1 µH at 485 mA — what the ratings mean for your rail
The LQH2MCN1R0M02L is a drum-core wirewound inductor from Murata's LQH2 series, rated 1 µH ±20% with a 485 mA continuous current ceiling. That current rating is the hard limit for DC bias — push past it and the core saturates, inductance drops off, and the ripple current on your output rail climbs. Unshielded construction (cite:) means the stray field couples into adjacent traces — keep a keep-out zone under the part on inner layers if your board has sensitive analog or RF routing nearby. The self-resonant frequency is above 100 MHz (cite:), so the inductive impedance holds clean up through VHF; above that the part turns capacitive.
0806 footprint — board-fit and rework
That low profile fits under a 1.2 mm clearance component on the opposite side. The ferrite core (cite:) is brittle — don't bend the board through the inductor or the drum cracks.