Appeal No. 2001-2662
Application No. 09/124,962
a comparator for comparing a voltage on a second
internal power supply line with said first internal power
supply voltage and outputting a signal indicating a result
of the comparison;
a current drive element connected between a power
supply node receiving said external power supply voltage and
said second internal power supply line for supplying a
current from said power supply node onto said second
internal power supply line in accordance with said signal
outputted from said comparator;
a first internal circuit coupled to receive the first
internal power supply voltage as an operating power supply
voltage thereof, for performing a predetermined operation;
and
a second internal circuit coupled to receive the
voltage on the second internal power supply line as an
operating power supply voltage thereof, for performing
another predetermined operation.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Lim et al. (Lim) 5,929,696 Jul. 27, 1999
(filed Oct. 17, 1997)
Claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Lim.1
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the supplemental brief filed on
February 21, 2001 and the reply brief, as well as the answer.
1At page 2 of the answer, the examiner has withdrawn a
separate rejection of claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
2
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