PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["398", "045000"]

Abstract:
Split cascode circuits include multiple cascode paths coupled between voltage supply rails. Each cascode path includes a pair of controllable switches. A feedback path is provided for at least one of the cascode circuit paths. An active load circuit may also have a split cascode structure. Multiple-stage circuits, for implementation in Trans-Impedance Amplifiers (TIAs) or analog Receive Front-End modules (RXFEs), for example, include multiple stages of split cascode circuits.

Claim (Index 11):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a third controllable switch coupled to the first voltage supply rail and having a control terminal coupled to a variable load; a fourth controllable switch coupled to the second voltage supply rail and having a control terminal coupled to the variable load; multiple further cascode circuit paths coupled between the third controllable switch and the fourth controllable switch, each of the further cascode circuit paths comprising a pair of controllable switches; feedback paths coupled to the variable load and to respective feedback points between the pairs of controllable switches of the further cascode circuit paths; and\n a bias circuit coupled to control terminals of the pair of controllable switches of one of the cascode circuit paths and to the variable load, to generate control signals to control the pair of controllable switches and the variable load, wherein a load point between the pair of controllable switches of the one of the cascode circuit paths is coupled to an output point between the pair of controllable switches of one of the cascode circuit paths of the apparatus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47273
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15073735', '10637747', '12076289', '14471587', '14865582']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6446163549493115
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5416148236329017
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6343162018176706
- Mean Citation Score: 187.985322
- Max Citation Score: 348.56915
- Similarity Product: 310.3417225446641

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test