Appeal No. 2002-1210
Application No. 09/483,018
horizontally whereas the modules on the other side are oriented
vertically (specification, page 5).
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A chassis for holding modules comprising:
a set of first modules oriented horizontally in the chassis,
a set of second modules oriented vertically in the chassis,
a midplane oriented orthogonally to the sets of first and
second modules, including first and second sides and connector
pins extending from the first side through to the second side,
each of the first modules including a first connector for
mating with the connector pins extending from the first side,
each of the second modules including a second connector for
mating with the connector pins extending from the second side,
and
wherein input and output functions comprising balanced
differential drivers and receivers which permit balanced
differential signaling are present in one of said first or second
modules, and wherein switching functions comprising balanced
differential drivers and receivers which permit balanced
differential signaling are present in the other of said first or
second modules and all controlled impedance signal traces are on
said first and second modules.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Hughes 4,472,765 Sep. 18, 1984
Petit et al. (Petit) 4,703,394 Oct. 27, 1987
Dara 4,876,630 Oct. 24, 1989
Takahashi et al. (Takahashi) 5,640,387 Jun. 17, 1997
Lyon et al. (Lyon) 5,675,580 Oct. 7, 1997
Fukuda 5,870,528 Feb. 9, 1999
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