A system and method is provided for utilizing output-timing data to control at
least one output timing parameter of a point-of-load ("POL") regulator. Specifically,
a power supply controller ("controller") is adapted to transmit output-timing data
to at least one POL regulator. In one embodiment of the present invention, each
POL regulator includes an output builder, a control unit and a storage device.
The control unit is adapted to store the output-timing data in the storage device.
The control unit and the output builder are then adapted to produce an output having
at least one output timing parameter in accordance with the output-timing data.
Examples of output-timing data include sequencing data, turn-on data, turn-off
data, termination data, slew-rate data, etc. For example, a POL regulator may be
adapted to utilize output-timing data, or a portion thereof (e.g., slew-rate data),
to generate an output having a particular slew rate. Similarly, a POL regulator
may be adapted to utilize output-timing data, or a portion thereof (e.g., sequencing
data, turn-on data, etc.), to determine (or calculate) a period of time to wait
(e.g., delay period) before the output is generated. In other words, output-timing
data can be used to produce a series of outputs in a particular order, or sequence.