>> It takes 1.5A @2v. Now for driving that, could I get away
>> with using a 2A peak mosfet gate driver?
>
> The current the MOSFET is driving and the current requirement
> of the gate driver are not much related. =A02A is on the high end for
> gate drivers, and should be able to overcome whatever gate
> capacticance there is quickly. =A0You have rather low voltage and
> current requirements for the FET, so you can use one with relatively
> low gate charge. =A0A much lower current driver should be fine.

Yes, 2A for the gate driver would mean that that's the current limited
by the driver's output resistance. That is, driver's output resistance
would be up to 10 Ohm, not of much use to drive 1.5A @2v.

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