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Brent McDonald	Write for Electronic Design
Brent McDonald is a system architect at Texas Instruments. He holds a BSEE from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and an MSEE from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Email address: ti_digitalpwmcontrollers@list.ti.com Web site: http://www.ti.com
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March 12, 2009 [Design View / Design Solution]
Digital PWM Controllers Augment System Reliability
Multiple methods are available to monitor the health of a power supply, ultimately leading to improved reliability of the power subsystem and, subsequently, the total system. These improvements can come from adjusting system operating parameters based on these real-time diagnostics or by alerting the host system that the power subsystem performance is degraded, allowing the system to adjust or schedule maintenance. Because discrete values of the...