3.3V fixed-output buck at 1A — the board-level decision
The LTC3621EMS8E-3.3#PBF: It integrates a synchronous rectifier, which means the low-side FET is on-die rather than an external Schottky — the efficiency gain is real at 1 A output, and the BOM count drops by one diode.
Input voltage range and switching frequency — what they mean for the rail
At 17 V max input, the part handles 12 V rails with healthy margin — a 12 V nominal bus that spikes to 16 V during a hot-swap event stays within the abs-max envelope.
