Patent ID: 9729059
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H02M

Claim:
1. A direct current to direct current (DC-DC) power converter, comprising: a lower printed circuit board (PCB) part having a bottom side and a top side; an upper printed circuit board (PCB) part having a bottom side and a top side; an embedded integrated circuit that is embedded between the bottom side of the upper PCB part and the top side of the lower PCB part, wherein the embedded integrated circuit comprises: at least one via extending through the upper PCB part; an inductor positioned over the top side of the upper PCB part, wherein the inductor is electrically coupled by way of the at least one via to the first and second power switches, and wherein a footprint of the inductor overlaps, at least partially, with a footprint of the embedded integrated circuit; an input port coupled to at least one of the first and second power switches, the input port configured to receive an input signal at an input voltage; an output port coupled to the inductor, the output port configured to provide an output signal at an output voltage that is different than the input voltage, wherein the output voltage is based, at least in part, on the first and second power switches causing the inductor to charge and discharge energy; and a feedback system comprising: