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`Case 6:20-cv-00562-ADA Document 61 Filed 07/22/21 Page 1 of 16Case 6:20-cv-00945-ADA Document 37-2 Filed 09/20/21 Page 2 of 17
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`PARKERVISION, INC.,
` Plaintiff
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`-v-
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`INTEL CORPORATION,
` Defendant
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`W-20-CV-00562-ADA
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`§
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`The Court held a Markman hearing on June 24, 2021 and July 22, 2021 . During those
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`hearings, the Court provided its final constructions. The Court now enters those claim
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`constructions.
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`SIGNED this 22nd day of July, 2021.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Term
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`“under-sample” /
`“undersamples” / “under-
`sampling”
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`’706 patent, claims 1, 6,
`7, 28, 34
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`“storage module”
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`’706 patent, claims 105, 114,
`164, 175, 179, 186, 190
`
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`“switch”
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`’706 patent, claims 105, 164,
`175, 186; ’108 patent, claim 1
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`“sampling at an aliasing rate”
`or “sampling at less than or
`equal to twice the frequency of
`the input signal”
`
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`“a module of an energy
`transfer system that stores
`non-negligible amounts of
`energy from an input
`electromagnetic signal for
`driving a low impedance load”
`
`“an electronic device for
`opening and closing a circuit
`as dictated by an independent
`control input”
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`“sample[s/ing] at less than or
`equal to twice the frequency of
`the input signal using
`negligible apertures (i.e., pulse
`widths) that tend towards zero
`time in duration”
`
`“a module that stores a non-
`negligible amount of energy
`from an input electromagnetic
`(EM) signal”
`
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`“an electronic device for
`opening and closing a circuit”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“sampling at an aliasing rate”
`or “sampling at less than or
`equal to twice the frequency of
`the input signal”
`
`
`“a module of an energy
`transfer system that stores
`non-negligible amounts of
`energy from an input
`electromagnetic signal for
`driving a low impedance load”
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning is “an electronic
`device for opening and closing
`a circuit as dictated by an
`independent control input”
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Term
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`“a down-convert and delay
`module to under-sample an
`input signal to produce an
`input sample of a down-
`converted image of said input
`signal, and to delay said input
`sample”
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`’706 patent, claims 1, 7
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`“a frequency translator to
`produce a sample of a down-
`converted image of an input
`signal, and to delay said
`sample”
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`’706 patent, claim 34
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Not subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning.
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`Not subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning.
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Function: under-sample an
`input signal according to a
`control signal to produce an
`input sample of a down-
`converted image of said input
`signal, and to delay said input
`sample
`
`Structure: the down convert
`and delay module 2624 in Fig.
`26 and described at 26:1-27:21
`and 28:2041, that includes the
`switches 2650 and 2654, and
`the capacitors 2652 and 2656;
`and equivalents thereof
`
`Function: produce a sample
`of a down-converted image of
`an input signal according to a
`control signal, and to delay
`said sample
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`Structure: the down convert
`and delay module 2624 in Fig.
`26 and described at 26:1-27:21
`and 28:2041, that includes the
`switches 2650 and 2654, and
`the capacitors 2652 and 2656;
`and equivalents thereof.
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`Term
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`“said input sample”, “said
`sample”
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`’706 patent, claims 1, 6, 7, 34
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`“delay module to delay
`instances of an output signal”,
`“delay modules to further
`delay one or more of said
`delayed and down-converted
`input samples”
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`’706 patent, claims 1, 7, 34,
`140
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`“the sample of the image that
`has been down-converted”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Not subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning.
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`Function: delay instances of
`an output signal / further delay
`one or more of said delayed
`and downconverted input
`samples
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`Structure: structure including
`“first delay module 2628,”
`“second delay module 2630”
`shown in Fig 26, “delay
`module 3204” shown in Fig.
`32 and described at 35:1-18;
`the sample and hold circuit
`4501 and 4503 in Fig. 45 and
`described at 32:44-33:19; or
`an analog delay line having a
`combination of capacitors,
`inductors and/or resistors
`described at 35:19-27; or
`equivalents thereof.
