PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963351
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["363", "021020"]

Abstract:
Control techniques and circuits for resonant power converters and other power converters are described. Control of power converters based on more than one control parameter can provide improved efficiency over a wide operating range. A resonant power converter may have its switching frequency controlled within a narrow band to improve efficiency.

Claim (Index 1):
A power module, comprising:\n a resonant power converter including:\n a switch network having one or more switches; and \n a resonant tank circuit; and \n a controller configured to control the resonant power converter, the controller being configured to switch the one or more switches of the switch network at a switching frequency, the controller being configured to sub-modulate the resonant power converter on and off at a second frequency lower than the switching frequency with a sub-modulation duty ratio, the controller being configured to control the resonant power converter by varying the switching frequency and the sub-modulation duty ratio, wherein the sub-modulation duty ratio is a portion of a sub-modulation period for which the resonant power converter is on, wherein the controller is configured to switch the one or more switches of the switch network a plurality of times at the switching frequency during the portion of the sub-modulation period for which the resonant converter is on.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.28571
- Patent Class: 363.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10626149', '10264327', '12198605', '13888795', '10813450']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8133241292796337
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.490029240808496
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.78099464043252
- Mean Citation Score: 221.226188
- Max Citation Score: 232.412
- Similarity Product: 166.8881749787331

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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