PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16029685
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A power converter includes an input node that receives an input voltage and a control loop that regulates an output voltage of the power converter. The power converter also includes a comparison voltage generation circuit that generates a comparison voltage based on an operating point of the power converter. The power converter also includes a first comparator that compares a control loop voltage in the control loop with the comparison voltage and generates a control signal. The power converter also includes a mode control circuit that transitions the power converter from the low power operating mode to a first operating mode using the control signal. The output voltage is regulated in both the first operating mode and the low power operating mode.

Claim (Index 1):
A method comprising:\n in a first operating mode of a power converter, generating a periodic signal with a periodic signal generator in a control loop of the power converter; converting the periodic signal into a drive signal that controls switching of a power switching circuit of the power converter to control transfer of power from an input node of the power converter to an output node of the power converter; transitioning the power converter from the first operating mode to a low power operating mode, wherein during the low power operating mode, the periodic signal generator is disabled during portions of respective switching periods of the power switching circuit based on i) measurements of current between the power switching circuit and the output node of the power converter, and ii) a signal corresponding to a new period of the periodic signal; generating a comparison voltage based on a measurement indicative of an operating point of the power converter; with a first comparator of the power converter, comparing a control loop voltage in the control loop with the comparison voltage to generate a control signal, wherein the control loop voltage is an error voltage of the power converter; transitioning the power converter from the low power operating mode back to the first operating mode based on the control signal, wherein the periodic signal generator is enabled in the first operating mode; and regulating an output of the power converter in the low power operating mode and the first operating mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.88636
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15247669', '15651998', '15251936', '13953317', '12930190']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7391586520599351
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5190889925864568
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7171516861125874
- Mean Citation Score: 263.37736
- Max Citation Score: 353.21143
- Similarity Product: 340.4727607233304

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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