PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937947
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["323", "259000"]

Abstract:
A boost and LDO hybrid converter with dual-loop control is disclosed. In some implementations, a hybrid converter includes an inductor having a first terminal to receive an input voltage and a second terminal; an n-type metal oxide semiconductor device (nMOS) having a drain coupled to the second terminal of the inductor; a p-type metal oxide semiconductor device (pMOS) having a gate, a drain, and a source, the source coupled to the second terminal of the inductor; an output capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the drain of the first pMOS; and a controller having a switch driver and a buffer, wherein the controller is configured to use the switch driver to drive the gate of the first pMOS in a boost mode and to use the buffer to drive the gate of the first pMOS in a low drop out (LDO) mode.

Claim (Index 3):
A hybrid converter, comprising:\n an inductor having a first terminal to receive an input voltage and a second terminal; an n-type metal oxide semiconductor device (nMOS) having a drain coupled to the second terminal of the inductor and a source coupled to ground; a p-type metal oxide semiconductor device (pMOS) having a gate, a drain, and a source, the source coupled to the drain of the first nMOS and the second terminal of the inductor; an output capacitor having a first and a second terminal, the first terminal coupled to the drain of the pMOS and the second terminal coupled to ground; a controller having a switch driver and a buffer, wherein the controller is configured to use the switch driver to drive the gate of the pMOS to configure the hybrid converter as a boost converter if the input voltage is less than an output voltage of the hybrid converter and to use the buffer to drive the gate of the pMOS to configure the hybrid converter as a low drop out linear voltage regulator (LDO) if the input voltage is greater than the output voltage; a current sensor coupled across the inductor to provide a feedback current signal to a positive terminal of the controller; and a compensation network coupled to an input of the buffer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11582707', '15882408', '14954561', '15459833', '14586151']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7593260942166569
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4873190736930758
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7321253921642987
- Mean Citation Score: 263.25556
- Max Citation Score: 265.06226000000004
- Similarity Product: 205.82807726640465

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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