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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s)1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by U.S. Pub. No. 2019/0326814 to Cho.
Cho teaches
1, 12. A heating module and control method, comprising:
a buck-boost feedback controller (Fig. 6 paragraphs 78-87); and
a programmable controller, coupled to the buck-boost feedback controller, configured to receive a control command (Fig. 6, Vref, paragraphs 78-87),
wherein the programmable controller converts the control command into a first binary value and a second binary value, and writes the first binary value and the second binary value into the buck-boost feedback controller (Fig. 6, paragraphs 87-97),
wherein the buck-boost feedback controller converts the first binary value and the second binary value into a reference voltage value and an output voltage feedback proportion value (Fig. 6, paragraphs 87-115, Vm and Vmd), and calculates an output voltage according to the reference voltage value and the output voltage feedback proportion value (Fig. 6, paragraphs 87-115, buck mode or boost mode),
wherein the programmable controller outputs the output voltage (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
2, 13. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein after the programmable controller writes the first binary value and the second binary value into the buck-boost feedback controller, the buck-boost feedback controller responds with a first response signal to the programmable controller (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
3,14. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein the programmable controller reads the first binary value and the second binary value from the buck-boost feedback controller, and after completely receiving the first binary value and the second binary value, the programmable controller sends a second response signal to the buck-boost feedback controller (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
4,15. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein the control command corresponds to a target wattage value, and the programmable controller queries a first lookup table according to the control command to obtain the first binary value and the second binary value (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
5,16. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein the programmable controller writes the first binary value and the second binary value into a first register and a second register of the buck-boost feedback controller (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
6,17. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein the buck-boost feedback controller queries a second lookup table according to the first binary value and the second binary value to obtain the reference voltage value (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
7,18. The heating module according to claim 6, wherein the buck-boost feedback controller queries the second lookup table according to the first binary value and the second binary value to obtain the output voltage feedback proportion value (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
8,19. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein the programmable controller is further coupled to a terminal device to receive the control command from the terminal device (Fig. 6, paragraphs 78-115).
9. The heating module according to claim 1, wherein the heating module further comprises a heating carrier coupled to the buck-boost feedback controller (paragraph 82,86,89, load resistor).
10,20. The heating module according to claim 9, wherein the buck-boost feedback controller outputs the output voltage to the heating carrier (paragraph 82,86,89, load resistor).
11. The heating module according to claim 9, wherein the heating carrier comprises a heating coil coupled between an output voltage and a ground voltage (paragraph 89, inductor L or load resistor).
Conclusion
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