Otto Schmitt

For the hockey player, see Otto Schmitt (field hockey).

Otto Herbert Schmitt (April 6, 1913 – January 6, 1998) was an American inventor, engineer, and biophysicist known for his scientific contributions to biophysics and for establishing the field of biomedical engineering. Schmitt also coined the term biomimetics and invented or co-invented the Schmitt trigger, the differential amplifier, and the chopper-stabilized amplifier.^[1]

Otto Schmitt
Born	(1913-04-06)6 April 1913 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died	6 January 1998(1998-01-06) (aged 84) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States (1913–1998)
Spouse	Viola Schmitt
Awards	John Price Wetherill Medal (1972)
Scientific career
Fields	Biophysics Bioengineering Electrical engineering
Institutions	Washington University University of Minnesota University College, London
Thesis	An electrical theory of nerve impulse propagation (1937)

He was elected in 1953 a Fellow of the American Physical Society.^[2] He was awarded the John Price Wetherill Medal in 1972.