General Description

The AOZ1012D is a high efficiency, simple to use, 3A buck regulator. The AOZ1012D works from a 4.5V to 16V input voltage range, and provides up to 3A of continuous output current with an output voltage adjustable down to 0.8V.

The AOZ1012D comes in 4X5 DFN-8 packages and is rated over a -40°C to +85°C ambient temperature range.

Features

• 4.5V to 16V operating input voltage range

• 50 m Ω internal PFET switch for high efficiency: up to 95

• Internal Schottky Diode

• Internal soft start

• Output voltage adjustable to 0.8V

• 3A continuous output current

• Fixed 500kHz PWM operation

• Cycle-by-cycle current limit

• Short-circuit protection

• Thermal shutdown

• Small size DFN-8 packages

Applications

• Point of load dc/dc conversion

• PCIe graphics cards

• Set top boxes

• DVD drives and HDD

• LCD panels

• Cable modems

• Telecom/Networking/Datacom equipment