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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SONY CORPORATION, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`SURPASS TECH INNOVATION LLC
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00863
`Patent No. 7,202,843 B2
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`SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF THOMAS L. CREDELLE
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`SONY v. SURPASS Tech., IPR2015-00863
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`I, Thomas L. Credelle do hereby declare that:
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`1. I have been retained by counsel for Petitioner Sony Corporation
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`(“Sony”) to provide assistance regarding US Patent No. 7,202,843 (“the ’843
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`Patent”).
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`2. I previously submitted a Declaration in IPR2015-00863 (Ex. 1014)
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`setting forth my Background and credentials (Credelle Decl. (Ex. 1024) at ¶¶2-14),
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`and my curriculum vitae (Ex. 1016) which provides further details.
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`3. I submit this supplemental declaration in response to the Declaration
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`and Testimony of William K. Bohannon. I incorporate by reference my testimony
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`set forth my prior Declaration (Ex. 1014).
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`4. In preparation of this document, I have reviewed the following
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`documents in addition to those listed in my prior Declaration:
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` Declaration of William K. Bohannon in Response to Petition of Sony
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`Corporation et al., identified as Ex. 2022;
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` U.S. Patent No. 5,642,133 (“Scheffer”) (Ex. 2019);
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` U.S. Patent No. 5,280,280 (“Hotto”) (Ex. 2020); and
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` Transcript of January 27, 2016 Deposition of William K. Bohannon,
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`identified as Ex. 1019.
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`5. In addition, in preparing this document, I have drawn on my
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`experience and knowledge, as discussed above and described more fully in my CV,
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`in the areas of LCD technology and flat panel displays.
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`6. I agree with Mr. Bohannon’s assessment that a person of ordinary
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`skill in the art in 2003 would have “the ability to understand the overdriving
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`concept as it is discussed in the ’843 patent.” (See Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022) at
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`¶8.) I would expect this background to include experience in LCD control
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`electronics. A person having this background would understand factors associated
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`with driving electronic impulses, and would also understand the concepts of pixel
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`voltage versus light transmission and pixel response time.” (Id.) I disagree with
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`Mr. Bohannon that a degree in Mathematics or Computer Science would be an
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`appropriate educational background in relation to these concepts. (See Bohannon
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`Decl. (Ex. 2022) at ¶8.)
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`I.
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`Response to Mr. Bohannon’s Comments on My Deposition Testimony
`That the LCD Panel in Suzuki Is an AMLCD
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`7. In paragraphs 34-40 of Mr. Bohannon’s Declaration, he expresses
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`disagreement with the testimony that I gave during my deposition on October 28,
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`2015, in which I described four indicators in Suzuki that Suzuki’s LCD panel is an
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`active matrix LCD: (1) Suzuki’s use of the terms “source” and “gate” drivers; (2)
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`Suzuki’s achievement of blur-free moving images at a frame rate of about 60
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`frames per second, with each frame period lasting 16.6 ms; (3) Suzuki’s use of the
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`term “hold” drive to describe one of its embodiments; and (4) Suzuki’s use of the
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`term “overdriving.” I will address my Bohannon’s comments on my testimony in
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`that order.
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`A. “Source” and “Gate” Drivers
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`8. The first indicator that Suzuki's liquid crystal panel is an active
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`matrix liquid crystal display panel and not a passive matrix liquid crystal display
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`panel is Suzuki’s use of the terms “source” driver and “gate” driver for the data
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`driver and scan driver respectively. (See Suzuki (Ex. 1003), Fig. 1 reproduced
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`below.)  
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`Suzuki Fig. 1
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`Mr. Bohannon testified that he does not agree that this disclosure indicates “with
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`certainty” that Suzuki discloses AMLCD. (Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022) at ¶ 40.)
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`However, a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood that the terms
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`“source” driver and “gate” driver are applicable to AMLCD panels, and not to
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`passive matrix panels, and, on that basis, would have assumed that Suzuki’s LCD
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`panel is an AMLCD.
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`9. As an initial matter, I agree with Mr. Bohannon that the source driver
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`16 generates the applied voltage VS to be supplied to the pixels (shown in Suzuki
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`Fig. 2) and the gate driver 18 generates gate signals GT for selecting pixels.
