PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16049557
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A voltage regulator includes a converter and a modulator. The converter includes a switching circuit coupled to an inductor for converting an input voltage to an output voltage. The modulator controls the switching circuit in a buck mode of operation, a boost mode of operation, and an intermediate buck-boost mode of operation. During the buck-boost mode of operation, the modulator controls the switching circuit during each switching cycle to sequentially switch between three different switching states, including a first switching state that applies the input voltage across the inductor, a second switching state that applies a difference between the input and output voltages across the inductor, and a third switching state that applies the output voltage across the inductor. The modulator is controlled based on voltage applied across or current flowing through the inductor to regulate the output voltage to a target level.

Claim (Index 11):
The method of  claim 10 , wherein said operating the converter during the buck-boost operating mode comprises:\n coupling the first end of the inductor to the input voltage and coupling the second end of the inductor to the reference source voltage during the first switching state; coupling the first end of the inductor to the input voltage and coupling the second end of the inductor to the output voltage during the second switching state; and coupling the first end of the inductor to the reference source voltage and coupling the second end of the inductor to the output voltage during the third switching state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15402048', '14872349', '13160162', '13850402', '15729366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7256010844155882
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5452414831929324
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7075651242933226
- Mean Citation Score: 274.71157800000003
- Max Citation Score: 398.4009
- Similarity Product: 294.2813752018332

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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