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`an envelope amplifier operative to receive an envelope signal and the boosted supply
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`voltage and generate a second supply voltage based on the envelope signal and the boosted
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`supply voltage.
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`9.
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`The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the envelope amplifier is operative to
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`further receive the first supply voltage and generate the second supply voltage based on the first
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`supply voltage or the boosted supply voltage.
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`10.
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`(Currently Amended) An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
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`a power amplifier operative to receive and amplify an input radio frequency (RF) signal
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`and provide an output RF signal; and
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`a supply generator operative to receive an envelope signal and a first supply voltage, to
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`generate a boosted supply voltage having a higher voltage than the first supply voltage, and to
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`generate a second supply voltage for the power amplifier based on the envelope signal and the
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`boosted supply voltage, wherein the supply generator incorporates an operational amplifier gop-
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`amp) operative to receive the envelope signal and provide an amplified signal, a driver operative
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`to receive the amplified signal and provide a first control signal and a second control signal, a P-
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`channel metal oxide semiconductor {PMOSL transistor having a gate receiving a first control
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`signal, a source receiving the boosted supply voltage or the first supply voltage, and a drain
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`providing the second supply voltage, and an N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS)
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`transistor having a gate receiving the second control signal, a drain providing the second supply
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`voltage, and a source coupled to circuit ground.
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`11.
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`(Original)
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`The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the supply generator is operative to
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`generate the second supply voltage based on the envelope signal and either the boosted supply
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`voltage or the first supply voltage.
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`12.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`A method of generating supply voltages, comprising:
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`generating a boosted supply voltage based on a first supply voltage, the boosted supply
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`voltage having a higher voltage than the first supply voltage; and
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`generating a second supply voltage based on an envelope signal and the boosted supply
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`voltage, wherein the second supply voltage is generated by an envelope amplifier that produces
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`the second supply voltage using an operatioual amplifier (op-amp) that receives the envelope
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`signal and provides an amplified signal, a driver that receives the amplified signal and provides a
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`first control si nal and a second control si nal a P-channel metal oxide semiconductor PMOS
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`transistor that receives the first control signal, a source that receives the boosted supply voltage
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`or the first supply voltage, and a drain providing the second supply voltage and an N—channel
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`metal oxide semiconductor NMOS transistor that receives the second control si nal at a
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`and provides a second supply voltage through a drain, and a source for circuit grounding.
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`13.
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`(Original)
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`The method of claim 12, wherein the generating the second supply voltage
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`comprises generating the second supply voltage based on the envelope signal and either the
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`boosted supply voltage or the first supply voltage.
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`14.
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`(Currently Amended) An apparatus for generating supply voltages, comprising:
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`means for generating a boosted supply voltage based on a first supply voltage,
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`the
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`boosted supply voltage having a higher voltage than the first supply voltage; and
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`means for generating a second supply voltage based on the envelope signal and the
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`boosted supply voltage , wherein the means for generating the second supply voltage
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`incorporates an envelope amplifier that produces the second supply voltage using an operational
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`amplifier (op-amp) that receives the envelope signal and provides an amplified signal, a driver
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`that receives the am lified si nal and rovides a first control si nal and a second control si nal a
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`P-channel metal oxide semiconductor PMOS transistor that receives the first control si nal a
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`source that receives the boosted su
`l volta e or the first su
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`the second su
`l volta e and an N-channel metal oxide semiconductor NMOS transistor that
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`receives the second control signal at a gate and provides a second supply voltage through a drain,
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`and a source for circuit grounding.
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`15.
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`(Original)
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`The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the means for generating the second
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`supply voltage comprises means for generating the second supply voltage based on an envelope
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`signal and either the boosted supply voltage or the first supply voltage.
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`l6.
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`(Canceled)
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`l7.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The apparatus of claim fl +6, further comprising:
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`a boost converter operative to receive the first supply voltage and provide a boosted
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`supply voltage having a higher voltage than the first supply voltage, wherein the envelope
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`amplifier operates based on the first supply voltage or the boosted supply voltage.
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`18.