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`(Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022) at ¶40.) Further Suzuki discloses “a plurality of
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`pixels P which are formed in a matrix.” (Suzuki (Ex. 1003) at ¶ 47.)
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`10. An active matrix LCD panel comprises an array of pixels where each
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`pixel includes a switch such as a TFT; the TFT has a “gate” which is used to open
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`and close the switch, as well as a “source” and “drain” to allow current to flow to
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`the liquid crystal capacitor, and optionally a storage capacitor. Passive matrix
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`LCD panels do not include transistors (nor did they in the 2003 time frame).
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`Ex. 1010 at p.34
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`Ex. 1009 at p. 25
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`11. Typically, the source of the TFT is connected to a source line which
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`is connected to a source driver and the drain is connected to the liquid crystal
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`capacitor (and sometimes an additional storage capacitor), although the terms
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`“source” and “drain” are sometimes interchanged due to the symmetry of the TFT
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`and the type of silicon used. Fig 1-19 from O’Mara (Ex. 1010 at p. 34) reproduced
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`above illustrates a typical active matrix LCD showing the TFT switches at each
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`pixel, along with the “gate scan” driver and the “data input” driver. The gate scan
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`driver is connected to the gate of the TFT and the data input driver is connected to
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`the source of the TFT. In Fig. 2.16 from Lueder (Ex. 1009 at p. 25) reproduced
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`above, the TFTs for two pixels are shown. A gate impulse Vg from a “gate” driver
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`(not shown) is applied to the n-th row and Vvideo from a “source” or data driver (not
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`shown) is applied to the liquid crystal capacitor and storage capacitor through the
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`source/drain of the TFTs. I agree with Mr. Bohannon’s testimony stating in
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`reference to drivers for active matrix LCDs: “We’re driving an active matrix, we’re
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`going to use a gate driver, it’s a low voltage driver, it works like this.” (Bohannon
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`Tr. (Ex. 1019) at 144:2-4 (emphasis added).) Therefore, a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art (at the time of the alleged invention) would have assumed that the circuit
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`and driving waveforms of Suzuki Fig 1 were intended to be applied to an active
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`matrix LCD despite the lack of a detailed description of active matrix elements in
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`Suzuki.
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`B. “Moving Images”
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`12. The second indicator of applicability of Suzuki to active matrix
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`LCDs is its stated goal to “improve the moving image display performance of a
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`liquid crystal display device.” (Suzuki (Ex. At 1003) ¶ 8.) Mr. Bohannon testified
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`that he agrees with my testimony “that passive LCD technology was capable of
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`displaying moving images at the time Suzuki was filed.” (Bohannon Decl. (Ex.
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`2022) at ¶ 35). To the extent that Mr. Bohannon is characterizing my testimony as
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`suggesting that passive LCD technology was capable of displaying “moving
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`images” within the meaning of that term as Suzuki uses it, he is incorrect and has
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`taken my testimony out of context. When asked whether “passive matrix LCD
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`panels have ever been used for television,” I responded: “Not to my knowledge.”
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`Credelle Tr. (Ex. 2004) at 27:16-18 (emphasis added). And when asked further
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`whether passive matrix LCDs have “ever been used for computer monitors that are
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`required to display moving images, I responded: “They are used for computer
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`monitors, and the computer can’t dictate what content the user may try to display.
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`But the response time of a passive matrix LCD is too slow for motion video.” Id.
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`at 27:21 – 28:1 (emphasis added). Suzuki is concerned with “moving images”
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`displayed by LCD panels used for “personal computers, television sets, and so on.”
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`Suzuki (Ex. 1001) at ¶ 0004 (emphasis added). Consistent with the object of
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`displaying full motion video (e.g., television), Suzuki’s preferred embodiment
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`drives an LCD that receives video images at 60 frames per second. (See Suzuki
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`(Ex. 1003) at ¶ 39.)
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`13. A person of ordinary skill in the art would have assumed from
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`Suzuki’s frame rate, which equates to a frame period of 16.6 ms (Suzuki (Ex.
