POWER CONVERTER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

A power converter integrated circuit may comprise a switch network comprising a plurality of switches; a first set of coupling nodes for coupling the switch network to a first flying capacitor; a second set of coupling nodes for coupling the switch network to a second flying capacitor; an output node for coupling the switch network to an output capacitor; and a third set of one or more coupling nodes for coupling the switch network to an inductor, wherein the power converter integrated circuit is operable in a first forward mode as a switched capacitor converter and in a second forward mode as an inductive converter, wherein in the first forward mode the switch network is operable to couple the first flying capacitor in series with the output capacitor in a first phase of operation, and to couple the first flying capacitor and the output capacitor in parallel in a second phase of operation; and in the second forward mode the switch network is operable to couple the first flying capacitor in series with the inductor and the output capacitor in a phase of operation and to couple the first flying capacitor in parallel with the output capacitor, via the inductor, in a subsequent phase of operation.