General Description
The AOZ1038 is a high efficiency, easy to use, 6 A synchronous buck regulator. The AOZ1038 works from a 4.5 V to 18 V input voltage range and provides up to 6 A of continuous output current with an output voltage adjustable down to 0.8 V.
The AOZ1038 is available in a 5x6 DFN-8 package or an exposed pad SO-8 package. Both are rated over a -40 °C to +85 °C ambient temperature range.

Features
● 4.5 V to 18 V operating input voltage range
● Synchronous Buck: 55 mΩ internal high-side switch
   and 12 mΩ Internal low-side switch
● High efficiency: up to 95 %
● Internal soft start
● Active high power good state
● Output voltage adjustable to 0.8 V
● 6 A continuous output current
● Fixed 450 kHz PWM operation
● Cycle-by-cycle current limit
● Pre-bias start-up
● Short-circuit protection
● Thermal shutdown
● Thermally enhanced 5x6 DFN-8 and exposed pad
   SO-8 packages

Applications
● Point of load DC/DC converters
● LCD TV
● Set top boxes
● DVD / Blu-ray players/recorders
● Cable modems
● PCIe graphics cards