PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15984965
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["327", "541000"]

Abstract:
A DC-DC converter and corresponding method for transitioning between a discontinuous conduction mode, DCM, and a continuous conduction mode, CCM, wherein the DC-DC converter is configured to power a signal processing system within an integrated circuit, is provided. The method comprises receiving input data, wherein the input data is for inputting into the signal processing system; determining an amplitude of the input data; and transitioning between DCM and CCM based on the amplitude of the input data. A DC-DC converter and respective method for transitioning from CCM to DCM comprising determining an estimated current representative of an inductor current through an inductor of the DC-DC converter; and transitioning from CCM to DCM based on the estimated current, is provided. A DC-DC converter and respective method for transitioning from DCM to CCM comprising determining either an output voltage of the DC-DC converter or a duty cycle of the DC-DC converter; and transitioning from DCM to CCM based on the determined output voltage or duty cycle of the DC-DC converter, is provided.

Claim (Index 30):
The DC-DC converter of  claim 23  wherein the transitioning block is configured to cause the DC-DC converter to transition between the DCM to the CCM by changing switching states of the DC-DC converter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.1
- Patent Class: 327.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14085914', '15840318', '14526049', '13399077', '15725283']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7978901033900806
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5295929525058737
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7710603883016599
- Mean Citation Score: 337.777258
- Max Citation Score: 344.0929
- Similarity Product: 235.78994144397373

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

Dataset: test