The CDP1020 is an ACPI compliant Device Bay Controller (DBC) that can control two device bays. The controller interfaces to the host system through the industry standard I2C or System Management Bus (SMBus) and is fully compliant with Device Bay Specification 0.90. The CDP1020 is designed to be compatible with the integrated SMBus host controller of the PiiX4/PiiX6 in Intel Architecture platforms. The CDP1020 is designed to be placed on the host motherboard, on a riser, or adjacent to the Device Bay connectors. The required clock source is generated from an internal oscillator on the CLK pin, with an external RC to set the frequency. This lowers the system cost and allows the CDP1020 to remain active during S3-S5 system states where all clock generators have been stopped. One of the key features of this device is the on-chip level shifters that provide slew rate controlled, direct gate drive for external N-Channel MOSFETs (Intersil HUF76113DK8 recommended) to switch the device bay VID supplies. Switching an N-Channel device as opposed to a P-Channel reduces both device cost and device count, resulting in an overall lower system cost.