An evaluator (210) having an input (207) for receiving a signal indicative
of a channel current sensed via a sensor in a mutlichannel current
sharing system, and circuitry (313, 319) coupled to the input (207) and
responsive to the signal for indicating an unreliable sensing for the
sensor when a low current condition occurs for a time period exceeding
the switching time period of the channel current. Further, the apparatus
can include an additional input (207) and circuitry (313, 319) for
evaluating an additional sensor sensing an additional channel current.
The low current condition is characterized by thresholds corresponding to
the peak level and a valley level of the channel current over a switching
time period.