PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944833
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["363", "021120"]

Abstract:
A circuit includes a transformer configured with a primary winding and a secondary winding that are driven from a voltage supplied by a thermoelectric generator (TEG). The circuit includes a bipolar startup stage (BSS) coupled to the transformer to generate an intermediate voltage. The BSS includes a first transistor device coupled in series with the primary winding of the transformer to form an oscillator circuit with an inductance of the secondary winding when the voltage supplied by the TEG is positive. A second transistor device coupled to the secondary winding of the transformer enables the oscillator circuit to oscillate when the voltage supplied by the TEG is negative. After startup, a flyback converter stage can be enabled from the intermediate voltage to generate a boosted regulated output voltage.

Claim (Index 3):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein:\n the first transistor includes a first NMOS transistor having a first drain node coupled to the third end of the primary winding, a first source node coupled to a ground terminal, and a first gate node as the first control terminal; and the second transistor includes a second NMOS transistor having a second drain node coupled to the voltage supply terminal, a second source node coupled to the first control terminal of the first transistor, and a second gate node as the second control terminal coupled to the fourth end of the secondary winding.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2623
- Patent Class: 363.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14180945', '15305041', '14572504', '15652226', '14013028']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8284197219188602
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5655230494855924
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8021300546755333
- Mean Citation Score: 282.493468
- Max Citation Score: 466.882
- Similarity Product: 348.92789770400526

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

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