PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941496
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["323", "282000"]

Abstract:
Multiphase voltage regulator systems are disclosed which include parallel signal pathways that functionally cooperate to provide an analog output signal at a constant, or substantially constant, voltage. The parallel signal pathways generate energy storage element charging signals to charge and/or discharge energy storage elements. Energy provided by discharging energy storage elements is thereafter combined to provide the analog output signal. Moreover, the parallel signal pathways compare one of the energy storage element charging signals with a reference input signal to provide a global error correction signal representing a difference, or error, between the reference input signal and the analog output signal. The parallel signal pathways thereafter adjust the energy storage element charging signals in accordance with the global error correction signal to lessen this difference or error. In some situations, manufacturing variations and/or misalignment tolerances present within the parallel signal pathways can cause mismatches between the parallel signal pathways. In these situations, the parallel signal pathways compare remaining energy storage element charging signals to the global error correction signal to provide local error correction signals to quantify these mismatches. Thereafter, the parallel signal pathways adjust the remaining energy storage element charging signals in accordance with the one or more local error correction signals to compensate for these mismatches.

Claim (Index 11):
The multiphase voltage regulator of  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of regulator channel circuitry comprises:\n a comparator configured to provide an energy storage element charging signal based on a comparison of a regulator pathway regulation signal from among the plurality of regulator pathway regulation signals to a switching clock signal from among the plurality switching clock signals; and energy storage element charging circuitry configured to:\n activate a first transistor and deactivate a second transistor in response to the second switching clock signal being less than the regulator pathway regulation signal to discharge a second energy storage element from among the plurality of energy storage elements; and \n deactivate the first transistor and activate the second transistor in response to the second switching clock signal being greater than regulator pathway regulation signal to charge the second energy storage element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11130539', '14323870', '14454134', '13534753', '13836165']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7291378154627329
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.459397969355488
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7021638308520085
- Mean Citation Score: 143.360274
- Max Citation Score: 145.9998
- Similarity Product: 111.52723436493874

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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