Peter Leuthold
Peter Eugen Leuthold (born February 23, 1937 in Villingen , German Reich ; died February 13, 2016 in Erlenbach , Switzerland ) was a Swiss electrical engineer .
Life
Peter Leuthold was the son of the Swiss engineer Eugen Leuthold (1903-1978), who had worked for the radio manufacturer SABA in Villingen since 1929 . His mother came from Villingen. The family moved to Mitlödi in Switzerland in 1943 and later to Neuhausen am Rheinfall .
Leuthold studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich and received his engineering degree in 1962. He worked there as an assistant in 1963. From 1964 to 1967 he was a research associate at the Philips research laboratory in Eindhoven , where he dealt with digital technology and its application in communications technology. In 1967 he received his doctorate at the ETH and returned to the Institute for High Frequency Technology as a senior assistant. In 1971 he completed his habilitation in the field of electrical engineering.
In 1974 he went to the Rapperswil Intercantonal Technical Center (ITR), which was founded in 1972, as a lecturer in communications engineering and electricity . In 1977 he was appointed professor of communications technology at the Institute for High Frequency Technology at ETH, which he headed until his retirement in 2002.
In addition to his research and teaching activities, Leuthold became the first President of the Information Technology Society of the Swiss Electrotechnical Association (SEV).
Fonts (selection)
- Filter networks with digital shift registers . Philips Research Reports. Suppl. 1967, No. 5. Dissertation ETH
literature
- Peter E. Leuthold, new professor for communications engineering , in: Schweizerische Bauzeitung , April 13, 1978 (PDF file).
- Prof. Dr. Peter Leuthold , ETH obituary notice, in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , February 20, 2016, p. 8. (PDF file).
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Leuthold in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ patents. Device for automatic equalization US 3868576 A. Google, accessed February 29, 2016.
- ↑ Leuthold, Eugen. dnb.de, accessed on February 29, 2016.
- ^ Hermann Freudenberg: Eugen Leuthold, developer of the SABA-MHG circuit , in: Funkgeschichte, No. 148, 2003, p. 69f., At: radiomuseum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leuthold, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leuthold, Peter Eugen; Leuthold, Peter E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 2016 |
| Place of death | Erlenbach ZH |