Patents by Inventor Heinz Endriss

Heinz Endriss 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).

  • Slave station with two output circuits commonly and directly connected to a line for serially transmitting data to a master station in two operational modes
    Patent number: 6209022
    Abstract: The communications system operates at two distinct operating modes. Each of the slave stations, which are controlled by a master station, has a first output circuit and a second output circuit. The two output circuits are connected to one another on the output side. In a first operating mode, the slave stations are identified by the master station, all the first output circuits can be activated and the system operates at a low clock rate. In a second operating mode, a transfer of data takes place, one of the second output circuits can be activated, and the system operates at a higher clock rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Karel Sotek, Söhnke Mehrgardt, Christine Born, Heinz Endriss, Timo Gossmann
  • Communications system with a master station and at least one slave station
    Patent number: 6189059
    Abstract: The operation of any desired number of initially unidentified slave stations in a communications system is possible. An identification procedure with a subsequent address assignment is carried out by a master station M, in that all the slave stations simultaneously output bit by bit, via open-drain output circuits OC, individual identification codes ID which are stored in them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Karel Sotek, Sönke Mehrgardt, Christine Born, Heinz Endriss, Timo Gossmann