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