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`1003) at ¶ 39), that an active matrix LCD with fast response liquid crystal material
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`is used (e.g., less than or equal to 16.6 ms). In 2003 time frame, no 640x480 gray-
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`scale-capable passive matrix displays could achieve this goal. In fact, passive
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`matrix displays such as STN-LCDs with line-at-a-time addressing required a much
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`longer response time, e.g., 100s of ms, in order to prevent display flicker. (See
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`e.g., Lueder (Ex. 1009) at pp. 176-177.) To solve the response time issue in
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`passive matrix displays, and allow the use of faster LC materials, “multi-line-
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`addressing” was developed. (See, e.g., Ex. 2019 and Ex. 2020.) The complex
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`multi-line-addressing waveforms are quite different from the simple addressing
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`waveform of Suzuki Fig. 2, thus a person of ordinary skill in the art would not
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`assume that Suzuki is referring to any multi-line-addressing circuit solution. Even
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`with these new addressing schemes, the response time of the passive matrix LCDs
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`were on the order of 50-60 ms (Ex. 2019 at 3:50-56 and Ex. 2020 at 4:34-35),
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`which is still much longer than Suzuki’s frame time of 16.6 ms. While Mr.
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`Bohannon testified that some small 240 line Casio TVs that utilized passive matrix
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`LCDs “produced excellent video images” (Bohannon Tr. At 164:5-10.), if such
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`TVs existed, they were uncommon, and certainly not the type of television that
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`would have come to mind to a person of ordinary skill in the art when considering
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`Suzuki’s LCDs for PC and television use.
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`14. Given Suzuki’s frame rate, and that Suzuki’s invention is directed to
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`LCD’s for “personal computers, televisions, and so on,” a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art would have assumed that Suzuki’s LCD panel is an active matrix panel,
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`and not a passive matrix panel. (See Suzuki (Ex. 1003) at ¶¶ 4, 39.).
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`C. “Hold drive”
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`15. The third indicator of the applicability of Suzuki to active matrix
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`LCD drives is Suzuki’s use of the term “hold drive” in describing one of its
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`embodiments. In his declaration, Mr. Bohannon testified that the term “hold drive”
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`simply refers to the use of frame buffers with LCDs. (Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022)
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`at ¶38). I disagree. Suzuki refers to a “hold drive” to distinguish the LCD panels
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`to which its technology is applied from CRTs. (Suzuki (Ex. 1003) at ¶ 5). As Mr.
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`Bohannon testified, frame buffers are used with CRTs in some cases, and
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`therefore, in referring to a “hold drive,” Suzuki cannot mean a frame buffer
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`because the use of a frame buffer is not a point of distinction between an LCD
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`panel and a CRT. (See Bohannon Tr. (Ex. 1019) at 126:7-16.) A person of
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`ordinary skill in the art would not have understood that the term “hold drive” in
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`Suzuki to mean a frame buffer for that reason.
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`16. Instead, a person of ordinary skill in the art would have assumed that
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`a “hold drive” refers to an AMLCD panel. The context in which the term “hold
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`drive” is used in the description of Suzuki’s preferred embodiment supports the
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`understanding that an AMLCD is meant. Suzuki states that “the liquid crystal
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`display device of this embodiment operates on hold drive. That is, data signals
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`corresponding to the same image data are supplied to the liquid crystal cells over a
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`period of one frame (16.6 ms).” (Suzuki (Ex. 1003) at ¶ 39). In order for the data
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`signals, which are the analog drive voltages, to be held for a frame time, there must
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`be a switch at the pixel, i.e., a thin film transistor (“TFT”) of an active matrix,
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`which allows the data voltage to be established on the LC and storage capacitor
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`when the switch is closed and then held on the capacitor when the switch is open.
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`That is, when a gate signal is applied to a row, the TFT switch closes and the
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`source driver supplies current to charge up the liquid crystal capacitor to the
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`desired data voltage. When the gate signal is turned off, the charge remains on the
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`liquid crystal until addressed again. Thus, the voltage is “held” on the pixel.
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`Suzuki’s Fig. 2 (reproduced above) shows the applied voltage VS is held on the
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`pixel at level (a) for the first half frame SF1 and level (c) for the second half frame
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`SF2. (Suzuki (Ex. 1003) at Fig. 2.) During his deposition, Mr. Bohannon agreed
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`that Suzuki shows that voltages are held on the pixel for a large fraction of the
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`frame time (minus any losses due to charge leakage). (See Bohannon Tr. (Ex.
