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 19):
A power converter comprising:\n an input node that receives an input voltage of the power converter; a control loop that regulates an output voltage of the power converter; a power transistor of a power switching circuit that: (i) is coupled to the input node; and (ii) is used by the control loop to regulate the output voltage of the power converter; a periodic signal generator that is operable to generate a periodic signal that is converted into a drive signal that controls switching of the power transistor to control transfer of power from the input node of the power converter to an output node of the power converter; a comparison voltage generation circuit that generates a comparison voltage based on an operating point of the power converter; a first comparator that compares 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; and a mode control circuit that transitions the power converter from a low power operating mode of the power converter to a first operating mode of the power converter based on the control signal; wherein in the first operating mode of the power converter the periodic signal generator is enabled to generate the periodic signal, and in the low power operating mode of the power converter the periodic signal generator is disabled from generating the periodic signal for portions of respective switching periods of the power transistor 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; and wherein the output voltage is regulated in both the first operating mode and the low power 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): 0.7391974675505707
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.519231708011978
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7172008915967114
- Mean Citation Score: 263.37736
- Max Citation Score: 353.21143
- Similarity Product: 336.99770353513776

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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