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`$he—apparatusotlelaim—l-é An apparatus comprising:
`(Currently Amended)
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`a switcher operative to receive a first supply voltage and provide a first supply current;
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`an envelope amplifier operative to receive an envelope signal and provide a second
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`supply current based on the envelope signal; and
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`a ower am lifier o erative to receive an envelo e si nal and rovide a second su
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`current based on the envelope signal; and
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`a power amplifier operative to receive a total supply current comprising the first supply
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`current and the second supply current, wherein the switcher comprises
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`a current sense amplifier operative to sense the first supply current, or the second supply
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`current, or the total supply current and provide a sensed signal,
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`a driver operative to receive the sensed signal and provide a first control signal and a
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`second control signal,
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`a P-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor having a gate receiving the
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`first control signal, a source receiving the first supply voltage, and a drain providing a switching
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`signal for an inductor providing the first supply current, and
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`an N—channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having a gate receiving the
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`second control signal, a drain providing the switching signal, and a source coupled to circuit
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`ground.
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`19.
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`(Currently Amended) The apparatus of claim [[16]]l_8, wherein the first supply current
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`comprises direct current (DC) and low frequency components, and wherein the second supply
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`current comprises higher frequency components.
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`20.
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`(Canceled)
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`21.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The apparatus of claim 2 2-9, wherein the switcher operates
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`based on a first supply voltage, and wherein the offset is determined based on the first supply
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`voltage.
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`22.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`Ibe—apparatus—e-tlel-a-imég An apparatus comprising:
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`an inductor operative to receive a switching sigpal and provide a supply current; and
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`a switcher operative to sense an input current and generate the switching signal to charge
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`and discharge the inductor to provide the supply current, the switcher adding an offset to the
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`input current to generate a larger supply current via the inductor than without the offset, wherein
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`the switcher comprises
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`a summer operative to sum the input current and an offset current and provide a summed
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`current,
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`a current sense amplifier operative to receive the summed current and provide a sensed
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`signal, and
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`a driver operative to receive the sensed signal and provide at least one control signal used
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`to generate the switching signal for the inductor.
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`23.
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`(Original)
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`The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the at
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`least one control signal
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`comprises a first control signal and a second control signal, and wherein the switcher further
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`comprises
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`a P-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor having a gate receiving the
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`first control signal, a source receiving a first supply voltage, and a drain providing the switching
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`signal, and
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`an N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having a gate receiving the
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`second control signal, a drain providing the switching signal, and a source coupled to circuit
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`ground.
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`24.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The apparatus of claim 2 2-0, further comprising:
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`an envelope amplifier operative to receive an envelope signal and provide a second
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`supply current based on the envelope signal, wherein a total supply current comprises the supply
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`current from the switcher and the second supply current from the envelope amplifier.
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`25.
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`(Original)
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`The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:
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`a boost converter operative to receive the first supply voltage and provide a boosted
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`supply voltage having a higher voltage than the first supply voltage, wherein the envelope
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`amplifier operates based on the first supply voltage or the boosted supply voltage.
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`26.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The apparatus of claim 22 2-0, further comprising:
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`a power amplifier operative to receive the supply current from the inductor and to receive
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`and amplify an input radio frequency (RF) signal and provide an output RF signal.
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`REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`The above identified patent application has been amended and reconsideration and
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`reexamination are hereby requested.
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`Claims 3-15, 17-19, and 21-26 are now pending in the application. Claims 1, 2, 16, and
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`20 have been canceled. Claims 3, 4, 6-8, 10,
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`l2, 14, 17-19, 21, 22, 24, and 26 have been
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`amended. No new matter has been added, as the claim amendments and new claims have
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`support in the application as originally filed.
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`Claim Rejections — 35 LES. C. § ”2(b)
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`Claim 3 was objected under 35 U.S.C. § I 12(b), second paragraph, as being indefinite for
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`failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the Applicant
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`regards as the invention. According to the Office Action, the conditions where the envelope
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`amplifier operated according to “first threshold” andfor “second threshold” is not seen disclosed
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`in the specification.
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`The Applicant respectfully directs the Examiner’s attention to paragraphs [0034] and
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`[0051] which disclose the envelope amplifier being operated according to a “first threshold”
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`and/or a “second threshold” and requests that the rejection be withdrawn.
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`Claims Rejections - 35 U.S. C. § 102
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`The Examiner has rejected claims 1, 2, 6-12, 19-21, and 24-26 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
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`as being anticipated by Kim ct a1. (RM03D-l “High Efficiency and Wideband Envelope
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`Tracking Power Amplifier with Sweet Spot Tracking,” hereinafter “Kim”). Rejections to claims
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`1, 2, 16, and 20 are moot, as these claims have been canceled.
