What the 3.2 A rating and 40 mOhm DCR mean for your rail
The DFE201612R-H-R47M=P2 is a shielded drum-core wirewound inductor from Murata's DFE201612R series, built on an iron powder core. The 470 nH inductance with ±20% tolerance targets DC-DC converter output filters and power rail decoupling where the inductance value sets the ripple current and transient response. The 3.5 A saturation current (Isat) marks where the inductance drops by roughly 30% — the inductor still conducts but the ripple current increases. A buck converter switching at 1 MHz (the test frequency) sees the core loss from the iron powder material, which is higher than ferrite but offers softer saturation behavior.
Obsolete — the sourcing reality for this 0806 power inductor
Murata has marked the DFE201612R-H-R47M=P2 as Obsolete. For a BOM line that depends on this exact inductance (470 nH), current rating (3.2 A), and 0806 footprint, the replacement search must match the shielded construction and iron powder core profile — a ferrite-core substitute will shift the saturation curve and core loss at the switching frequency.
