PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767409
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A multiphase converter is provided with a multiphase conversion unit including a plurality of voltage conversion units; and a control unit configured to individually control the voltage conversion units using control signals. The control unit performs soft start control on the voltage conversion units by offsetting the time periods for individual voltage conversion units against each other. A detection unit detects a value reflecting an output current or an output voltage on a common output path from the plurality of voltage conversion units. The abnormality identifying unit identifies the abnormal voltage conversion unit or the abnormal group of voltage conversion units that generates an abnormal current or an abnormal voltage based on a result of detection by the detection unit during the time periods in which the soft start control is performed.

Claim (Index 5):
The multiphase converter according to  claim 2 ,\n wherein, if any abnormal voltage conversion unit or abnormal group of voltage conversion units is identified by the abnormality identifying unit, the control unit disables execution of voltage conversion by the abnormal voltage conversion unit or the abnormal group of voltage conversion units, and enables the remaining voltage conversion units of the multiphase conversion unit at least other than the disabled abnormal voltage conversion unit or abnormal group of voltage conversion units to perform voltage conversion, the control unit setting a target value for the output of the remaining voltage conversion units that is smaller than a target value when all of the multiphase conversion units are enabled.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20968
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15767170', '15767396', '16322042', '14911697', '12812764']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.718984939540204
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5137057059878177
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6984570161849655
- Mean Citation Score: 233.90002000000004
- Max Citation Score: 288.0313
- Similarity Product: 206.83893658349515

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

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