PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15778296
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["363", "050000"]

Abstract:
The present invention realizes a DC-DC converter that is provided with a reverse flow protection function, while reducing conduction loss. A DC-DC converter includes: a voltage conversion unit that steps down a voltage applied to a first conductive path and output the resulting voltage to a second conductive path; a reverse flow state detection unit that detects a reverse flow state of a current flowing through the second conductive path; and a reverse protection control unit that performs a protecting operation when a current flows in a reverse direction. A switching element is provided on a third conductive path that is located between a voltage conversion unit and a reference conductive path, and the reverse protection control unit operates to switch the switching element to an OFF state upon a reverse flow state being detected.

Claim (Index 3):
The DC-DC converter according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a short circuit state detection unit that detects a short circuit state of the power supply conductive path; and a short circuit protection control unit that switches the third switching element to an OFF state upon the short circuit state detection unit detecting a short circuit state of the power supply conductive path.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07246
- Patent Class: 363.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15754501', '16343877', '11025134', '11402129', '13735154']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7793605906131301
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5143834197419397
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7528628735260111
- Mean Citation Score: 223.054716
- Max Citation Score: 296.70917000000014
- Similarity Product: 220.36653151193744

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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