A power supply system includes a first driver circuit to control a
corresponding switching of a first switch device and a second switch
device in the power supply system via different drive circuits. To reduce
losses and thus improve efficiency of the power supply system, a first
driver circuit can be configured to initiate a faster rate of
transitioning the first switch device between ON and OFF states than a
second driver initiates transitioning of the second switch device between
ON and OFF states. To reduce the effects of introducing unwanted ripple
voltage on an output signal used to drive a dynamic load, a controller in
the power supply system can be configured to initiate shedding or adding
of multiple voltage converter phases at the same time when load
requirements cross a threshold value.