Patents by Inventor Gerhard W. Van Lochem

Gerhard W. Van Lochem has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Repeater surge coil and diode chain design
    Patent number: 8380071
    Abstract: There are provided surge protection devices for undersea optical repeaters. An optical repeater drive circuit incorporating a diode chain design includes a diode array formed of a plurality of banks of two or more parallel forward-biased diodes, each diode in a given bank being in electrical contact with all the diodes in adjacent banks; and, optical repeater control circuitry connected in parallel with the diode array. A component for providing surge protection to an optical repeater incorporates a substrate formed of an insulating material and a first substantially planar conducting coil embedded within the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Xtera Communications Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven M. Webb, Gerhard W. Van Lochem
  • Repeater Surge Coil and Diode Chain Design
    Publication number: 20080317470
    Abstract: There are provided surge protection devices for undersea optical repeaters. An optical repeater drive circuit incorporating a diode chain design includes a diode array formed of a plurality of banks of two or more parallel forward-biased diodes, each diode in a given bank being in electrical contact with all the diodes in adjacent banks; and, optical repeater control circuitry connected in parallel with the diode array. A component for providing surge protection to an optical repeater incorporates a substrate formed of an insulating material and a first substantially planar conducting coil embedded within the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: XTERA COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Steven M. Webb, Gerhard W. Van Lochem