Patent ID: 11881782
Assignee: PSEMI CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A converter circuit for converting an input voltage to an output voltage, including:
(a) a multi-level converter circuit including at least four switches, at least one capacitor, and at least one inductor;
(b) a switched resistance network, coupled to the at least one capacitor and to at least one switch of the at least four switches; and
(c) a directional correction circuit, coupled to the at least one capacitor and to the switched resistance network, configured to sense deviations in a voltage across at least one coupled capacitor and generate directional correction signals to the switched resistance network that, alone or in combination, dynamically change a pattern of charge or discharge states for the at least one coupled capacitor to selectively steer the voltage across the at least one coupled capacitor towards a balanced voltage state.