{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "A method includes connecting an output of a switched capacitor converter to a battery, the switched capacitor converter comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and an upper circuit connected in series, and a flying capacitor connected between a common node of the first switch and…",
  "path": "/patents/1355031",
  "publishedAt": "2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "G01R31/52",
    "Halo Microelectronics International"
  ],
  "textContent": "A method includes connecting an output of a switched capacitor converter to a battery, the switched capacitor converter comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch and an upper circuit connected in series, and a flying capacitor connected between a common node of the first switch and the second switch, and a common node of the third switch and the upper circuit, in a first short circuit testing step, determining whether the third switch is shorted by comparing a voltage on the common node of the third switch and the upper circuit with a first predetermined voltage reference, and in a second short circuit testing step, determining whether the first switch and the second switch are shorted by comparing a voltage on the common node of the first switch and the second switch with a second predetermined voltage reference and a third predetermined voltage reference, respectively.",
  "title": "Short Circuit Detection Apparatus and Control Method for Switched Capacitor Converter"
}