OBSOLETE
April 20, 2009
DS3893A
BTL TURBOTRANSCEIVER™
General Description
The bus driver is an open collector NPN with a Schottky diode
in series to isolate the transistor output capacitance from the
bus when the driver is in the inactive state. The active output
low voltage is typically 1V. The bus is intended to be operated
with termination resistors (selected to match the bus
impedance) to 2.1V at both ends. Each of the resistors can
be as low as 20Ω.
The TURBOTRANSCEIVER is designed for use in very high
speed bus systems. The bus terminal characteristics of the
TURBOTRANSCEIVER are referred to as “Backplane
Transceiver Logic” (BTL). BTL is a new logic signaling stan-
dard that has been developed to enhance the performance of
backplane buses. BTL compatible transceivers feature low
output capacitance drivers to minimize bus loading, a 1V
nominal signal swing for reduced power consumption and re-
ceivers with precision thresholds for maximum noise immu-
nity. This new standard eliminates the settling time delays,
that severely limit the TTL bus performance, to provide sig-
nificantly higher bus transfer rates.
Features
Fast single ended transceiver (typical driver enable and
receiver propagation delays are 3.5 ns and 5 ns)
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Backplane Transceiver Logic (BTL) levels (1V logic swing)
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Less than 5 pF bus-port capacitance
The TURBOTRANSCEIVER is compatible with the require-
ments of the proposed IEEE 896 Futurebus draft standard. It
is similar to the DS3896/97 BTL TRAPEZOIDAL™
Transceivers but the trapezoidal feature has been removed
to improve the propagation delay. A stripline backplane is
therefore required to reduce the crosstalk induced by the
faster rise and fall times. This device can drive a 10Ω load
with a typical propagation delay of 3.5 ns for the driver and
5 ns for the receiver.
Drives densely loaded backplanes with equivalent load
impedances down to 10Ω
4 transceivers in 20 pin PCC package
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Specially designed for stripline backplanes
Separate bus ground returns for each driver to minimize
ground noise
High impedance, MOS and TTL compatible inputs
TRI-STATE® control for receiver outputs
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When multiple devices are used to drive a parallel bus, the
driver enables can be tied together and used as a common
control line to get on and off the bus. The driver enable delay
is designed to be the same as the driver propagation delay in
order to provide maximum speed in this configuration. The
low input current on the enable pin eases the drive required
for the common control line.
Built-in bandgap reference provides accurate receiver
threshold
Glitch free power up/down protection on all outputs
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Oxide isolated bipolar technology
Connection and Logic Diagram
869801
Order Number DS3893AV
See NS Package Number V20A
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