Patents by Inventor Tyler Sims

Tyler Sims 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).

  • Electrostatic discharge protection of electrically-inactive components in a thermal ink jet printing system
    Patent number: 6361150
    Abstract: This present invention is embodied in a system and a method for protecting an electrically-inactive component of a microsystem from an ESD event. The invention includes embodiments that protect the microsystem from ESD events that directly strike an electrically-inactive component and that are external to the electrically-inactive component. The present invention includes an ESD dissipation device having a connected chain of electrically-inactive components that are electrically floating. Alternatively, the electrically-inactive components can be held at the same potential as an electrical component. Further, a sacrificial ESD breakdown device is included that provides a preferential ESD breakdown site away from the protected component. Also, capacitively coupled thin-film layers can provide shielding to electrically-inactive components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Donald W. Schulte, Matthew Giere, Tyler Sims, Noah C. Lassar, Mary Kent