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`Term
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`“harmonic”, “harmonics”
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`’706 patent, claims 1, 6, 7, 28,
`34; ’508 patent, claim 1
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Harmonic: “A sinusoidal
`component of a periodic wave
`that has a frequency that is an
`integer multiple of the
`fundamental frequency of the
`periodic waveform and
`including the fundamental
`frequency as the first
`harmonic”
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`Harmonics: “A frequency or
`tone that, when compared to
`its fundamental or reference
`frequency or tone, is an integer
`multiple of it and including the
`fundamental frequency as the
`first harmonic”
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Harmonic: “A sinusoidal
`component of a periodic wave
`that has a frequency that is an
`integer multiple of the
`fundamental frequency of the
`periodic wave”
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`Harmonics: “Sinusoidal
`components of a periodic wave
`each of which have a
`frequency that is an integer
`multiple of the fundamental
`frequency of the periodic
`wave”
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`“pulse widths that are
`established to improve energy
`transfer”
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`’706 patent, claim 2
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`or Pulse widths that use non-
`negligible apertures for energy
`transfer
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`Indefinite
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Plain-and-ordinary meanings:
` Harmonic: “A sinusoidal
`component of a periodic
`wave that has a frequency
`that is an integer multiple
`of the fundamental
`frequency of the periodic
`waveform and including
`the fundamental frequency
`as the first harmonic”
` Harmonics: “A frequency
`or tone that, when
`compared to its
`fundamental or reference
`frequency or tone, is an
`integer multiple of it and
`including the fundamental
`frequency as the first
`harmonic”
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`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning.
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`Term
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`“means for under-sampling an
`input signal to produce an
`input sample of a down-
`converted image of said input
`signal”
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`’706 patent, claim 6
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`
`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Function: under-sampling an
`input signal to produce an
`input sample of a down-
`converted image of the input
`signal and under-sampling the
`input signal according to a
`control signal
`
`Structure: switch 2650 in
`Fig. 26; switch 5308 in Figs.
`53A/53A-1; and equivalents
`thereof
`
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`“first delaying means for
`delaying said input sample”
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`’706 patent, claim 6
`
`
`Function: delaying the input
`sample of a down-converted
`image of said input signal
`
`Structure: capacitor 2656 in
`Fig. 26 or capacitor 5310 in
`Figs. 53A/53A1; and
`equivalents thereof
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Function: under-sampling an
`input signal to produce an
`input sample of a down-
`converted image of said input
`signal and under-sampling the
`input signal according to a
`control signal
`
`Structure: the switch 2650
`and the capacitor 2652 in Fig.
`26 and described at 26:1-
`27:21, 28:20-28, and 39:25-
`28; the switch 5308 and
`capacitor 5310 in Fig. 53A and
`described at 28:46-47; the
`switch 5308 and capacitor
`5310 in Fig. 53A-1 and
`described at 28:52-56 and
`equivalents thereof.
`
`Function: delaying said input
`sample
`
`
`
`Structure: the switch 2654
`and capacitor 2656 shown in
`Fig. 26 and described at 25:57-
`27:21 and 28:2028; and
`equivalents thereof.
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`
`Function: under-sampling an
`input signal to produce an
`input sample of a down-
`converted image of said input
`signal and under-sampling the
`input signal according to a
`control signal
`
`Structure: the switch 2650
`and the capacitor 2652 in Fig.
`26 the switch 5308 and
`capacitor 5310 in Figs.
`53A/53A-1, and equivalents
`thereof.
`
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
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`Function: delaying said input
`sample
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`Structure: switch 2654 and
`capacitor 2656 shown in Fig.
`26.
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`Term
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`“second delaying means for
`delaying instances of an output
`signal”
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`’706 patent, claim 6
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Function: delaying instances
`of an output signal
`
`Structure: delay modules
`1722A, 1722B, 1722C, etc. in
`FIG. 17; delay modules 1912,
`1914 in Fig. 19; delay
`modules 2316, 2318 in Fig.
