Wolfgang Hilberg
Wolfgang Hilberg (born February 7, 1932 in Gießen ; † February 23, 2015 in Groß-Bieberau ) was a German engineer and professor of electrical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt .
Scientific career
Wolfgang Hilberg studied electrical engineering at the TU Darmstadt and graduated with a diploma in 1958. In the same year he started his career as an engineer at the research institute of Telefunken AG . There he did his doctorate in 1963 as an external doctoral student at the TU Darmstadt under the supervision of Karl Küpfmüller .
In 1967 Hilberg invented digitally coded time transmission for radio clocks at Telefunken AG and applied for a corresponding patent that year as well. In 1972 he was appointed professor for digital circuits and memories in the electrical engineering department at the TU Darmstadt, where he developed prototypes of the radio clock and its essential elements. Although Hilberg suggested mass production at various German watch manufacturers, the watch industry only began producing radio-controlled watches in 1986 and after the patent expired.
Hilberg was an active professor at TU Darmstadt until he was 68. He retired in 2000. A total of 45 patents were granted in his name.
Honors
- 2011: Eduard Rhein Technology Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Hilberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wolfgang Hilberg TU Darmstadt (personalities)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patent DE1673793 : Method for the ongoing transmission of the time.
- ↑ Technology Prize 2011. Eduard Rhein Foundation , accessed on September 7, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hilberg, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer, professor of electrical engineering |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 2015 |
| Place of death | Groß-Bieberau |