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`Kim discloses a high efficiency and wideband envelope tracking power amplifier with
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`sweet spot tracking. (Title) By modulating the supply voltage of a power amplifier efficiency
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`may be increased. Linearity is also improved by envelope shaping and sweet spot tracking. The
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`supply modulator has a combined structure of a switching amplifier and a linear amplifier to
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`achieve high efficient and wide bandwidth. (Abstract)
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`Amended independent claim 1 recites
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`an operational amplifier (op-amp) operative to
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`receive the envelope signal and provide an amplified signal, a driver operative to receive the
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`amplified signal and provide a first control signal and a second control signal, a P-channel metal
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`oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor having a gate receiving the first control signal, a source
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`receiving the boosted supply voltage or the first supply voltage, and a drain providing the second
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`supply voltage, and an N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having a gate
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`receiving the second control signal, a drain providing the second supply voltage, and a source
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`coupled to circuit ground.” Amended independent claims 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 20 recite similar
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`limitations. The Applicant submits that Kim does not teach the recitations of claims 1, 8, 10, 12,
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`14, 16, and 20.
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`Kim does not disclose the above recitation. Kim Kim discloses a power amplifier with high
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`efficiency, wideband envelope tracking, and incorporating sweet spot tracking. Kim is silent
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`regarding an operational amplifier that receives the envelope signal and provide as output an
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`amplified signal. Kim is also silent regarding a driver that receives the amplified signal and
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`provides a first control signal and a second control signal. In particular, Kim is silent regarding a
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`PMOS transistor and and NMOS transistor. Therefore, Kim does not teach “an
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`operational
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`amplifier (op-amp) operative to receive the envelope signal and provide an amplified signal, a
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`driver operative to receive the amplified signal and provide a first control signal and a second
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`control signal,
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`a P-channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor having a gate
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`receiving the first control signal, a source receiving the boosted supply voltage or the first supply
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`voltage, and a drain providing the second supply voltage, and an N-channel metal oxide
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`semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having a gate receiving the second control signal, a drain
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`providing the second supply voltage, and a source coupled to circuit ground."
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`Accordingly, the Applicant submits that claims I, 8, 10,
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`l2,
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`l4,
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`l6, and 20 are not
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`anticipated by Kim under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`The dependent claims are dependent on their respective base claims and therefore include
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`all of the features of their respective base claims and additional features therein. As such, these
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`claims are also allowable based upon their respective base claims and the additional features
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`therein.
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`Claim Objections/A ”awable Subject Matter
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`The Examiner has objected to claim 4, 5, 18, 22, and 23 as being dependent upon a
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`rejected base claim. The Applicant has amended the claim into independent form including all
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`of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims. Accordingly, claim <> is now
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`al lowabl 0.
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`CONCLUSION
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`In light of the amendments contained herein, the Applicant submits that the application is
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`in condition for allowance, for which early action is requested.
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`Please charge any fees or overpayments that may be due with this response to Deposit
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
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`From the INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AUTHORITY
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` -Hooks, William M.
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`OUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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`1. This International Searching Authority
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`(number of) inventions claimed in the international application covered
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`(ii)
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` on those parts of the international application which relate to the invention first mentioned in claims Nos:
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`PCTfU32012/043915
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`International application No.
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`This International Searching Authority found multiple (groups of)
`inventions in this international application, as follows:
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`1. claims:
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`1—15
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`Independent claim 1 in connection with dependent claims 2-5
`and independent claim 8 in connection with dependent claim 9
`define a device comprising a boost converter that generates
`from a first supply voltage a boosted supply voltage, and an
`envelope amplifier that receives an envelope signal,
`the
`first supply voltage, and the boosted supply voltage, and
`generates a second Supply voltage based thereon.
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`1.1. claim: 6
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`in connection with dependent claim 6
`Independent claim 1
`defines a device comprising a boost converter that generates
`from a first supply voltage a boosted supply voltage, and an
`envelope amplifier that receives an envelope signal and the
`boosted supply voltage, and generates a second supply
`voltage based thereon, wherein the envelope amplifier feeds
`an RF power amplifier.
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`1.2. claim:
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`?
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`Independent claim 1 in connection with dependent claim 7
`defines a device comprising a boost converter that generates
`from a first supply voltage a boosted supply voltage, and an
`envelope amplifier that receives an envelope signal and the
`boosted supply voltage, and generates a second supply
`voltage based thereon, wherein the first supply voltage is a
`battery voltage.
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`1.3. claims: 10—15
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`Independent claim 10 in connection with dependent claim 11
`and independent claim 12 in connection with dependent claim
`13 and independent claim 14 in connection with dependent
`claim 15 define a device or method comprising a boost
`converter that generates from a first supply voltage a
`boosted supply voltage, and an envelope amplifier that
`receives an envelope signal and the boosted supply v