Appeal No. 1999-1553
Application No. 08/567,379
generating components to a distributed electrical plane and inducing noise onto the
distributed electrical plane. Coupling means, such as capacitors, for coupling the noise
susceptible circuits to the distributed electrical plane more evenly, distributes noise to the
noise susceptible circuits so that the noise is common and indistinguishable throughout the
noise susceptible circuits and the noise susceptible circuits operate with immunity to the
noise.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A noise-immune circuit comprising:
a distributed electrical conductor;
noise generating components coupled to said distributed electrical
conductor inducing noise onto said distributed electrical conductor;
noise susceptible components coupled to said distributed electrical
conductor; and
coupling means for coupling noise susceptible circuits to said
distributed electrical conductor, said coupling means distributing noise to
said noise susceptible circuits so that said noise is common throughout said
noise susceptible circuits and said noise susceptible circuits operates [sic,
operate] with immunity to said noise.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Nakayama JP 2-284,515 Nov. 21, 1990
Uramoto et al. (Uramoto) JP 3-183,211 Aug. 09, 1991
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