Appeal No. 1997-3146
Application 08/558,670
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-
tion of claims 1 through 20, all the claims present in the
application.
The present invention relates to a digital driver
circuit wherein the digital driver circuit is capable of
driving a variety of capacitive loads.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An integrated driver circuit for driving a given
load capacitance, comprising:
an output stage having at least two parallel output
branches, wherein each of said at least two parallel output
branches includes a first transistor;
switching means coupled to said output stage for
selectively turning on each of said at least two parallel
output branches;
setting means coupled to said switching means for
developing a setting signal that determines which of said at
least two parallel output branches are selectively turned on;
and
2
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