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Henry Katzenstein

American physicist and entrepreneur

Henry Sour Katzenstein (January 9, 1927 – January 10, 2003) was an American physicist and entrepreneur. He founded a company called Brooktree in 1983 to commercialize a new architecture for digital to analog converters that he developed.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Henry Katzenstein (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 9, 1927, died Jan 10, 2003.1

About

The company name was taken from the street name where Dr. Katzenstein lived at the time he invented the then-novel circuit arrangement.

The company's first product to reach the market was an 8-bit CMOS D/A converter intended for video applications. Introduced in early 1985, the first "VideoDAC" had an output clock rate of up to 75 MHz and 1/4 LSB accuracy—3-8 times better than typical contemporary devices. A headline in the 27 June edition of Electronic Design called the device "trailblazing".

From Wikipedia’s article on Henry Katzenstein, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Chicago3
  • Date not recordedMassachusetts Institute of Technology3
  • Date not recordedDuke University3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Connecticut Doctor of Philosophy3

Career

Occupation: physicist.5

Personal life

  • BornJan 9, 1927, Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area6
  • DiedJan 10, 2003, Santa Cruz7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8

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