An embodiment of a power-supply controller is operable to couple a first
node of a first inductor to first and second reference nodes, the first
inductor composing a first phase of a power supply and having a second
node coupled to an output node of the power supply. The controller is
also operable to couple a first node of a second inductor to third and
fourth reference nodes, the second inductor composing a second phase of
the power supply and having a second node. Furthermore, the controller is
operable to uncouple the second node of the second inductor from the
output node of the power supply. For example, where the first and second
inductors are magnetically coupled, such a controller allows the power
supply to operate as an uncoupled-inductor (UI) power supply in one mode,
and as a coupled-inductor (CI) power supply in another mode.