The ISL6224 provides power control and protection for a single, adjustable output voltage required to power chip-sets and memory banks in high-performance notebooks and PDAs. This output voltage is adjustable in the range from 0.95.5V. The hysteretic or PWM controller regulates the output voltage from battery voltages ranging from 4V to 24V. Synchronous rectification and hysteretic operation at light loads contribute to a high efficiency over a wide range of input voltages and loads. Efficiency is even further enhanced by using MOSFET's RDS(ON) as a current sense component. Feed-forward ramp modulation, average current mode control and internal feed-back compensation provide fast and firm handling of transients when powering advanced chip sets.