Patents by Inventor Robert Schlak

Robert Schlak 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).

  • System and method for high voltage bidirectional communications interface
    Publication number: 20060075170
    Abstract: A system and method for providing an interface between a master device referenced at a first voltage and a slave device referenced at a second voltage. The system includes a bidirectional communications link between the master device and the slave device and a bidirectional transceiver device in the communications link for decomposing bidirectional signals on the communications link into transmissions from the slave device to the master device onto a first bus, and transmissions from the master device to the slave device onto a second bus. A first isolation device is included in the bidirectional link and connected to the first bus for transmitting signals over the bidirectional link from the master device referenced at the first voltage to the slave device referenced at the second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eileen Behrendt, Jeffrey Biamonte, Raymond Harrington, Robert Schlak, Timothy Trifilo