`23; first delay module 2628,
`second delay module 2630 in
`Fig. 26; delay module 3204
`shown in Fig. 32; sample and
`hold circuits 4501, 4503
`shown in Fig. 45; analog delay
`line 3404 shown in Fig. 34
`having a combination of
`capacitors, inductors, and/or
`resistors; and equivalents
`thereof
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Function: delaying instances
`of an output signal
`
`Structure: structure including
`“first delay module 2628,”
`“second delay module 2630”
`shown in Fig 26 and described
`at 32:27-55, “delay module
`3204” shown in Fig. 32 and
`described at 35:1-18; the
`sample and hold circuits 4501
`and 4503 in Fig. 45 and
`described at 32:44-64; or an
`analog delay line having a
`combination of capacitors,
`inductors and/or resistors
`described at 35:19-27; and
`equivalents thereof.
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
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`Function: delaying instances of
`an output signal
`
`Structure: delay modules
`1722A, 1722B, 1722C, etc. in
`FIG. 17; delay modules 1912,
`1914 in Fig. 19; delay modules
`2316, 2318 in Fig. 23; first
`delay module 2628, second
`delay module 2630 in Fig. 26;
`delay module 3204 shown in
`Fig. 32; sample and hold
`circuits 4501, 4503 shown in
`Fig. 45; analog delay line 3404
`shown in Fig. 34 having a
`combination of capacitors,
`inductors, and/or resistors; and
`equivalents thereof
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`“integral filter/frequency
`translator to filter and
`downconvert an input signal”
`
`’706 patent, claim 28
`
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`“a circuit having a unified
`input filter and frequency
`translator”
`
`
`Not subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning is “a circuit having a
`unified input filter and
`frequency translator.”
`
`
`Function: to filter and
`downconvert an input signal
`and to undersample said input
`signal according to a control
`signal
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`Structure: the Unified
`Downconvert and Filter
`(UDF) Module 2622 that
`includes:
`(1)
`the frequency translator
`1108 having the down convert
`and delay module 2624;
`(2)
`a first delay module,
`including the delay module
`2628 shown in Fig. 26, the
`delay module 3204 shown in
`Fig. 32 and described at 35:1-
`18, the sample and hold circuit
`4501 or 4503 shown in Fig. 45
`and described at 32:44-64, or
`the analog delay line having a
`combination of capacitors,
`inductors and/or resistors
`described at 35:19-27;
`(3)
`a second delay module
`including the delay module
`2630 shown in Fig. 26, the
`delay module 3204 shown in
`Fig. 32 and described at 35:1-
`18, the sample and hold circuit
`4501 or 4503 shown in Fig. 45
`and described at 32:44-64, or
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`the analog delay line having a
`combination of capacitors,
`inductors and/or resistors
`described at 35:19-27;
`a first scaling module,
`including the first scaling
`module 2632 shown in Fig.
`26, the resistor attenuator
`3602 shown in Fig. 36 and
`described at 35:44-55, or the
`amplifier/attenuator 3704
`implemented using
`operational amplifiers,
`transistors, or FETs shown in
`Fig. 37 and described at
`35:60-67;
`(5)
`a second scaling
`module, including the second
`scaling module 2634 shown in
`Fig. 26, the resistor attenuator
`3602 shown in Fig. 36 and
`described at 35:44-55, or the
`amplifier/attenuator 3704
`implemented using the
`operational amplifiers,
`transistors, or FETs shown in
`Fig. 37 and described at 35:60-
`67;
`(6)
`a first adder including,
`the adder 2625 in Fig. 26,
`adder 1720 in Fig. 17, the
`adder 2522 in Fig. 25, the
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`Term
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
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`“modulated signal”
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`’706 patent, claim 127
`
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`“an electromagnetic signal at a
`transmission frequency having
`at least one characteristic that
`has been modulated by a
`baseband signal”
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`summer 3902 in Fig. 39, or the
`summer 4102 in Fig. 41; and
`a second adder, including the
`adder 2626 in Fig. 26, adder
`1720 in Fig. 17, the adder 2522
`in Fig. 25, the summer 3902 in
`Fig. 39, and the summer 4102
`in Fig. 41; and equivalents
`thereof.
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`“a signal with physical
`characteristics varied to
`represent the transmitted
`information”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“an electromagnetic signal at a
`transmission frequency having
`at least one characteristic that
`has been modulated by a
`baseband signal”
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`“filter tuning means for tuning
`one or more filter parameters”
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`’706 patent, claim 134
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
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`Function: tuning one or more
`filter parameters
`
`Structure: scaling modules
`1716A, 1716B, 1716C, 1724A,
`1724B, 1724C in Fig. 17; input
`scaling module 1909 in Fig.
