PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16043945
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["363", "017000"]

Abstract:
Power-packet-switching circuits (and methods and systems) in which at least one port uses series-connected combinations of bidirectional switches to connect a link inductor (or transformer), with selectable polarity, to an outside line. Optionally, series-connected combinations of bidirectional switches are used for phase legs in some ports, while single bidirectional switches are used for the phase legs in other ports. This can be particularly advantageous where the converter interfaces between lines at significantly different operating voltages. By using B-TRANs as the series-combined elements of the combinations of switches, voltage-dividing circuitry is not needed to equalize the voltages seen by the individual devices in each combination.

Claim (Index 17):
A power converter, comprising:\n a plurality of phase legs each connected to a respective line of a first external power connection; each said phase leg comprising two fully bidirectional switching devices, so that the line connected to that phase leg can either source or sink current to either terminal of a link inductor which is paralleled by a capacitor; a plurality of phase legs each connected to a respective line of a second external power connection; each said phase leg comprising two bidirectional switching devices, so that the line connected to that phase leg can either source or sink current to either terminal of the link inductor; control circuitry which is connected to drive said switches so that said link inductor is coupled to each said line of said first and second ports at least twice, with opposite polarities, during each full cycle of AC oscillation of said link inverter; wherein the bidirectional switches on at least one said phase leg each comprise a series-connected combination of bidirectional switches which are connected to be switched in synchrony with each other to thereby operate as a single bidirectional switch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 363.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14182268', '13859265', '13205263', '14182277', '13541910']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8194932174817816
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4639876941815032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7839426651517538
- Mean Citation Score: 224.65918
- Max Citation Score: 230.6871
- Similarity Product: 219.5146565961599

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

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