Appeal No. 2006-1816
Application No. 10/386,146
multiplexor including a plurality of transmission gates, each transmission gate including
a first pass transistor corresponding to a respective signal path of one of the differential
inputs,
wherein the multiplexor further includes at least one first blocking element
coupled between a back-gate node of each first pass transistor and a supply voltage to
block a first leakage current path from the back-gate node to the supply voltage, and at
least second blocking element coupled between a gate node of each first pass
transistor and the respective signal path corresponding thereto to block a second
leakage current path from the respective signal path to the first pass transistor.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Ko 5,955,912 Sep. 21, 1999
Graves et al. (Graves) 6,100,719 Aug. 8, 2000
Claims 1, 2, 5-8, 10, 12-15 and 171 stand rejected under the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as being indefinite.
Claims 1, 2, 5-8, 10, 12-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Ko and Graves.
1The Examiner’s indication of allowability of claim 17 appears to have been intended in absence of
rejection based on prior art.
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