Board-fit and parametric envelope
The LPS3015-104MRC is a 100 µH shielded power inductor in a 2.95 mm × 2.95 mm nonstandard SMT package with a 1.50 mm seated height — a 3 mm × 3 mm board footprint that fits tight power rails in automotive and industrial modules. Rated at 260 mA continuous with a saturation current floor of 260 mA (the two figures coincide at 25 °C), the inductor's usable DC bias range is current-limited by the DCR ceiling of 3.4 Ω max — the copper loss at full rated current is 230 mW, which drives the temperature rise inside the ferrite core. The self-resonant frequency sits at 11 MHz — above that point the impedance transitions from inductive to capacitive, so the inductor is usable as a filter element up to roughly one-third of SRF (3–4 MHz) before parasitic winding capacitance dominates the response. Shielded ferrite construction contains the magnetic field within the package — critical when the inductor sits adjacent to sensitive analog or RF circuitry on the same PCB, as the leakage flux from an unshielded drum core can couple into nearby traces.
Sourcing and lifecycle posture
The strip-package variant (EIA-481 embossed carrier) is the standard factory format; no reel quantity or minimum order band is stated in the listing, so the available lot size is confirmed at quote time against the BOM line quantity. No official second-source or pin-compatible cross-reference is published by Coilcraft for this order code. If a BOM hedge is needed, a parametric search of the LPS3015 family by inductance, DCR, and current rating is the migration path — but the pad layout and height profile must be re-verified against the candidate part.