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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`CASES IPR 2018-01152;-01153;-01154;-1240
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 8,698,558
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`DEPOSITION OF ALYSSA B. APSEL, Ph.D.
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`TRANSCRIPT of the stenographic notes of
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`the deposition of ALYSSA B. APSEL, Ph.D., in the
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`above-entitled matter, as taken by and before
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`LORRAINE B. ABATE, a Certified Shorthand Reporter and
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`Notary Public of the State of New York and Registered
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`Professional Reporter, held at the offices of Wilmer
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` WITNESS: Alyssa B. Apsel, Ph.D
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` EXAMINATION BY PAGE
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` ALYSSA B. APSEL, Ph.D.
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` A L Y S S A B. A P S E L, Ph.D.,
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` Having been first duly sworn by a Notary
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` Public of the State of New York, was
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` examined and testified as follows:
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` EXAMINATION BY MR. SAUER:
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` Q. Hi, Professor. You understand that
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` you're under oath this morning?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Is there any reason you can't testify
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` A. No.
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` Q. And you've been deposed before?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So you know the drill. Just a couple of
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` preliminaries. I'm going to try to ask clear
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` If I ask a question that you don't
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` understand or isn't clear, if you could just let me
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` know. I'll try to make it better.
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` For the court reporter's sake, we need
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` to try to not talk over one another. And if we need
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` to take a break, just let me know. We can take a
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` break at any time. The only thing I'll ask is if we
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` are in the middle of a question, that you finish your
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` answer and then we can take a break afterwards.
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` For the record, this deposition pertains
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` to four IPR matters, and those matters are IPR 2018
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` 01152, 01153, 01154, and 01240.
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` Is that your understanding as well?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If I'm asking a question specific to any
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` one of those four IPRs, I'll try to make that clear.
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` But if it's not clear on the record or to you which
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` IPR matter I'm referring to, if you could just ask
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` and I'll make it clear. Okay?
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. I'm handing the witness what has been
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` Sorry, these are double-sided to save a
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` little space in my bag.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. Do you recognize this document,
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` Professor, as a copy of the declaration that you
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` submitted in IPR 2018 01154?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And specifically, this declaration -- or
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` back up a minute. This declaration relates to patent
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` No. 8,698,558, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And specifically, this declaration
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` relates to claims 15 through 20 of that patent,
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` correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Would it be all right if we refer to
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` that as the '558 patent?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. I'm now handing the witness what has
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` Professor, do you recognize this as a
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` copy of the '558 patent?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Did you review the '558 patent in
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` connection with the preparation of your declaration?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Would you consider yourself to be
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. You can set that aside for a moment.
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` If we can turn back to your declaration,
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` please, and on page 83, is this your signature on
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` page 83?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Did you write this document?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are there any mistakes in this document
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` A. There may be some typos or minor issues,
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` but I believe the opinions stated in here are all
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` accurate.
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` Q. Is there any opinions you would like to
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` A. No.
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` Q. Can you turn to page 85. Starting on
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` page 85 is a copy of your CV, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is this a current copy?
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` A. I believe it's a little bit old. It's
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` probably a year, might be a year old.
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` Q. Since --
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` A. Eight months old or something.
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` Q. Since you created this CV, is there any
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` pertinent to the technology in the '558 patent?
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` A. I don't think so, but my position has
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` Q. What's your new position?
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` A. I'm director of electrical and computer
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` engineering at Cornell now.
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` Q. Congratulations. I think I saw that in
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` And what do the duties entail?
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` A. I need to give an honest answer. A lot
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` of cat herding.
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` Q. Administrative duties?
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` A. A lot of administrative duties, yes.
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` Q. Do you still teach?
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` A. No. Not right now.
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` Q. So on page 87, there's a list, starting
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` on page 87, that's a list of ten, I believe, patents
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` that you're one of the inventors on; is that correct?
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` A. I haven't counted, but I take your word
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` Q. I just counted. I'll represent there
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` are ten.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Are there -- is this a current list?
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` A. I think so, yes.
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` Q. Based on your current recollection, are
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` any of those patents relevant to the technology
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` described in the '558 patent?
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` A. The first one is a little bit relevant.
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` It is a patent related to design of power amplifiers.
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` Q. Any others?