`19; scaling modules 1916,
`1918 in Fig. 19; scaling
`modules 2312, 2320, 2322 in
`Fig. 23; scaling module 2632,
`2634 in Fig. 26; scaling
`module 3502 including resistor
`attenuator 3504, 3602 in Figs.
`35, 36; scaling module 3702
`including amplifier/attenuator
`3704 in Fig. 37; and
`equivalents thereof.
`
`
`Function: tuning one or more
`filter parameters
`
`Structure: scaling modules
`1716A, 1716B, 1716C, 1724A,
`1724B, 1724C in Fig. 17;
`control signal generator 1790
`in Fig. 17; input scaling
`module 1909 in Fig. 19;
`scaling modules 1916, 1918 in
`Fig. 19; scaling modules 2312,
`2320, 2322 in Fig. 23; scaling
`module 2632, 2634 in Fig. 26;
`scaling module 3502 including
`resistor attenuator 3504, 3602
`in Figs. 35, 36; scaling module
`3702 including
`amplifier/attenuator 3704 in
`Fig. 37; control signal
`generator 4202 in Fig. 42; and
`equivalents thereof
`
`
`Function: tuning one or more
`filter parameters
`
`
`Structure: scaling modules
`including the resistor
`attenuator 3602 (shown in Fig.
`36 and described at 35:44-55)
`or the amplifier/attenuator
`3704 implemented using
`operational amplifiers,
`transistors, or FETS (shown in
`Fig. 37 and described at 35:60-
`67), each of the resistor
`attenuator 3602 and the
`amplifier/attenuator 3704
`having tunable resistors,
`capacitors, or inductors (as
`described at 42:33-36); and
`equivalents thereof; OR the
`control signal generator 4202
`(shown in Fig. 42 and
`described at 36:44-62 and
`42:27-32) implemented with a
`tunable oscillator 4204 and an
`aperture optimizing module
`4210 using tunable
`components (such as tunable
`resistors, capacitors, inductors,
`etc.) (described at 36:63-37:5
`and 42:2732) and equivalents
`thereof.
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`Term
`
`“pulse shaping means for
`shaping a string of pulses from
`a reference signal”
`
`’508 patent, claim 1
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Function: shaping a string of
`pulses from a reference signal
`
`Structure: the pulse shaping
`circuit 3900 shown in Fig. 39A
`and described at 48:8-39, the
`pulse shaping circuit 4000
`shown in Fig. 40A and
`described at 48:40-49:5, and
`the pulse shaping circuit 4100
`shown in Fig. 41 and described
`at 49:6-26, which incorporates
`circuit element 4104 shown in
`Fig. 43 and described at 49:6-
`26; and equivalents thereof.
`
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`
`Function: shaping a string of
`pulses from a reference signal
`
`Structure: the pulse shaping
`circuit 3900 shown in Fig. 39A
`and described at 48:8-39, the
`pulse shaping circuit 4000
`shown in Fig. 40A and
`described at 48:40-49:5, and
`the pulse shaping circuit 4100
`shown in Fig. 41 and described
`at 49:6-26, which incorporates
`circuit element 4104 shown in
`Fig. 43 and described at 49:6-
`26; and equivalents thereof.
`
`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Function: shaping a string of
`pulses from a reference signal
`
`Structure: pulse shaper 3900
`in Fig. 39A; pulse shaping
`circuit/pulse shaper 4000 in
`Fig. 40A; pulse shaping circuit
`4100 in Fig. 41; harmonic
`enhancement module 4602 in
`Fig. 46; signal shaper 5010 in
`Fig. 50; harmonic
`enhancement module 5124 in
`Fig. 51B-C; pulse shaper 5310
`in Fig. 53; pulse shaper 5438
`in Fig. 54A; pulse shaper 5438
`in Fig. 55; pulse shaper 5632
`in Fig. 56; pulse shaping
`circuit 5722 in Fig. 57A-C,
`pulse shaper 6216 in Fig. 62;
`pulse shaper 7812 in Fig. 78;
`and equivalents thereof
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`Term
`
`“aperture generation means …
`for generating a string of
`multiple pulses from said
`string of pulses”
`
`’508 patent, claim 1
`
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`“generating a string of multiple
`pulses from said string of
`pulses”
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`’508 patent, claim 1
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Function: generating a string
`of multiple pulses from said
`string of pulses
`
`Structure: aperture generation
`module 7806 in Fig. 78 having
`gate(s) and delay(s) such as the
`aperture generation module
`shown in Fig. 79; and
`equivalents thereof
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Function: generating a string
`of multiple pulses from said
`string of pulses
`
`Structure: the aperture
`generation module 7806
`shown in Fig. 79 and described
`at 49:54-50:5; and equivalents
`thereof.
