PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16033154
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A current balance method used in multi-phase switching converters, including: generating an error amplifying signal based on a reference voltage signal and a feedback voltage signal indicative of an output voltage of the multi-phase converter; generating a first and second voltage signals respectively indicative of output currents of a first and second switching circuits; generating an average voltage signal indicative of the average value of the first and second voltage signals; generating a first adjusting voltage signal based on the average voltage signal and the first voltage signal; comparing a sum of the error amplifying signal and the first adjusting voltage signal with a first current sensing signal indicative of the current flowing through a transistor in the first switching circuit, to provide a first comparison signal; and generating a first control signal based on the first comparison signal to control the transistor.

Claim (Index 4):
The controller of  claim 1 , wherein the first current sensing circuit comprises:\n a first operational amplifier having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first and second input terminals are respectively couple to drain and source terminals of the transistor in the first switching circuit, and the output terminal is configured to provide the first current sensing signal; and a first sample and hold circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the first operational amplifier, the second input terminal is coupled to the first logic circuit, and wherein based first control signal, the first sample and hold circuit samples and holds the first current sensing signal and generates the first voltage signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.92308
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15846142', '15387621', '14585645', '15389390', '14548180']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7522120669021648
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.47494039656099
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7244848998680473
- Mean Citation Score: 206.970012
- Max Citation Score: 223.28291
- Similarity Product: 186.57873053213177

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

Dataset: test