Patent ID: 7659700

Claim:
An electronic device for transferring charge, comprising: a charge storage device; an inductive section; a switching array connected to the charge storage device through the inductive section and connectable to first, second, and third nodes of a power terminal, the first node corresponding to a first phase of the power terminal, the second node corresponding to a second phase of the power terminal, and the third node corresponding to a third phase of the power terminal, wherein the switching array comprises a first set of switches connected to the first node, a second set of switches connected to the second node, and a third set of switches connected to the third node; a controller configured to control the switching array so as to cause a first predetermined charge to interchange between the first node and the charge storage device, a second predetermined charge to interchange between the second node and the charge storage device, and a third predetermined charge to interchange between the third node and the charge storage device; and a bypass switch configured to close a circuit between the charge storage device and the inductive section so as to prevent charge from interchanging between the charge storage device and the first, second, and third nodes, wherein the controller is configured to close the bypass switch so as to change a voltage across the charge storage device.