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` A. There are some related concepts in the
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` third one somewhat. Actually, the third and fourth,
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` because they're connected, but they're related to low
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` power transceiver design.
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` Q. And then starting on page 94, there a
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` long list of many publications and book chapters and
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` articles.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And I know this is a long list, but I'm
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` going to ask you the same question; based on your
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` current recollection, are there any publications that
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` are relevant to the technology described in the '558
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` A. Yes. I'd say that the third one is
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` related to the design of on chip power regulators,
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` DCD convertors, ways of networking them together.
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` Q. And specifically, that's the third
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` journal paper?
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` A. That's the third journal paper.
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` The fourth one is related to the design
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` of power amplifiers, and also, some of the power
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` control for power amplifiers at some level.
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` Let's see. The one in September 2013 is
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` related to low power transevers. There is
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` probably -- if I look at the conference papers,
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` there's also -- let's see. Probably the first one,
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` the third one.
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` Q. The first one and the third one?
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` A. Of the conference papers, so conference
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` proceedings and papers.
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` MR. TOMPROS: Page 97.
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` MR. SAUER: Thank you.
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` A. Sorry, the first, third, fourth, sixth,
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` seventh, eighth. Those are all related --
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` Q. Okay. Great.
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` A. -- to this area.
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` Q. Well, thank you. I have some reading to
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` A. Maybe I shouldn't have pointed them all
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` Q. I'm sure they will be brilliant.
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` If you could turn, then, to the
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` declaration and pages -- excuse me.
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` At the table of contents of the
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` declaration, pages i, and ii, your declaration
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` includes three grounds challenging the '558 patent,
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` correct?
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`Q.
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`Yes.
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`And specifically, ground 1 challenges
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` claims 15, 17 through 18, and 20 as anticipated by
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` Kwak, correct?
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`Yes.
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`Claim 16 -- ground 2 is claim 16 as
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` obvious in view of Kwak, correct?
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`Yes.
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`And ground 3 alleges that claim 19 is
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` obvious in view of Kwak combined with Choi 2010; is
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` that correct?
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`Yes.
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`I'm handing the witness now what has
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` been premarked as Intel 1211.
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`Professor, do you recognize the document
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` I just handed you as a copy of the Kwak reference
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` that is referenced in your declaration?
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`A.
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`Q.
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`Yes.
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`Did you review the Kwak reference in
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` connection with the preparation of your declaration?
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` Q. Would you consider yourself familiar
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If you can go back to go your
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` declaration, then, on page 40, please. Starts on
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` page 40 of your declaration. You address why, in
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` your opinion, claim 15 of the '558 patent is
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` anticipated by the Kwak reference, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is it your understanding that for a
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` reference to anticipate a claim, that that single
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` reference must disclose each and every element of the
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` claim?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And is it your opinion that Kwak
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` discloses each and every element of claim 15?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If you turn to page 43. Sorry, that
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` double sided is a little awkward, but it saved me a
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` Starting at the bottom of page 43,
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` subheading C, you address an element of claim 15
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` requiring a switcher operative to sense an input
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` current and generate the switching signal to charge
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` and discharge the inductor to provide the supply
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` inductor than without the offset, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is it your opinion that Kwak discloses
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. It's a long claim element, so let's take
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` The claim starts a switcher operative to
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` sense an input current, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Referring to paragraph 92 on page 44,
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Referring to that highlighted version of
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` A. Yes. So the switcher contains a PFET
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` are controlled such that either one or the other is
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` on. Right? So basically, they are -- they have a
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` single input signal and they respond to opposite
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` polarity of that input signal. That signal is
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` modulated by this kind of thresholding circuit
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` beforehand, and the thresholding circuit is comparing
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` the sawtooth to the output -- the output of this
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` integrator. This integrator is kind of a conceptual
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` integrator. It's a block of an integrator. And so
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` the integrator is basically integrating the sum of
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` two currents, in this case. And so the current
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` that's being sensed is really, the sum of those two
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` currents.
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` Q. Which two currents?
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` A. There are two inputs into this summer.
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` Again, a conceptual summer shown in this picture,
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` that are coming out of the block labelled As and the
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` Q. So in figure 5, specifically, is it the
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` summer that's doing the sensing, in your opinion?
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` A. I wouldn't say it that way. I would say
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` the sensing is a combination of the summation, the
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` integration and the comparison.
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` Q. And those three functions are being
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` performed by the summation circuit that you've
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` highlighted in brown on this figure 5 and the
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` integrator and the comparitor that are both
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` highlighted in red; is that correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What in figure 5 of Kwak corresponds to
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` the claimed input current?
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` A. There's not an explicitedly drawn
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` actually, what am I saying? Scratch that. I said
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` Sorry. The input current is coming from
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` the -- that's the current coming from the linear
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` said before.
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` Q. And the linear amplifier is the block
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` highlighted in purple; is that correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So the current coming out of the block
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` highlighted in purple is labeled in figure 5 ia; is
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` that correct?
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` A. That is the -- yes, that is the current
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` coming out of the linear amplifier into the load, and
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` depending on how the sensing is done -- depending on
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` how the sensing is done, that's essentially what is
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` Q. So it's your opinion, then, that ia in
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` figure 5 corresponds to the claimed input current?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. How does the yellow highlighted switcher
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` in figure 5 sense the current, sense the input
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` current?
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` A. There's a block As which is, again, a
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` behavioral model of something. It could be done in a
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` variety of different ways, but essentially, what
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` that's showing is that that is measuring the output
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` It's not shown in detail here, but that's essentially
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` the idea.
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` Q. Okay. You had said that the summation
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` circuit in figure 5 receives two input signals,
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And looking at figure 5, one of those
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` input signals coming out of this block that's
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And the other input signal to the
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` correct?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. The output of block As that you were just
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` A. It may have a DC component, but ideally
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` it's an AC signal.
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` Q. But essentially has an AC component?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Being a signal with an AC component or
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` would include both a magnitude and a phase, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. The next part of this claim element,
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` looking back at the top of page 44, requires adding
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` offset to the input current, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So again, referring to your highlighted
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` version of figure 5, what in Kwak provides the
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` claimed offset to the input current?
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` A. The output of Af.
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` Q. Af is a gained value, correct?
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` A. Yes. I should clarify, the output of
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` Q. So to be clear, the output of block
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` labelled Af provides, in your opinion, the offset to
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` the input current?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you refer to that in some place as
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` the offset current; is that correct?
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` A. Could you direct me where I'm looking.
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` Q. So as an example, let's look at
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` paragraph 95 where you say the offset current is
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` added to the sensed signal by the summing circuit.
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` So in that sentence, when you're
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` the current out of block Af, correct?
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` A. Yes, or the equivalent circuit.
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` Q. What do you mean the equivalent?
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` A. I mean, this is a block diagram. So...
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` Q. So whatever --
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` A. Whatever is performing that function,
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` yes.
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` Q. Okay. Fair enough.
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` But the output of block Af that you're
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` signal, correct?
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` A. It is probably not a pure AC signal. It
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` Q. It would have an AC component?
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` A. It is -- it has probably both.
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` Q. Can you turn to Kwak for a moment.
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` A. Sure.
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` Q. Look at page 2669 of Kwak on the upper
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` right-hand corner of the little page numbers, and
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` specifically, this is at the page with figure 6.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And figure 6 has, on the left-hand side,
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` a dotted box that's labelled feedforward path.
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is it your opinion that this feedforward
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` path corresponds with the feedforward path that
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` includes block Af in figure 5?
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` A. Can you repeat the question.
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` Q. Sure. It wasn't asked very well.
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` Figure 5 includes block Af in a
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` feedforward path, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is this the same feedforward path in
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` figure 6? Let me ask it this way; is it your opinion
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` that the components within the feedforward path in
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` figure 6 would be an implementation of block Af in
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` figure 5?
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` A. Yes, I think that's fair.
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` Q. And you see in the feedforward path in
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` figure 6 there's a capacitor labelled C1?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Wouldn't that capacitor C1 block any DC
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` components of the output?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So in view of that, wouldn't the output
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` of block Af in figure 5 be a pure AC signal?
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` A. In the implementation in figure 6, it is
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` a pure AC signal.
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` Q. It is.
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` So referring back, then, to your
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` earlier, I'm going to read it again.
