John Renshaw Carson

The Carson twins, from the Princeton University Class of 1907 album. John Renshaw Carson is on the left.

John Renshaw Carson (June 28, 1886 – October 31, 1940) was an American transmission theorist for early communications systems. He invented single-sideband modulation and developed the Carson bandwidth rule for estimating frequency modulation (FM) bandwidth. In 2013 Carson was inducted into the Electronic Design Hall of Fame for his contributions to communications.[1]

  1. ^ Frenzel, Lou. "John Renshaw Carson: Pioneer Ruled Modulation's Earliest Innovations". Electronic Design. Retrieved 9 November 2018.