Charles Ginsburg
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Charles Ginsburg (1920-1992) was the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the first practical videotape recorders.
Born in San Francisco, California, Ginsburg earned a bachelor's degree from San José State in 1948. He worked as an engineer at AM-radio station KQW (now KCBS). He joined Ampex in 1951, and remained there until his retirement in 1986, holding the title Vice President of Advanced Technology.[1]
He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame in 2000.[1]
[edit] US Patents
- U.S. Patent 3,003,025
- U.S. Patent 2,968,692
- U.S. Patent 2,956,114
- U.S. Patent 2,921,990
- U.S. Patent 2,916,547
- U.S. Patent 2,916,546
- U.S. Patent 2,866,012
[edit] References
- ^ a b Charles Ginsburg. Consumer Electronics Association (2000). Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
[edit] External links
- Short bio
- Group photo including Ginsburg and his teamde:Charles Ginsburg
