Ken Hawken

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Kenneth W. Hawken (b. 1934 – d. 2014-10-08) was an engineer at Tektronix for 29 years, retiring in June 1996.

He designed the CRT for the 7904.

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Documents Authored by Ken Hawken

Document Page Class Title Author(s) Year Refers to
Tekscope 1977 V9 N1.pdf 2 Article A Big Step Forward for Direct-View Storage Jerry Rogers Ken Hawken 1977 7834

Products by Ken Hawken

Manufacturer Model Description Designers Introduced
Tektronix 7904 500 MHz non-storage mainframe Val Garuts Thor Hallen John McCormick Les Larson Bill DeVey Bill Peek Hans Springer Joe Burger Joel Swanno Ken Hawken 1971
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 R7903 500 MHz non-storage mainframe Val Garuts Thor Hallen John McCormick Les Larson Bill DeVey Bill Peek Hans Springer Joe Burger Joel Swanno Ken Hawken 1974
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 Ken Hawken

Model Class Description Designers Used in
154-0644-00 CRT CRT with distributed deflection plates Ken Hawken 7704A 7854 7904 7904A R7903
T7840 CRT dual-beam CRT Conrad Odenthal Ken Hawken 7844
T7912 CRT scan converter tube Carlo Infante Ray Hayes Ken Hawken Bob Culter Hal Cobb Ed Ritz Bo Janko R7912 7912AD 7912HB

Patents by Ken Hawken

Page Office Number Title Inventors Company Filing date Grant date
Patent US 3819984A US 3819984A Side-by-side dual gun crt having horizontal deflector plates provided with side shields for correction of geometric distortion Ken Hawken Tektronix Inc 1973-02-12 1974-06-25
Patent US 4277722A US 4277722A Cathode ray tube having low voltage focus and dynamic correction Ken Hawken Bozidar Janko Tektronix Inc 1979-05-14 1981-07-07
Patent US 4752714A US 4752714A Decelerating and scan expansion lens system for electron discharge tube incorporating a microchannel plate John H. Sonneborn Ken Hawken Tektronix Inc 1986-03-10 1988-06-21