Clark Foley

Clark Foley, 1984

Clark P. Foley (? – ?)    Please add referenced biography. Employment at Tektronix June 1976 to Oct 1999:

• Engineering – 13.3 years including:

Program and project management

Design feasibility and testing of optical spectrum analysis techniques

Physical layer test system design (>1Gbit/s), implementation, debug and evaluation

Instrument design (architecture, algorithms and user interface)

Budgeting and cost estimating

Authoring user and service documentation

Reliability and environmental testing

Linear and digital circuit design

• Marketing – 8.5 years including:

Quotation and specification of custom automated manufacturing testers

Project management

Exploring and quantifying new market opportunities

Product planning, positioning, forecasting, proposals and definition

Creating and conducting sales training and customer seminars

Managing and implementing world-wide new product introductions

Technical product support and on-site sales support

Producing and designing sales support tools (video, slides, ads and brochures)

• Manufacturing – 1.5 years including:

Process troubleshooter, production line engineer and sustaining engineer

Links

• Clark Foley 7804

Documents Authored by Clark Foley

Document	Page	Class	Title	Author(s)	Year	Refers to
42W-5311.pdf		Application Note	Human pattern recognition speeds automated testing	Clark Foley	1983	7D20
42W-5646-1.pdf	2	Article	Use a personal computer and DFT to extract data from noisy signals	Clark Foley • Jim Lamb	1984	7854 • 7A42 • 7D20
7854 Application Programs.pdf		Application Note	7854 Application Programs	Mike Mraz • Gary Kirchberger • Clark Foley • Roger Loop	1981	7854
AX-3957.pdf		Application Note	X-Y Displays with Interval Timing for Measuring SOA	Clark Foley	1979	7D15 • 7A17
Tekniques vol.4 no.8.pdf	10	Article	4052 and 7854 Oscilloscope Combine for Extended Waveform Processing and Documentation	Clark Foley	1980	4052 • 7854

• “1Gbps to 4.25Gbps Active Copper SFP Cable Assembly,” Maxim Ref. Design HFRD-16, Feb 2005.
• “10Gbps (4x2.5Gbps) Active Copper Cable Assembly,” Maxim Ref. Design, HFRD-8, Oct 2004.
• “Designing a Simple, Small, Wide-Band and Low-Power Equalizer...,” DesignCon2003, Jan 2003.
• “Relaxation Oscillation in Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel,” Com. System Design, July 1999.
• “Checking Optical Signals with an Oscilloscope,” Microwaves & RF, July 1997.
• “Understanding Eye-Pattern Analysis,” Evaluation Engrg, May 1996.
• “Characterizing Metastability,” Proceedings of the IEEE Second International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems, March 1996
• “Creating and Studying Constellation Displays Using the DSA 602A,” Tektronix 1992, 47W-8410-0.
• “Built-in 500MHz Counter/Timer & Advanced User Interface... ,” Electronic Design 1986.
• “Use a Personal Computer and DFT to Extract Data from Noisy Signals,” EDN 1984, 42W-5646-1.
• “Human Pattern Recognition Speeds Automated Testing,” Electronic Design 1983, 42W-5311.
• “XY Displays with Interval Timing for Measuring SOA,” Tektronix 1979, AX-3957.
• “Viewing Fast Transitions at Slow Sweep Speed," Tektronix 1978.

Products by Clark Foley

Manufacturer	Model	Description	Designers	Introduced
Tektronix	TVC501	time-voltage converter	Stan Sasaki • Mike Gauland • Clark Foley • Chuck Davis • Randy Nolan	1991

Patents by Clark P. Foley

Page	Title	Inventors	Assignee	Filed	Granted	Links
Patent US 4985844A	Statistical waveform profiler employing counter/timer	Clark P. Foley • Donald L. Taylor	Tektronix Inc	1989-05-08	1991-01-15	TVC501
Patent US 5122996A	Real-time, uninterrupted time-interval to voltage converter	Stanley K. Sasaki • Clark P. Foley • Michael A. Gauland	Tektronix Inc	1990-08-09	1992-06-16	TVC501
Patent US 5204678A	Dual-ranked time-interval conversion circuit	Clark P. Foley	Tektronix Inc	1992-02-10	1993-04-20