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William J Polits (b. September 4, 1927 – d. May 2, 2005) graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

He started at Tektronix as a summer employee in 1950 while still a student, and took a full time job in 1951.

In 1959 he was named Engineering Manager for the Instruments Division and in 1966 became Vice President of Engineering. In 1971 he was named Vice President of Manufacturing.

Polits retired in 1984.

Products and Inventions

Products by Bill Polits

Model	Class	Description	Designers	Introduced
A	Plug-in	20 MHz amplifier plug-in	Bill Polits	1954
CA	Plug-in	24 MHz dual-channel amplifier	John Kobbe • Bill Polits	1959

Components by Bill Polits

Patents by Bill Polits

Page	Office	Number	Title	Inventors	Company	Filing date	Grant date
Patent US 2930986A	US	2930986A	Distributed amplifier	John Kobbe • Bill Polits	Tektronix Inc	1956-02-29	1960-03-29
Patent US 2883619A	US	2883619A	Electrical probe	John Kobbe • Bill Polits	Tektronix Inc	1956-02-29	1959-04-21

For the use of lossy coax cable in scope probes (US Patent 2883619) see also

Tek Stories: Oscilloscope Patents by John Kobbe
Doug Ford, The Secret World of Oscilloscope Probes

References

Obituary in Tek Retirees Newsletter Feb 2006

Photos

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 ==Products and Inventions==
-* Use of lossy coax cable in scope probes: [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2883619.html US Patent 2883619, ''Electrical Probe'']. [[John Kobbe]] and [[Bill Polits]]. Applied 1956. ([http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US2883619.pdf PDF])
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-: see [http://wpeval.wilhelmphoto.com/?page_id=13 Tek Stories: Oscilloscope Patents]
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-: and [http://dfad.com.au/links/THE%20SECRET%20WORLD%20OF%20PROBES%20OCt09.pdf Doug Ford, ''The Secret World of Oscilloscope Probes'']
-* [http://w140.com/US2930986.pdf US Patent 2,930,986, ''Distributed Amplifier''], [[John Kobbe]] and [[Bill Polits]]. Applied 1956. ([http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US2930986.pdf PDF])
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+For the use of lossy coax cable in scope probes (US Patent 2883619) see also
+* [https://vintagetek.org/oscilliscope-patents/ Tek Stories: Oscilloscope Patents] by John Kobbe
+* [http://dfad.com.au/links/THE%20SECRET%20WORLD%20OF%20PROBES%20OCt09.pdf Doug Ford, ''The Secret World of Oscilloscope Probes'']
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