`
`
`“generating a signal with
`multiple the number of pulses
`as said string of pulses”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`
`Function: generating a string
`of multiple pulses from said
`string of pulses
`
`Structure: the aperture
`generation module 7806
`shown in Fig. 79; and
`equivalents thereof.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Term
`
`“gating means for gating a bias
`signal under the control of said
`string of multiple pulses to
`generate a periodic signal
`having a plurality of harmonics
`at least one of which is at a
`desired frequency”
`
`’508 patent, claim 1
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`
`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Function: gating a bias signal
`under the control of said string
`of multiple pulses to generate a
`periodic signal having a
`plurality of harmonics at least
`one of which is at a desired
`frequency
`
`Structure: the switches shown
`in
`Fig. 28A, 29A, 30A, 31A,
`32A, 33A, 53, 54A, 55, 56,
`57A-C; and
`equivalents thereof
`
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`
`Function: gating a bias signal
`under the control of said string
`of multiple pulses to generate a
`periodic signal having a
`plurality of harmonics at least
`one of which is at a desired
`frequency
`
`Structure: the switches shown
`in Figs. 28A, 31A, 53, 54A,
`55, 56, 57A-C; the GaAsFETs
`shown in 29A, 30A, 32A, and
`33A, and equivalents thereof.
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Function: gating a bias signal
`under the control of said string
`of multiple pulses to generate a
`periodic signal having a
`plurality of harmonics at least
`one of which is at a desired
`frequency
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`Structure: switch 2816 shown
`in Fig. 28A and described at
`35:1436:24 and 45:47-46:37;
`GaAsFET 2901 shown in Fig.
`29A and described at 36:25-
`50; GaAsFETs 3002 and 3004
`shown in Fig. 30A and
`described at 36:25-50; switch
`5312 shown in Fig. 53 and
`described at 58:63-59:13,
`switch 5636 shown in Fig. 56
`and described at 60:66-61:10;
`switch 5420 shown in Fig. 54A
`and described at 60:1-22;
`switch 5724 shown in Figs.
`57A-B and described at 65:49-
`55; and equivalents thereof.
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`Term
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`“gating”
`
`’508 patent, claim 1
`
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`“changing between the open
`and closed states of a switch,
`as dictated by an independent
`control input”
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`“opening and closing a device
`to selectively output a signal”
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`“bias signal”
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`’508 patent, claim 1; ’108
`patent, claim 1
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`“control signal”
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`’108 patent, claim 1
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`“1) a signal having a steady,
`predetermined level; or 2) the
`modulating baseband signal”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`“third switch”
`
`’108 patent, claim 1
`
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, or
`“switch” as construed by the
`Court in Case No. 6:20-cv-108
`
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`“a signal having a fixed
`voltage or fixed current”
`
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`“an oscillating signal that
`controls the first switch with a
`frequency that is a sub-
`harmonic of and lower than the
`desired output frequency”
`
`“a switch controlling whether
`the antenna transmits said
`signal”
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`“pulse shaper”
`
`’108 patent, claims 6, 8
`
`
`“circuitry that shapes an
`oscillating signal to generate a
`string of pulses”
`
`
`“a circuit configured to
`enhance a desired harmonic by
`shaping an oscillating signal”
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`Court’s Final Construction
`
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning is “preventing or
`allowing the input signal to
`pass through the device based
`on an independent control
`signal”
`
`“a signal having a fixed
`voltage or fixed current”
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`“Switch”: Plain-and-ordinary
`meaning wherein the plain-
`and-ordinary meaning is “an
`electronic device for opening
`and closing a circuit as dictated
`by an independent control
`input”
`
`“circuitry that shapes an
`oscillating signal to generate a
`string of pulses”
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