Wendell Damm

Wendell William Damm (b. 29 October 1945 – d. 17 November 2021 in Portland, Oregon) attended high school in Chadron, Nebraska.

After graduating from the University of Nebraska with a degree in electrical engineering he was hired by Tektronix, where his career spanned 35 years.

Later in life Wendell enjoyed travel, music, and woodworking, was a private pilot, enjoyed competitive target shooting, and was an award-winning amateur photographer.

Selected Works

Documents Authored by Wendell Damm

Oscilloscope Connectivity Made Easy - Using Popular Software to Analyze Oscilloscope Data. Tektronix, 2000.

Products by Wendell Damm

Manufacturer	Model	Description	Designers	Introduced
Tektronix	211	500 kHz miniature analog scope	Dave Allen • Wendell Damm • Al Hill	1971
Tektronix	213	Miniature portable 1 MHz oscilloscope and TRMS digital multimeter	Dave Allen • Gordon Meigs • John Pace • Jim Knowlton • Wendell Damm • Wayne Thomas • Ilmars Smiltins	1975
Tektronix	7D01	16-ch Logic Analyzer	Murlan Kaufman • Keith Taylor • Morris Green • Jeff Bradford • Ed Wolf • Wendell Damm	1976
Tektronix	P6451	8+1-channel logic analyzer probe	Wendell Damm	1977
Tektronix	834	Programmable data communications tester	Pete Janowitz • John Light • Jeff McMeekin • Randy Deitrich • Bill Randle • Lynn Saunders • Wendell Damm	1980
Tektronix	P6458	4-channel control input probe	Wendell Damm	1980
Tektronix	836	Programmable data communications tester	Pete Janowitz • John Light • Jeff McMeekin • Randy Deitrich • Bill Randle • Lynn Saunders • Wendell Damm • Ken Spencer • Dennis Holmbo	1986
Tektronix	835	Programmable data communications tester	Pete Janowitz • John Light • Jeff McMeekin • Randy Deitrich • Bill Randle • Lynn Saunders • Wendell Damm • Ken Spencer • Dennis Holmbo	1986

Components by Wendell Damm

Patents by Wendell W. Damm

Page	Title	Inventors	Assignee	Filed	Granted	Links
Patent US 4163950A	Isolating differential amplifier	Wendell W. Damm • Choong R. Kim	Tektronix Inc	1978-03-01	1979-08-07
Patent US 4860291A	Test vector definition system employing template concept	Wendell W. Damm • Keith Taylor • Ira G. Pollock • Pedro Max Janowitz	Tektronix Inc	1987-12-28	1989-08-22