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` The first sentence in paragraph 95 says
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` the offset current is added to the sensed signal by
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` the summing circuit (the summation sign, outlined in
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` brown.)
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` So the summation circuit is outlined in
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` brown in figure 5 in your highlighted version of
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` figure 5, correct? Sorry, let me back up. Sorry. I
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` messed up.
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` Referring to paragraph 95 of your
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` declaration, it's your opinion that the offset
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` current, which you've testified is the output of
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` block labelled Af in your highlighted version of
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` figure 5, is added to the sensed signal by the
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` summing circuit, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And that summing circuit is the circuit
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` that's highlighted in brown in your highlighted
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` version of figure 5?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you agree that both of the inputs to
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` this summation circuit that's circled in brown in
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` your highlighted version of figure 5 are AC signals,
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` correct?
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` A. I think there still are potentially DC
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` components of those. In the extenuation in figure 5,
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` you know, it's not clear that it's pure AC, but
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` it's -- certainly the intention of the circuit is to
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` Q. So let me ask it this way, then.
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` The two inputs -- you would agree that
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` the two inputs to the summation circuit highlighted
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` in brown in figure 5 include AC components?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Both inputs?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And so then the output of that summation
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` circuit would include a combination of those two AC
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` inputs, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. In combining the two AC inputs, the
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` magnitude of AC output from that summation circuit is
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` going to be dependent on the phase alignment to the
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` two AC components; isn't that correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. If we can turn to page 50 of your
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` declaration.
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` On page 50, the paragraph 103, you
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` address Kwak's equation 4, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And if we look at Kwak on page 2669,
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` equation 4 appears on that page, right?
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` A. It does.
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` Q. And the equation in paragraph 103 of
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` your declaration is the same equation as on page 2669
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` of Kwak, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. One of the variables in equation 4 is
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` the current output from the envelope amplifier A --
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` ia, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And that's the same ia that's shown in
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` figure 5, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Which is the envelope amplifier output
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` current, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And the envelope amplifier output
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` current ia is an AC signal, correct?
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` A. It has an AC component, as we said
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` before.
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` Q. Another variable in Kwak's figure 4 is
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` Vin, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And this is the input voltage shown in
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` figure 5, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is the input voltage Vin also an AC
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` signal?
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` A. In the sense that it has an AC
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` Q. Fair enough.
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` So back on page 50 of your declaration,
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` in paragraph 103, beneath Kwak's equation 4, you've
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` provided another equation, correct? And you
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` explain -- was that a yes?
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` A. I'm sorry, it's not exactly an equation,
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` but there's only one piece of an equation. It's an
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` expression.
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` Q. Okay. You provided a piece of an
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` equation underneath Kwak's equation 4 on page 50?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you explain that this portion of
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` equation 4 that you've included on page 50 is
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` representative of the total output current that is
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` provided by the switcher id, correct?
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` Q. Then you then state below the portion of
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` the equation according to this expression, the supply
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` current from the switcher id is proportional to the
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` offset current Af:as the offset Af increases, so will
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` the supply current from the switcher id, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Af is a gained value, right?
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` A. It's a gained value, but in this case, I
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` mean, it's being used to represent the output of that
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` block.
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` Q. So in what sense?
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` A. In this description. The Af times the in
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` is pointing to the output current. So it's kind of a
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` proxy for --
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. -- current.
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` Q. So what you're saying is --
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` A. It's a bad way of describing it, I
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` agree.
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` Q. How would you describe it?
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` A. Af is not -- is not a current.
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` Q. Would it be better to say that the
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` supply current from the switcher is proportional to
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And that Af times Vin corresponds to what
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` you're calling the offset current, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. According to this portion of
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` though, the supply current from the switcher id is
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` proportional to the sum of As times ia and Af times
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` Vin, right?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. You agree that ia and Vin are signals
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` that include AC components, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And so according to this equation, the
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` magnitude of current id is going to be dependent on
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` the phase alignment of ia and Vin, correct?
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` You want me to re-ask that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. According to this equation, the
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` magnitude of the current i -- I'm trying to read it,
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` but let me re-ask it.
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` According to this equation, the
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` on the phase alignment of AC signals ia and Vin?
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` A. Sorry, I have to --
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` Q. You want me to say it one more time?
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` A. Y