PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15925970
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["323", "271000"]

Abstract:
A buck-boost switching converter which receives an input voltage and provides an output voltage is presented. The converter contains a first set of switches having a first power switch and a first ground switch, a second set of switches having a second power switch and a second ground switch. A controller is arranged to send control signals to the first and second set of switches. The controller is arranged such that in a buck mode, the first set of switches operates to provide buck regulation while the second power switch is held in a closed state. In a boost mode, the second set of switches operates to provide boost regulation while the first power switch is held in a closed state, and the controller is arranged to selectively operate the buck-boost switching converter in the buck mode or the boost mode based on a length of a time period.

Claim (Index 26):
A buck-boost switching converter with an input for receiving an input voltage and an output for providing an output voltage, comprising:\n a first set of switches comprising a first power switch and a first ground switch; a second set of switches comprising a second power switch and a second ground switch; a comparator; an energy storage element, the output is coupled with the energy storage element when the second power switch is in a closed state, and the input is coupled with the energy storage element when the first power switch is in a closed state; an input of a first integration circuit coupled to a first terminal of the energy storage element, the first integration circuit arranged to receive a first voltage signal from the first terminal of the energy storage element and to provide an integrated first voltage signal at an output of the first integration circuit; and an input of a second integration circuit coupled to a second terminal of the energy storage element, the second integration circuit arranged to receive a second voltage signal from the second terminal of the energy storage element and to provide an integrated second voltage signal at an output of the second integration circuit; wherein the comparator has a first input coupled to the output of the first integration circuit, a second input coupled to the output of the second integration circuit, the comparator is arranged to output the control signals at an output of the comparator and to provide control signals to the first set of switches and the second set of switches and arranged such that: in a buck mode, the first set of switches operates to provide buck regulation while the second power switch is held in a closed state; and in a boost mode, the second set of switches operates to provide boost regulation while the first power switch is held in a closed state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.77193
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15217102', '12971519', '12720034', '13591421', '13591706']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7806875602828434
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5218841336672133
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7548072176212803
- Mean Citation Score: 357.742694
- Max Citation Score: 359.76248
- Similarity Product: 293.2459407400798

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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