Appeal No. 2001-0149
Application 08/896,001
Connectors (110) couple interconnect chip (108) to the horizontal
network of conductors, while connectors (112) couple interconnect
chip (108) to the vertical network of conductors. See Appel-
lant’s Specification, page 5, lines 4-10 and associated figure 1.
Independent claim 1 present in the application is
representative and reproduced as follows:
1. A system comprising:
a plurality of programmable logic devices configured in
an array;
horizontal conductors for interconnecting logic devices
in rows in the array;
vertical conductors for interconnecting logic devices
in columns in the array; and
an interconnect chip associated with each logic device
and coupled to an associated logic device and to a vertical and
horizontal conductor.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as
follows:
Winlow 5,263,149 Nov. 16, 1993
Mooney et al. (Mooney) 5,515,440 May 7, 1996
Terrill et al. (Terrill) 5,642,262 June 24, 1997
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