Ex parte TSAY et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-3591                                                        
          Application No. 08/251,053                                                  


          amendment after final rejection filed February 16, 1997 was                 
          denied entry by the Examiner.                                               
               The disclosed invention relates to a multiplier circuit                
          which includes feedback circuitry which stabilizes the                      
          multiplier circuit.  More particularly, Appellants indicate at              
          pages 6-9 of the specification that this feedback circuitry                 
          operates such that the feedback voltage tends to equalize a                 
          reference voltage and further that the feedback circuit is                  
          free from capacitance which would unstabilize the feedback                  
          circuit.  A voltage divider is coupled to the feedback circuit              
          to reduce the multiplied voltage as illustrated in Figure 2 of              
          the drawings.                                                               
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as                  
          follows:                                                                    
               1.  A memory device having a multiplier circuit,                       
          comprising:                                                                 
               a reference generator circuit for producing a reference                
          voltage;                                                                    
               said multiplier circuit coupled to said reference                      
          generator circuit for increasing a level of the reference                   
          voltage to a multiplied voltage wherein, said multiplier                    
          circuit has a feedback circuit connected to said reference                  
          generator circuit to stabilize the multiplier circuit such                  
          that a feedback voltage of said feedback circuit substantially              
          equals said reference voltage,                                              
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