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`1019) at 31:22-33:3.) Mr. Bohannon also testified that “active matrix has got a
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`duty cycle of 1.” (Bohannon Tr. (Ex. 1019) at 47:4-21.) A duty cycle of 1 means
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`that the voltage is held on the pixel for an entire frame.
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`17. In contrast, a passive matrix LCD has no means to “hold” the voltage
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`on a pixel; the driving voltage is applied to a pixel as an “impulse” for one line
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`time, e.g., 1/240 of a frame period (approximately 69 µs for a frame time of
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`16.6ms) by applying a high voltage pulse to the row electrode and a data voltage to
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`the column electrode. The liquid crystal molecules respond to the rms (root mean
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`square) voltage of the voltages applied over a frame period, as illustrated in Figs. 1
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`and 3B of Scheffer (reproduced below). (See Scheffer (Ex. 2019) at Figs. 1 and
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`3B.) Fig. 1 shows the applied row and column voltages for the first 5 rows and
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`two columns. (See Scheffer (Ex. 2019) at Fig. 1.). For example, pixel 265 is
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`addressed with row voltage S and column voltage +D and results in a dark pixel;
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`pixel 261 is addressed with row voltage S and column voltage -D and results in a
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`bright pixel. (Id.) The voltage applied over the first 5 line times is shown in Fig.
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`3B; it is the rms voltage of this waveform over a complete frame that drives the
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`liquid crystal to a dark or light state. (See Scheffer (Ex. 2019) at Fig. 3B.) Since
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`there is no hold voltage, the liquid crystal material is chosen to have a response
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`time longer than the frame time in order to prevent flicker. In fact, I agree with
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`Mr. Bohannon’s testimony that passive matrix LCDs are “energized” row by row.
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`(Bohannon Tr. (Ex. 1019) at 43:19-44:21.) But I disagree with Mr. Bohannon’s
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`testimony that there is any voltage held on the LC capacitance in a passive matrix
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`LCD panel. (See Bohannon Tr. (Ex. 1019) at 50:11-51:19). In a passive matrix
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`LCD panel, the voltage on a pixel is constantly changing. In such a panel, the
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`LCD responds to the rms voltage applied to the pixel averaged over the entire
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`frame time and there is no voltage “held” on the LC.
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`Scheffer Fig. 1
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`Scheffer Fig. 3B
`18. From this analysis, a person of ordinary skill in the art would
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`conclude that the drive circuit of Suzuki applies to an active matrix, and not a
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`passive matrix LCD. Further, a person of ordinary skill in the art would not know
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`how to apply the waveforms of Suzuki to a passive matrix LCD as there are no
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`means to hold the voltage for a large fraction of a frame period.
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`D. “Overdriving”
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`19. At the time of both the ’843 Patent and the Suzuki disclosure, I am
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`not aware of any “overdrive” solutions for passive matrix LCDs, which is defined
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`in the ’843 Patent as “applying a higher or a lower data impulse to the pixel
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`electrode to accelerate the reaction speed of the liquid crystal molecules, so that
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`the pixel can reach the predetermined gray level in a predetermined frame
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`period.” (’843 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 2:1-7 (emphasis added).) In Mr. Bohannon’s
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`declaration (Ex. Sony-2022 at ¶34), he cited two patents, Scheffer (Ex. 2019) and
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`Hotto (Ex. 2020) that describe driving methods for passive matrix LCDs as
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`evidence that overdrive had been applied to passive matrix LCDs. (Bohannon
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`Decl. (Ex. 2022) at ¶ 34). I disagree with Mr. Bohannon that these patents disclose
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`any form of overdrive as defined in the ’843 Patent. These patents describe
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`alternate methods of controlling the transmission rate, or transmittance, to achieve
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`more accurate gray scale levels on passive matrix LCDs (Scheffer) and both active
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`and passive matrix LCDs (Hotto), but do not describe overdriving. (See Scheffer
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`(Ex. 2019) and Hotto (Ex. 2020).)
