Frank Hood
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Franklin D. Hood (? – ?) joined Tektronix in February of 1949 as employee #32 and stayed with the company for 22 years.
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- HOOD, FRANKLIN D. (M'47), Project Engr., Tektronix, Inc., Sunset Hwy. & Barnes Rd., Portland 7, Ore.
Tektronix products
- designed 103 Time Mark Generator
- designed 511B variant of 511
- project engineer on 513
- project engineer on 315
- project engineer on 310
- ...
Products by Frank Hood
| Manufacturer | Model | Description | Designers | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tektronix | 103 | Time Mark Generator | Frank Hood | (?) |
| Tektronix | 511 | 10 MHz Tube scope First Tektronix oscilloscope |
Frank Hood • Logan Belleville • Howard Vollum | 1947 |
| Tektronix | 511A | 10 MHz Tube scope | Frank Hood • Logan Belleville • Howard Vollum | 1948 |
| Tektronix | 513 | 18 MHz scope | Frank Hood | 1950 |
| Tektronix | 315 | "Portable" tube scope | Frank Hood • Dick Ropiequet • John Kobbe • Ted Goodfellow • Jim Morrow | 1952 |
| Tektronix | 310 | 4 MHz oscilloscope | Frank Hood • John Kobbe | 1955 |
| Tektronix | 310A | 4 MHz oscilloscope | Frank Hood • John Kobbe | 1959 |
Components by Frank Hood
Patents by Frank Hood
Films
Hood was instrumental in producing many educational and information films for Tektronix, earning him the nickname Cecil B. DeHood within the company.