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'''Winthrop "Wink" Gross''' is a retired Tektronix engineer. | '''Winthrop A. "Wink" Gross''' is a retired Tektronix engineer. | ||
Wink | Wink started at Tektronix as a summer student from Harvard in 1968 | ||
and became a full time Tek employee upon graduation with a BA in EE in 1969. | and became a full time Tek employee upon graduation with a BA in EE in 1969. | ||
He worked closely with [[Carl Battjes]] for a number of years during the [[454]] design, | |||
and designed the [[485|485 portable oscilloscope]]'s main vertical amplifier. | |||
He left Tek to go to MIT for their graduate Engineer degree in 1972 and 1973, | He left Tek to go to MIT for their graduate Engineer degree in 1972 and 1973, | ||
returning to Tek to work on the main vertical amplifier of the [[7104]] | returning to Tek to work on the main vertical amplifier of the [[7104|7104, 1 GHz oscilloscope]]. | ||
Gross and [[John Addis]] collaborated closely on both the 485 and 7104. | |||
Wink went to the Portable Instrument Division in 1979 and became vertical system engineer for the 2465. | Wink went to the Portable Instrument Division in 1979 and became vertical system engineer for the 2465. | ||
He designed the [[2465]] main vertical amplifier, the channel switch, and the auxiliary input preamp. | He designed the [[2465]] main vertical amplifier, the channel switch, and the auxiliary input preamp. | ||