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 7):
The multi-phase switching converter of  claim 6 , further comprising:\n a second amplifier having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is configured to receive the average voltage signal, the second input terminal is configured to receive the second voltage signal, and the output terminal is coupled to the error amplifying signal through a fourth resistor; a second comparing 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 second amplifier, the second input terminal is configured to receive a second current sensing signal indicative of the current flowing through a transistor in the second switching circuit, and the output terminal is configured to provide a second comparison signal; and a second logic circuit configured to generate a second control signal based on the second comparison signal, to control the transistor in the second switching circuit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.92308
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15846142', '15387621', '14585645', '15389390', '14548180']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7285212919340796
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4772611867232464
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7033952814129963
- Mean Citation Score: 206.970012
- Max Citation Score: 223.28291
- Similarity Product: 177.6373479649079

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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