Appeal No. 2003-1361
Application No. 09/099,758
circuit board vias and a first group of carrier vias to a first
side of the circuit carrier, and then through a second group of
carrier vias and a second group of circuit board vias.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. An apparatus comprising:
an integrated circuit carrier including:
first and second groups of carrier vias extending
substantially from a first side of said carrier towards a second
side of said carrier;
a circuit board including:
first and second groups of circuit board vias extending
substantially from a first side of said circuit board towards a
second side of said circuit board;
a loop circuit having a loop inductance, said loop circuit
defined from said first group of circuit board vias, through said
first group of carrier vias to said first side of said circuit
board and back through said second group of carrier vias, through
said second group of circuit board vias;
wherein said carrier vias of said first and second groups
are arranged in an anti-parallel tessellation and include a
substantial majority of all carrier vias for coupling respective
power supply voltages; and
wherein said circuit board vias of said first and second
groups are arranged in an anti-parallel tessellation and include
a substantial majority of all circuit board vias for coupling
respective power supply voltages.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Hernandez 4,754,366 June 28, 1988
Sudo et al. (Sudo) 5,475,264 Dec. 12, 1995
Patil et al. (Patil) 5,672,911 Sept. 30, 1997
Forehand et al. (Forehand) 5,847,936 Dec. 8, 1998
(filed June 30, 1997)
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