"Bob" Biard (born May 20, 1931) is an American electrical engineer and inventor who holds 73 U.S.
patents.
Some of his more significant patents include the first infrared light-emitting diode (LED), the optical isolator, Schottky clamped logic circuits, silicon Metal Oxide Semiconductor Read Only Memory (MOS ROM), a low bulk leakage current avalanche photodetector, and fiber-optic data links.
He has been on the staff of Texas A&M University as an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering since 1980.