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.