Murlan Kaufman
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Murlan R. Kaufman (b. July 14, 1937 in Portland, OR – ?) worked at Tektronix from 1961 to 1999.
He earned a BSEE in 1959 and MSEE in 1968 at Oregon State University.
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Links
- Murlan Kaufman @ vintagetek.org
Career
- Four summers working for Tek while attending Oregon State University
- June 1959 to January 1961 at General Electric in New York and Wisconsin
- January 1961 Design Engineer at Tek until retirement in August 1999
Tek Products
- Designed P6032, CT-1, CT-2 and 114 pulse generator
- Inherited and completed design for R293 pulse generator and 184 time mark generator
- Designed S-51 18 GHz Countdown and 3T5 auto triggering circuit
- 7B50, 7B51, 7B70 and 7B71 − inherited and completed design
- 485 − project Leader of the horizontal section
- 7844 − inherited and completed as project manager
- 7D01, DF1 and DF2 − project manager
- DAS9129 − project manager for development of the color display logic analyzer
- 11400 Series (11401, 11402, 11403) − assistant project manager and responsible for the touch panel and display
- 11802 − project manager for sampling mainframe and SD-51 21 GHz trigger head
- 11A81, 11A34V and 11T5H − managed development
- THS700 series − high voltage isolated front end design
- Bipolar and BiCMOS IC design for TDS200, TDS300, TDS700 and TDS3000 series oscilloscopes
Products by Murlan Kaufman
| Model | Class | Description | Designers | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THS720 | Oscilloscope | 100 MHz 2-ch portable digital scope | Murlan Kaufman | (?) |
| THS710 | Oscilloscope | 60 MHz portable 2-ch digital scope | Murlan Kaufman | (?) |
| THS730 | Oscilloscope | 200 MHz portable 2-ch digital scope | Murlan Kaufman | (?) |
| CT-1 | Probe | AC current probe | Murlan Kaufman | (?) |
| 11A81 | Plug-in | 3 GHz vertical amplifier plug-in | Murlan Kaufman | (?) |
| P6032 | Probe | 850 MHz cathode-follower probe | Murlan Kaufman | 1962 |
| CT-2 | Probe | AC current probe | Murlan Kaufman | 1964 |
| P6041 | Probe | AC current probe | Murlan Kaufman | 1964 |
| 114 | Pulse generator | Pulse generator | Murlan Kaufman | 1965 |
| 184 | Pulse generator | Time mark generator | Murlan Kaufman | 1965 |
| R293 | Pulse generator | Programmable pulse generator | Murlan Kaufman | 1965 |
| 7B51 | Plug-in | 100 MHz Timebase | Murlan Kaufman | 1969 |
| 3T5 | Plug-in | Programmable Sampling Sweep | Murlan Kaufman | 1969 |
| S-51 | Plug-in | Synchronizing Head | Murlan Kaufman | 1969 |
| 7B50 | Plug-in | 100 MHz Timebase | Murlan Kaufman | 1969 |
| 7B71 | Plug-in | 200 MHz Delaying Timebase | Murlan Kaufman | 1969 |
| 7B70 | Plug-in | 200 MHz Timebase | Murlan Kaufman | 1969 |
| 485 | Oscilloscope | 350 MHz portable scope | John Addis • Wink Gross • Gene Andrews • Glenn Bateman • Ron Peltola • Bob Firth • Murlan Kaufman • Bob White • Keith Taylor • Dick Troberg | 1972 |
| 7844 | Oscilloscope | 400 MHz dual-beam non-storage mainframe | Murlan Kaufman • Chuck Scott • Dick Anderson • Keith Taylor • Bob White | 1974 |
| 7D01 | Plug-in | Logic Analyzer | Murlan Kaufman • Keith Taylor • Morris Green • Jeff Bradford • Ed Wolf • Vendell Damm | 1976 |
| DF1 | Plug-in | display formatter | Murlan Kaufman • Dave Lowry • Jeff Bradford • Ed Wolf | 1976 |
| 11402 | Oscilloscope | Digital scope | Murlan Kaufman • Tom Rousseau | 1986 |
| 11A34 | Plug-in | Quad channel 300 MHz amplifier | Murlan Kaufman | 1987 |
| 11801 | Oscilloscope | Digital sampling scope | Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lucker • Roy Lewallen | 1989 |
| SD-51 | Plug-in | 20 GHz trigger countdown head | Murlan Kaufman | 1989 |
| 11403 | Oscilloscope | 1 (3) GHz digital scope | Murlan Kaufman | 1989 |
| 11802 | Oscilloscope | Digital sampling scope | Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lucker • Roy Lewallen | 1989 |
| CSA803 | Oscilloscope | Digital sampling scope | Murlan Kaufman • Stan Kaveckis • Agoston Agoston • John Carlson • John Rettig • Jon Lucker • Roy Lewallen | 1990 |
| 11T5H | Plug-in | Multistandard Video Trigger plug-in | Murlan Kaufman | 1991 |
Components by Murlan Kaufman
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Patents by Murlan Kaufman
| Page | Office | Number | Title | Inventors | Company | Filing date | Grant date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patent US 3530315A | US | 3530315A | Jitter-free triggering circuit | Murlan Kaufman | Tektronix Inc | 1968-03-15 | 1970-09-22 |
| Patent US 4488093A | US | 4488093A | Color shadow mask cathode ray tubes | Doug Haines • Keith Taylor • Murlan Kaufman | Tektronix Inc | 1982-03-30 | 1984-12-11 |
| Patent US 6275257B1 | US | 6275257B1 | Holdoff by TV fields | James L. Tallman • Murlan Kaufman | Tektronix Inc | 1998-10-16 | 2001-08-14 |
Publications
- Current Measurements at Nanosecond Speeds, Engineering Design News, October 1965
- How Fast Does Your CRT Write? Electronic Design, July 1975
- Pick a Logic Analyzer That is Right for Your Job, Instrument and Control Systems, February 1977
- Expression of the Properties of Logic Analyzers, International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC Standard, Publication 776, 1983
- A 400 MHz dual-beam oscilloscope (in Tekscope Vol.6 No.4, Sept/Oct 1974)
Other
- Coordinated HW program development for 8002 with Millennium Information Systems in CA for 6 months in 1977
- Secretariat on International Electrotechnical Commission WG4 to develop a Logic analyzer standard with inputs from HP, Biomation, Marconi, Schlumberger, meetings in Oslo, London and Budapest, 1977-84
- Member of corporate technology team for color shutter and A to D conversion, 1981-82
- Member of Electronic Technical Advisory Committee (EITAC) for the US Dept. of Commerce for export regulations; active in rebuilding controls, meeting 4 times/year in WDC, 1989-96
- With Marketing, introduced products in the US, Europe and Japan
From TekScope V6 N4 Fall 1974
