12. Components Selection

Question.3

Shantanu is building a buck converter to power a 5V rail at 2.8A load current.

He selects an inductor with the following specs (from DigiKey part number): SRN6045-100MCT-ND with Saturation Current (Isat) of 3 Amperes.

Product Link: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/bourns-inc/SRN6045-100M/2756120

Is this a suitable inductor for his power supply?

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