Bill Benedict
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Bill Benedict (? – d. 2000-01-02) graduated from the University of Florida in 1969 and immediately moved to Oregon to join Tektronix as a young engineer assigned to calibrate oscilloscopes in manufacturing. He then worked as a hardware engineer in the machine control and electron microscope groups and tried his hand as a field engineer before joining the spectrum analyzer group. This became his home for the next 16 years. After 20 years at Tektronix, Bill decided to leave Tektronix to pursue other opportunities.
In 1992, Bill Benedict joined Van's Aircraft, where he became general manager. On April 2nd, 2000 Bill and Jeremy Benedict died in the crash of a factory-owned Van airplane.
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Documents Authored by Bill Benedict
| Document | Page | Class | Title | Author(s) | Year | Refers to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26W-5360.pdf | Application Note | Fundamentals of Spectrum Analysis | Bill Benedict | 1983 | Spectrum Analyzers |
Patents by Bill Benedict
| Page | Office | Number | Title | Inventors | Company | Filing date | Grant date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patent US 5073822A | US | 5073822A | In-service cable television measurements | Linley Gumm • Bill Benedict | Tektronix Inc | 1990-11-19 | 1991-12-17 |
Products by Bill Benedict
| Manufacturer | Model | Description | Designers | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tektronix | 7L5 | 5 MHz Spectrum Analyzer | Fendall Winston • Craig Bryant • Steve Morton • Bill Benedict • Don Kirkpatrick • Steve Skidmore • Carlos Beeck • Morris Engelson | 1976 |
| Tektronix | 492 | 21 GHz Spectrum Analyzer | Larry Lockwood • Steve Morton • Linley Gumm • Robert Alm • Bob Bales • Carlos Beeck • Bill Benedict • Craig Bryant • Russell Brown • Wes Hayward • David Leatherwood • Gordon Long • Dave Morton • Bill Peterson • David Shores • Steve Skidmore • Dennis Smith • Phil Snow • Leighton Whitset • Norman Witt | 1980 |
Components by Bill Benedict