Patent ID: 11949332
Assignee: CIRRUS LOGIC INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The power converter of claim 1, further comprising a control circuit configured to operate the power converter in a forward 3-level buck mode having a plurality of switching states, wherein:
for at least a first one of the plurality of switching states, the fifth switch is activated to couple the flying capacitor of the first phase and the flying capacitor of the second phase in series;
for at least a second one of the plurality of switching states, the sixth switch is activated to couple the flying capacitor of the first phase and the flying capacitor of the second phase in series; and
for at least a third one of the plurality of switching states, one of the seventh switch and the eighth switch is activated to couple the flying capacitor of the first phase and the flying capacitor of the second phase in parallel.