	1988-03-15
Patent US 4667146A	US	4667146A	Voltage-controlled push-pull current source	John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-10	1987-05-19
Patent US 4713627A	US	4713627A	Active filter with bootstrapping	John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-10	1987-12-15
Patent US 4725790A	US	4725790A	Broadband DC level shift circuit with feedback	John Addis • Pat Quinn	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-14	1988-02-16
Patent US 4731588A	US	4731588A	Gain selectable amplifier with resonance compensation	John Addis • Clifford E. Baker • Pat Quinn	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-14	1988-03-15
Patent US 4714896A	US	4714896A	Precision differential amplifier having fast overdrive recovery	John Addis	Tektronix Inc	1986-10-15	1987-12-22
Patent US 5075636A	US	5075636A	Differential amplifier with fast overdrive recovery	John Addis • Davorin Fundak • Frank G. DiGiovanni	Tektronix Inc	1990-12-03	1991-12-24