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|Names=Carl Robert Battjes | |Names=Carl Robert Battjes | ||
|Birth date=30 December 1929 | |Birth date=30 December 1929 | ||
|Birth place= | |Birth place=Grand Rapids, MI | ||
|Death date=28 April 2007 | |Death date=28 April 2007 | ||
|Death place= | |Death place=Portland, OR | ||
|Countries= | |Countries=USA | ||
|Affiliations=Sylvania;Tektronix; | |Affiliations=Sylvania;Tektronix; | ||
|Wikidata id= | |Wikidata id= | ||
}} was a Tektronix engineer. | }} was a Tektronix engineer. | ||
In 1950 he joined the U.S. Air Force and trained as a fighter pilot flying F-84s. In 1958 he graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, then moved to Silicon Valley where he worked at Sylvania while completing his master's in electrical engineering from Stanford in 1960. | |||
Battjes had designed a 300 MHz transistor amplifier at [[Sylvania]] before he joined Tektronix in 1961 to work on high-speed amplifiers. | Battjes had designed a 300 MHz transistor amplifier at [[Sylvania]] before he joined Tektronix in 1961 to work on high-speed amplifiers. | ||
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In 1971, Battjes left the portable oscilloscope group and joined the IC design group within Tektronix. | In 1971, Battjes left the portable oscilloscope group and joined the IC design group within Tektronix. | ||
He took early retirement in 1983, then did consulting for the next 10 years as a registered professional engineer. | |||
==Tek Products== | ==Tek Products== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [https://obits.oregonlive.com/us/obituaries/oregon/name/carl-battjes-obituary?id=19269082 Carl Battjes Obituary] @ OregonLive | |||
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