General Description

The AOZ1018 is a high efficiency, simple to use, 2A buck regulator. The AOZ1018 works from a 4.5V to 16V input voltage range, and provides up to 2A of continuous output current with an output voltage adjustable down to 0.8V.

The AOZ1018 comes in SO-8 packages and is rated over a -40°C to +85°C ambient temperature range.

Features

● 4.5V to 16V operating input voltage range

● 130 mΩ internal PFET switch for high efficiency: up to 95

● Internal soft start

● Output voltage adjustable to 0.8V

● 2A continuous output current

● Fixed 500kHz PWM operation

● Cycle-by-cycle current limit

● Short-circuit protection

● Thermal shutdown

● Small size SO-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