2.5A DCS-Control buck for tight rails
The Texas Instruments TPS62360YZHR is a DCS-Control™ step-down (buck) regulator delivering 2.5A from a 2.5V to 5.5V input rail. The output is adjustable (programmable) from 0.77V up to 1.4V, with fixed-voltage options at 1V, 1.1V, and 1.4V. Switching at 2.5MHz lets you use small inductors and ceramics, keeping the total solution footprint tight — a common choice for powering processor cores, FPGA rails, or DDR termination voltages in portable and industrial gear.
What the 2.5A and 2.5MHz mean for your board
The 2.5A continuous output covers most low-voltage core and I/O rails in handheld and embedded systems — think a 1.1V core supply pulling 1.8A at full tilt with headroom for transients. The 2.5MHz switching frequency pushes the fundamental ripple above the AM band and lets you select a 1 µH inductor and 10 µF output cap, saving board area.
Package and footprint — DSBGA realities
The 16-DSBGA package measures 2.24 mm × 2.16 mm with a 0.50 mm ball pitch. That small footprint demands a controlled solder-paste stencil and a reflow profile matching JEDEC J-STD-020 for lead-free assembly. The exposed die attach pad (if any) is not called out in the package code — the thermal path is through the solder balls to the board.