PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972381
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A converter includes first and second coupled inductors. A first phase includes first high side and low side switches connected to the first inductor. A second phase includes second high side and low side switches connected to the second inductor. In discontinuous conduction mode, the controller determines, in response to the first high side switch being turned on and the second low side switch being turned off, that coupling between the first and second inductors is strong or weak based on whether body diode of the second low side switch will conduct if not prevented from conducting. The controller prevents second low side switch body diode conduction in response to the first high side switch being turned on when the coupling is strong, and does not prevent second low side switch body diode conduction in response to the first high side switch being turned on when the coupling is weak.

Claim (Index 22):
The multiphase DC-DC converter of  claim 18  wherein in response to the controller operating the multiphase DC-DC converter in continuous conduction mode, the controller turns on the third switch and turns off the fourth switch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83929
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15283915', '12841688', '13953317', '11131761', '12467916']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7416773270495338
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.594400442772461
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7269496386218266
- Mean Citation Score: 347.550886
- Max Citation Score: 564.9456
- Similarity Product: 420.2871089006424

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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