PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960537
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["327", "109000"]

Abstract:
In described examples, a first power switching circuit receives a power switching control signal and activates a first power switch in response to the power switching control signal. A second power switching circuit receives the power switching control, activates a second power switch in response to the power switching control signal, and determines a first power switching delay in response to temperature indications of the first and second power switches. The second power switching circuit activates the second power switch at a first delayed time after the activation of the first power switch, where the first delayed time follows the activation of the first power switch by the determined first power switching delay.

Claim (Index 9):
The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the power switching control signal is a high-side power switching control signal, and wherein the apparatus of  claim 2  comprises:\n a third power switching coupled to receive a low-side power switching control signal, arranged to activate a third power switch in response to the power switching control signal, and arranged to determine a third power switching delay in response to a temperature indication of the third switch and in response to a combined temperature indication of the third and fourth power switches, wherein the third power switching circuit is arranged to activate the third power switch at a third delayed time after the activation of the third power switch, and wherein the third delayed time follows the activation of the third power switch by the determined third power switching delay; and \n a fourth power switching circuit coupled to receive the low-side power switching control signal, arranged to activate a fourth power switch in response to the power switching control signal, and arranged to determine a fourth power switching delay in response to a temperature indication of the fourth switch and in response to a combined temperature indication of the third and fourth power switches, wherein the fourth power switching circuit is arranged to activate the fourth power switch at a fourth delayed time after the activation of the fourth power switch, and wherein the fourth delayed time follows the activation of the fourth power switch by the determined fourth power switching delay.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.15789
- Patent Class: 327.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14372720', '13948216', '15399335', '13276855', '15451235']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7714867107788906
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4682273356569923
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7411607732667008
- Mean Citation Score: 154.92134199999995
- Max Citation Score: 157.75633
- Similarity Product: 116.36469366525412

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

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