Varian Associates
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Varian Associates was a company founded in 1948 by Russell H. and Sigurd F. Varian, William Webster Hansen, and Edward Ginzton to sell the klystron, the first tube which could generate electromagnetic waves at microwave frequencies, and other electromagnetic equipment.
In 1999, Varian Associates spun off its semiconductor equipment business into Varian Semiconductor and its scientific equipment business into Varian, Inc. The remaining medical equipment company renamed itself as Varian Medical Systems.
[edit] See also
- Continental Electronics, a subsidiary from 1985 to 1990
- Communications & Power Industries, a 1995 spin-off, which includes the Varian brothers' original klystron business
- Varian Data Machines, a former division of Varian Associates that sold minicomputers
[edit] External links
- Early history of Varian Associates hosted by Communications & Power Industries, which bought Varian's electron device business in 1995
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