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`20. Scheffer describes a new driving scheme to achieve more precise
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`gray scales in an STN LCD at lower drive frequencies and without using pulse
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`width modulation. (Scheffer (Ex. 2019).) In Scheffer, this is achieved by splitting
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`the line address time (typically 60-70 µs for a dual scan 640x480 display) in half
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`and using two different analog drive voltages. (Scheffer (Ex. 2019) at 7:50-55 and
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`Fig. 3B.) This drive scheme has no impact on acceleration of the reaction speed of
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`the liquid crystal molecules.
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`21. Mr. Bohannon has testified that Suzuki’s Fig. 5 is comparable to
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`Scheffer’s Fig. 3B. (See Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022) at 42.) I disagree. Suzuki’s
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`Fig. 5 illustrates the voltage applied to a pixel where the voltage is constant for ¼
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`and ¾ of a frame, which is equivalent to approximately 4.15 and 12.45 ms for a
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`60Hz refresh display (typical of computer monitors and TVs in the early 2000 time
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`frame). During his deposition, Mr. Bohannon testified that the overdrive pulses
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`SF1 and SF2 of Suzuki Fig. 5 (4.15 ms and 12.45 ms respectively) are somehow
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`equivalent to the pulse widths Δs1 and Δs2 of Scheffer’s Fig. 3B. These Δs pulses
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`are equivalent to 0.5*(frame time/240) (for a dual scan 640x480 passive matrix
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`display), or approximately 35 µs for a 16.6ms frame period—this is more than 100
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`times smaller than SF1 or SF2. (See Bohannon Tr. (Ex. 1019) at 68:9-69:5.)
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`Since Scheffer’s disclosure is aimed at matrix displays having 480 rows, that
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`Suzuki’s time intervals may be more similar to Scheffer’s when considering
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`“something with fewer pixels,” is irrelevant. (See Bohannon Tr. (Ex. 1019) at
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`68:16-69:5.)
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`22. The second patent upon which Mr. Bohannon relies as allegedly
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`showing overdriving in passive matrix displays is Hotto (Ex. 2020). (Bohannon
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`Decl. (Ex. 2022) at ¶ 34). Hotto discloses a complex addressing scheme applicable
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`to both active matrix and passive matrix LCDs that uses real time computation and
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`memory circuits to apply asynchronous voltage pulses to the LCD in better achieve
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`gray levels and avoid DC bias effects. (Hotto (Ex. 2020).) Hotto uses the term
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`“Pixel Power Modulation,” which Mr. Bohannon characterizes as “overdrive”.
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`(Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022 at ¶ 34)). However, Hotto does not define Pixel Power
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`Modulation to mean “overdrive.” Instead, Hotto defines it as “a control
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`technique…in which the display controller selective varies (or modulates) in real
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`time the power applied to individual pixels to maintain them in the desired gray
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`band.” (Hotto (Ex. 2020) at 2:40-44). Mr. Bohannon also cites Fig. 6 of Hotto as
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`evidence of “overdrive.” (Bohannon Decl. (Ex. 2022) at ¶ 42.) However, Fig. 6 of
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`Hotto merely shows how “many drive pulses applied in rapid succession” can
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`achieve a more precise gray level. (Hotto (Ex. 2020) at 11:37-38.) Thus, Hotto’s
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`drive technique is another way to achieve better gray scale control, and nowhere in
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`the patent does it describe any methods or circuits to accelerate of the reaction
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`speed of the liquid crystal molecules, as required by “overdrive” as the term in
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`used in the ’843 Patent.
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`23. Thus, both Scheffer and Hotto are alternate drive techniques to
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`achieve better control of the transmittance (or transmission rate) to achieve better
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`gray scale control of an LCD. I do not agree with Mr. Bohannon’s testimony that
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`these are forms of “overdrive”.
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`24. Taking all of the four indicators detailed above, a person of ordinary
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`skill in the art would assume that the LCD described by Suzuki is an active matrix
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`LCD, even though a detailed drawing is not shown. It would have been obvious to
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`combine Suzuki and Nitta, since both address the same blurring issue with
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`overdrive circuitry and Nitta clearly describes an active matrix LCD.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
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`America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated:
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`SONY v. SURPASS Tech., IPR2015-00863
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