Walter Gerber (electrical engineer)

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Walter Ernst Gerber (born September 2, 1902 in Bern ; † 1986 ) was a Swiss electrical engineer and television pioneer.

His father was the Bernese merchant Ernst Gerber. After graduating from high school in autumn 1921, he studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich . He completed an internship at BLS in Spiez . After he was awarded his diploma as an electrical engineer in the summer of 1925, he continued his studies in high-frequency technology at Karl Kuhlmann's institute at the ETH Zurich. From October 1926 he was assistant to Franz Tank (1890–1981) at the Physics Institute of the ETH. In 1928/29 he went on study trips to foreign radio technology plants and factories . In June 1930 he submitted his doctoral thesis on space charge oscillations in diodes .

In the summer of 1950 he was chairman of the Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications (CCIR). At the conference in Geneva on July 24, 1950, the " Gerber standard " was established for European television . This requires 625 lines per image with 25 image changes per second.

From 1958 to 1972 he was a lecturer for the propagation of radio-electric waves at the ETH and from 1970 adjunct professor.

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  1. ↑ doi : 10.3929 / ethz-a-000105252
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  3. ↑ List of all professors sorted according to leaving in the ETHistory 1855-2005
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SURNAME Gerber, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerber, Walter Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss electrical engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH 1986