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

Claim 3:
4. The power converter of claim 2, wherein the plurality of switching states comprises, for duty cycles greater than 0.5:
a first state in which the first switch and the second switch of the first phase are activated and the first switch and the second switch of the second phase are activated;
a second state in which the first switch and the second switch of the first phase are activated, the second switch and the fourth switch of the second phase are activated, and the fifth switch is activated;
a third state in which the first switch and the second switch of the first phase are activated and the first switch and the second switch of the second phase are activated;
a fourth state in which the first switch and the third switch of the first phase are activated, the first switch and the second switch of the second phase are activated, and the eighth switch is activated;
a fifth state in which the first switch and the second switch of the first phase are activated and the first switch and the second switch of the second phase are activated;
a sixth state in which the first switch and the second switch of the first phase are activated, the first switch and the fourth switch of the second phase are activated, and the eighth switch is activated;
a seventh state in which the first switch and the second switch of the first phase are activated and the first switch and the second switch of the second phase are activated; and
an eighth state in which the first switch and the second switch of the second phase are activated, the second switch and the fourth switch of the first phase are activated, and the sixth switch is activated.