Background
Octavio (Tav) Salati was born to Armando Salati and Julia LaFazia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Octavio (Tav) Salati was born to Armando Salati and Julia LaFazia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tav Salati received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1936. Tav returned to the Moore School of Electrical Engineering as a research associate in 1948, received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963, and became professor of electrical engineering in 1975.
Tav married Marie Pattani (1919-2010) and they had three children. Following graduation, he was employed by Philco Radio and Television Company, Radio Corporation of America, C.G. Conn Limited., and Hazeltine Corporation. Doctor Salati was made a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1975, and he retired from Penn in 1984.
While working at Hazeltine Corporation, Doctor Salati was awarded United States patent #2,540,012 which was the basis for what is now commonly known as the BNC connector.
The patent for Electrical Connector was filed May 19, 1945, and issued January 30, 1951. BNC is an acronym for Bayonet Neill-Concelman.
The BNC connector is still in common use for coaxial cables that carry high frequency currents between pieces of electronics and communications equipment. Canadian patent #487446 was also awarded to Doctor Salati for this invention on October 21, 1952.
Important Quantity Selecting Circuit, United States. patent #2,666,152, January 12, 1954
Voltage Level Indicator, United States. patent #2,706,257, April 12, 1955
Relay Selecting Circuit, United States. patent #2,712,101, June 28, 1955
Assignment Cancelling Circuit, United States. patent #2,716,206, August 23, 1955.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.