Patent ID: 7730332

Claim:
A power delivery management system, the system comprising: a plurality of point of load (POL) regulators, wherein each of the plurality of POL regulators is configured to perform one or more power management functions and to provide a regulated output voltage; and a bidirectional serial data bus coupled to each one of the plurality of POL regulators; wherein each one of the plurality of POL regulators is configured to receive power management function commands and monitoring information over the bidirectional serial data bus from other ones of the plurality of POL regulators to coordinate the one or more power management functions by performing one or more of the one or more power management functions according to the power management function commands and monitoring information transmitted onto the bidirectional serial data bus by the other ones of the plurality of POL regulators; wherein the monitoring information comprises information indicative of a status of at least one power management function of at least one of the other ones of the plurality of POL regulators; wherein each one of the plurality of POL regulators is configured to transmit/receive power management function commands to/from other ones of the plurality of POL regulators to adjust their power outputs.