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==Career==
==Career==
Two summers working for Tek while attending Lewis and Clark College
* Two summers working for Tek while attending Lewis and Clark College
Graduated in June 1963 with a BS degree in Physics  
* Graduated in June 1963 with a BS degree in Physics
June 1963 to June 1989 at Tek in various CRT Design and Manufacturing roles
* June 1963 to June 1989 at Tek in various CRT Design and Manufacturing roles
Retired in 2001 after Flat CRT development at Candescent Technologies in San Jose, CA
* Retired in 2001 after Flat CRT development at Candescent Technologies in San Jose, CA


==Tek Products==
==Tek Products==
Assisted with the [[321A]], [[422]], [[647]], [[453]] and [[549]] CRT designs.
* Assisted with the [[321A]], [[422]], [[647]], [[453]] and [[549]] CRT designs.
Project Manager for the CRTs in the [[601]], [[7514]], [[7613]], and [[7623]].
* Project Manager for the CRTs in the [[601]], [[7514]], [[7613]], and [[7623]].
Supervised development of various storage CRTs as a Group and Department manager.   
* Supervised development of various storage CRTs as a Group and Department manager.   
After a stint in CRT Manufacturing, named Display Device Operations General Manager.
* After a stint in CRT Manufacturing, named Display Device Operations General Manager.
   
   
==Tek Patents==
==Tek Patents==
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3,742,286 Fast Writing Bistable Storage Tube and Method of Operation
3,742,286 Fast Writing Bistable Storage Tube and Method of Operation


Field Emission Display Patents
===Field Emission Display Patents===
25
* 6,853,135          Apparatus for Removing Contaminants from a Display Device
* 6,731,061          Dual Layer Electroplated Structure for a Flat Panel Display Device
* 6,541,912          Auxiliary Chamber and Display Device With Improved Contaminant Removal
* 6,448,949          System and Method for Improving Emitter Life in Flat Panel Field Emission Displays
* 6,369,784          System and Method for Improving Emitter Life in Flat Panel Field Emission Displays
* 6,356,013          Flat Panel Display with Wall Segments
* 6,323,590          Wall Assembly and Method for Attaching Walls for Flat Panel Display
* 6,225,737          Wall Assembly and Method for Attaching Walls for Flat Panel Display
* 6,194,830          Multi-Compartment Getter-Containing Flat-Panel Device
* 6,176,753          Wall Assembly and Method for Attaching Walls for Flat Panel Display
* 6,140,762          Wall Assembly and Method for Attaching Walls for Flat Panel Displays
* 6,133,893          System and Method for Improving Emitter Life in Flat Panel FEDs
* 6,111,351          Wall Assembly and Method for Attaching Walls for Flat Panel Display
* 5,977,706          Multi-Compartment Getter-Containing Flat-Panel Device
* 5,964,630          Method of Increasing Resistance of Flat-Panel Device to Bending, and Associated Getter-Containing Flat-Panel Device
* 5,900,301          Structure and Fabrication of Electron-Emitting Devices Utilizing Electron-Emissive Particles which Typically Contain Carbon
* 5,897,414          Technique for Increasing Yield of Matrix Addressable Device
* 5,725,787          Fabrication of Light-Emitting Device with Raised Black Matrix for use in Optical Devices Such as Flat-Panel Cathode-Ray Tubes
* 5,686,790          Flat Panel Device with Ceramic Backplate
* 5,672,083          Fabrication of Flat Panel Device Having Backplate that includes Ceramic Layer
* 5,608,283          Electron-Emitting Devices Utilizing Electron-Emissive Particles which Typically Contain Carbon
* 5,576,596          Optical Devices Such as Flat-Panel Cathode-Ray Tubes, having Raised Black Matrix
* 5,532,548          Field Forming Electrodes on High Voltage Spacers
* 5,477,105          Structure of Light-Emitting Device with Raised Black Matrix for use in Optical Devices Such as Flat-Panel Cathode-Ray Tubes
* 5,216,324          Matrix-addressed flat panel having a transparent base plate


==Tektronix Publications==
==Tektronix Publications==
TBD
* Curtin C.J., Hutcheon, J.R., Mason, Wm., McTeague, J., “A Large Screen Display for Bistable Storage of up to 17,000 Characters”.  1973 SID Digest of Technical Papers, p. 98.
* Curtin, C.J., “Recent Advances in DVST’s”, SID Digest, 1977.


==Field Emission Display Publications==
==Field Emission Display Publications==
# G. Hopple and C. Curtin; FED Life and Reliability; Information Display, April/May 2000; p. 34-37
* G. Hopple and C. Curtin; FED Life and Reliability; Information Display, April/May 2000; p. 34-37
# C. Curtin and Y. Iguchi; Scaling of FED Display Technology to Large-Area Displays; SID 2000 Digest, p. 1263-1265.
* C. Curtin and Y. Iguchi; Scaling of FED Display Technology to Large-Area Displays; SID 2000 Digest, p. 1263-1265.
# G. Hopple, C. Curtin and Y. Hatano; Thin CRT Display Technology Operating Life and Reliability Issues; SID 2000 Digest, p. 1257-1259.
* G. Hopple, C. Curtin and Y. Hatano; Thin CRT Display Technology Operating Life and Reliability Issues; SID 2000 Digest, p. 1257-1259.
# C. J. Spindt, T. Fahlen, J. M. Macaulay, C. Curtin, and R. M. Duboc; ThinCRT Flat-Panel-Display Construction and Operating Characteristics; SID 1998 Digest, p. 95-98.
* C. J. Spindt, T. Fahlen, J. M. Macaulay, C. Curtin, and R. M. Duboc; ThinCRT Flat-Panel-Display Construction and Operating Characteristics; SID 1998 Digest, p. 95-98.




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