The FAN53168 is a multi-phase DC-DC controller for implementing high-current, low-voltage, CPU core power regulation circuits. It is part of a chipset that includes external MOSFET drivers and power MOSFETS. The FAN53168 drives up to 4 synchronous-rectified buck channels in parallel. The multi-phase buck converter architecture uses interleaved switching to multiply ripple frequency by the number of phases and reduce input and output ripple currents. Lower ripple results in fewer components, lower component cost, reduced power dissipation, and smaller board area.