PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898116
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["363", "021010"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed toward a switching power supply and improvements thereof. In accordance with an embodiment, a switching power supply is provided. The switching power supply comprises: a first power supply stage that forms an intermediate regulated voltage; and a second power supply stage configured to accept the intermediate regulated voltage and configured to form a regulated output voltage, wherein the first power supply stage monitors an error signal that is representative of a difference between the intermediate regulated voltage and a desired level for the intermediate regulated voltage to detect a light load condition and wherein the first power supply stage enters a first power-saving mode when the error signal falls below a first threshold, a switching frequency in the first power supply stage being reduced in the first power-saving mode, and wherein the first power supply stage enters a second power-saving mode when the error signal falls below a second threshold, switching in the first power supply stage being performed in bursts in the second power-saving mode.

Claim (Index 1):
A switching power supply comprising:\n a first power supply stage that forms an intermediate regulated voltage; and a second power supply stage configured to accept the intermediate regulated voltage and configured to form a regulated output voltage, wherein the first power supply stage monitors an error signal that is representative of a difference between the intermediate regulated voltage and a desired level for the intermediate regulated voltage to detect a light load condition and wherein the first power supply stage enters a first power-saving mode when the error signal falls below a first threshold, a switching frequency in the first power supply stage being reduced in the first power-saving mode, and wherein the first power supply stage enters a second power-saving mode when the error signal falls below a second threshold, switching in the first power supply stage being performed in bursts in the second power-saving mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74242
- Patent Class: 363.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15143243', '15143086', '15615653', '12549222', '14975692']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8335699670545077
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5528787840682162
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8055008487558786
- Mean Citation Score: 328.425492
- Max Citation Score: 440.06873
- Similarity Product: 355.7123101722985

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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