Appeal No. 2005-2512
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,431
J. The rejection of claims 1-6, 9, and 16-18 under § 102(b) for anticipation by
Stark
The Stark abstract explains that the document is a thesis which “describes Ariel,
a CAD tool that helps VLSI designers analyze power supply noise. The system consists
of three main components, a resistance extractor, a current estimator, and a linear
solver, that are used together to determine the voltage drops and current density along
the supply lines.” Stark abstract, 2d para. Figures 80-85 of Stark, at pages 124-
29, are displays showing the results of the voltage drop and current calculations. In
Figure 80, for example, dots that are completely black represent nodes where the
voltage drop is half a volt or more. Stark 120. As indicated by the voltage scale at the
left of that figure, smaller voltage drops are represented by corresponding shades of
gray. Id.
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