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[[File:Bill_Polits_1953_Instrument_Design.jpg|thumb|300px|right|John Kobbe, 1953]] | [[File:Bill_Polits_1953_Instrument_Design.jpg|thumb|300px|right|John Kobbe, 1953]] | ||
'''William (Bill) Polits''' (September 4, 1927 — May 2, 2005) graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. | |||
He started at Tektronix as a summer employee in 1950 while still a student, and took a full time job in 1951. | |||
In 1959 he was named Engineering Manager for the Instruments Division and in 1966 became Vice President of Engineering. | |||
In 1971 he was named Vice President of Manufacturing. | |||
Polits retired in 1984. | |||
==Products and Inventions== | ==Products and Inventions== | ||
* Use of lossy coax cable in scope probes: [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2883619.html US Patent 2883619, Electrical Probe]. [[John Kobbe]] and Bill Polits ( | * Use of lossy coax cable in scope probes: [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2883619.html US Patent 2883619, ''Electrical Probe'']. [[John Kobbe]] and [[Bill Polits]]. Applied 1956. ([http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US2883619.pdf PDF]) | ||
: see [http://wpeval.wilhelmphoto.com/?page_id=13 Tek Stories: Oscilloscope Patents] | : see [http://wpeval.wilhelmphoto.com/?page_id=13 Tek Stories: Oscilloscope Patents] | ||
:and [http://dfad.com.au/links/THE%20SECRET%20WORLD%20OF%20PROBES%20OCt09.pdf Doug Ford, ''The Secret World of Oscilloscope Probes''] | : and [http://dfad.com.au/links/THE%20SECRET%20WORLD%20OF%20PROBES%20OCt09.pdf Doug Ford, ''The Secret World of Oscilloscope Probes''] | ||
* [http://w140.com/US2930986.pdf US Patent 2,930,986, ''Distributed Amplifier''], [[John Kobbe]] and [[Bill Polits]]. Applied 1956. ([http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pdfs/US2930986.pdf PDF]) | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
==References== | |||
* Obituary in [http://tekretirees.org/Newsletter/trn_feb2006.pdf Tek Retirees Newsletter Feb 2006] | |||
==Photos== | ==Photos== | ||