PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15925970
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A buck-boost switching converter which receives an input voltage and provides an output voltage is presented. The converter contains a first set of switches having a first power switch and a first ground switch, a second set of switches having a second power switch and a second ground switch. A controller is arranged to send control signals to the first and second set of switches. The controller is arranged such that in a buck mode, the first set of switches operates to provide buck regulation while the second power switch is held in a closed state. In a boost mode, the second set of switches operates to provide boost regulation while the first power switch is held in a closed state, and the controller is arranged to selectively operate the buck-boost switching converter in the buck mode or the boost mode based on a length of a time period.

Claim (Index 16):
The buck-boost switching converter of  claim 15 , wherein the decision circuit comprises:\n an AND gate comprising a first input coupled to the first power switch and a second input coupled to the second power switch; a timing circuit comprising an input coupled to an output of the AND gate; and a mode circuit comprising an input coupled to an output of the timing circuit; wherein the AND gate outputs a high signal when the first power switch and the second power switch are in the similar state; wherein when operating in the buck mode, if a high signal is received at the input of the timing circuit for the first threshold then the timing circuit outputs a signal to the mode circuit, and in response the mode circuit provides the first mode signal to switch the mode of operation of the switching converter from the buck mode to the boost mode; and when operating in the boost mode, if a high signal is received at the input of the timing circuit for the second threshold then the timing circuit outputs a signal to the mode circuit, and in response the mode circuit provides the second mode signal to switch the mode of operation of the switching converter from the boost mode to the buck mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.77193
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15217102', '12971519', '12720034', '13591421', '13591706']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7808584001646787
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5222317736596177
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7549957375141725
- Mean Citation Score: 357.742694
- Max Citation Score: 359.76248
- Similarity Product: 279.9699605033874

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

Dataset: test