Wavetek
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| Industry | Electronics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1963[1] |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California[1] |
Wavetek was an electronic test equipment manufacturer that made function generators and signal generators.[2] Although Wavetek did not invent the function generator, it made them commercially popular.[3]
Before Terrence Gooding, president and CEO of Wavetek, made Wavetek private in 1991, the company had 800 employees, 260 of whom worked in San Diego.[4] The company had plants in the US states California, Florida, Indiana, and New York.[5] It had overseas locations in Germany, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.[5]
Wavetek became Willtek.[6] The parent company is Aeroflex.
References [edit]
- ^ a b California Secretary of State records for Wavetek, entity C0446337
- ^ Riggs, Rod (1993-12-22). "Wavetek on Crest of Success". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-03. Unknown parameter
|+Transition+from+defense+to+commercial+pays+off&pqatl=ignored (help) - ^ Rostky, George (March 13, 2001), Design classics: the function generator, EE Times, retrieved March 31, 2012. History of the function generator.
- ^ Rose, Craig D. (1994-10-12). "Wavetek becomes even less 'defensive'". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Unknown parameter
|+Wavetek+becomes+even+less+%60defensive%27&pqatl=ignored (help) - ^ a b "Wavetek's Sale is Agreed to". Los Angeles Times. 1991-02-26. Archived from the original on 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "Willtek: Wavetek became Willtek Communications GmbH.". Willtek. Archived from the original on 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
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