Systems and methods for digital control

A controller comprising:

• a dither generating component capable of receiving an input signal having an input time resolution and of providing a dither output signal having a lower time resolution than the input time resolution;
• an average of the dither output signal being substantially equivalent to the input signal;
• and
• a digital pulse width modulator capable of receiving the dither output signal and of providing a plurality of pulse control pulses;
• said dither output signal determining at least one characteristic of said plurality of pulse control pulses.

A controller comprising:

• a compensating filter component capable of receiving a digital input signal and of providing a compensated digital signal;
• said compensating filter component comprising at least one predetermined parameter;
• an error performance filter capable of receiving the digital input signal and of providing a performance indicative signal;
• and
• a perturbation generating component capable of receiving the performance indicative signal and of providing values, to said compensating filter component, for said at least one predetermined parameter;
• a difference between said values and preceding value of said at least one predetermined parameter being substantially small compared to said preceding value.

A method for collecting real-time performance data from a digital power management component, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a serial data transfer component capable of receiving/sending real-time data from/to a plurality of locations in the digital power management component;
• collecting, during operation of the digital power management component, real-time data from at least one location from the plurality of locations in the digital power management component;
• and
• providing, to a controller component, the real-time data collected from the at least one location.

A system for collecting real-time performance data from a digital power management component, the system comprising:

• a serial data transfer component capable of receiving/sending real-time data from/to a plurality of locations in the digital power management component;
• and
• a controller component operatively connected to said sea of data transfer component, said controller comprising:
• at least one processor;
• at least one computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied there in, said computer readable code being capable of causing said at least one processor to:
• collect during operation of the digital power management component, real-time data from at least one location from said plurality of locations in the digital power management component.

A method for digital control, the method comprising the steps of:

• oversampling an analog signal;
• filtering the oversampled signal with a compensating filter;
• and
• low pass filtering and decimating the oversampled signal after filtering with the compensating filter, the decimating resulting in a decimated signal.

An analog to digital converter (ADC) comprising:

• a modulating component comprising;
• a low resolution analog to digital converting component
• a variable gain component capable of receiving an output of said low-resolution analog to digital converting component and of providing a variable gain component output substantially equal to a variable multiplying factor times the output of said low-resolution analog-to-digital converting component;
• said variable gain component being also capable of receiving a gain setting signal and of modifying said variable multiplying factor in response to said gain setting signal;
• said variable gain component output being the oversampled signal;
• a discrete integrator receiving the variable gain component output;
• and
• a high. resolution digital to analog converting system;
• said high-resolution digital to analog converting system receiving an output of said discrete integrator;
• said low-resolution analog-to-digital converting system receiving a signal comprising a difference between the analog signal and an output of said high-resolution digital to analog converting system.