PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868496
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
An inductor; a first switch having a first side connected to a first voltage source (VS1); a second switch having a first side connected to a second side of the first switch (2SS1), and a second side connected to a first side of the inductor (1SI); a third switch having a first side connected to the 1SI; a fourth switch having a first side connected to a second side of the third switch (2SS3), and a second side connected to a second voltage source (VS2); a fifth switch having a first side connected to the 1SI, and a second side connected to the VS1 and/or the VS2; a first capacitor having a first side connected to the 2SS1, and a second side connected to the 2SS3; and a second capacitor having a first side connected to a second side of the inductor, and a second side connected to the VS2.

Claim (Index 1):
A circuit for a three-level buck regulator, comprising:\n an inductor having a first side and having a second side, wherein during operation, current only flows through the inductor from the first side of the inductor to the second side of the inductor; a first switch having a first side connected to an input voltage source and having a second side; a second switch having a first side connected to the second side of the first switch and having a second side connected to the first side of the inductor; a third switch having a first side connected to the first side of the inductor and having a second side; a fourth switch having a first side connected to the second side of the third switch and having a second side connected to a second voltage source; a fifth switch having a first side connected to the first side of the inductor and having a second side connected to the second voltage source; a sixth switch have a first side connected to the first side of the inductor and having a second side connected to the input voltage source; a first capacitor having a first side connected to the second side of the first switch and having a second side connected to the second side of the third switch; and a second capacitor having a first side connected to the second side of the inductor and having a second side connected to the second voltage source, wherein in a State 0 of the regulator:\n the first switch is open; \n the second switch is open; \n the third switch closed; \n the fourth switch is closed; \n the fifth switch is closed; and \n the sixth switch is open, \n wherein in a State 1 of the regulator:\n the first switch is open; \n the second switch is closed; \n the third switch open; \n the fourth switch is closed; \n the fifth switch is open; and \n the sixth switch is open, \n wherein in a State 2 of the regulator:\n the first switch is closed; \n the second switch is open; \n the third switch closed; \n the fourth switch is open; \n the fifth switch is open; and \n the sixth switch is open, \n wherein in a State 3 of the regulator:\n the first switch is closed; \n the second switch is closed; \n the third switch open; \n the fourth switch is open; \n the fifth switch is open; and \n the sixth switch is closed, \n wherein the regulator switches between State 0, State 1, and State 2 during a cycle of the regulator when a duty cycle of the regulator is less than 50%, and wherein the regulator switches between State 3, State 1, and State 2 during a cycle of the regulator when the duty cycle of the regulator is greater than 50%.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 5.76667
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15695955', '15487659', '10696230', '15487682', '11052480']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7271417403276846
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.496093384829779
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.704036904777894
- Mean Citation Score: 216.753266
- Max Citation Score: 276.1723
- Similarity Product: 217.41942023715973

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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