LTC4300A-1/LTC4300A-2
Hot Swappable
2-Wire Bus Buffers
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DESCRIPTIO
FEATURES
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Bidirectional Buffer for SDA and SCL Lines
The LTC®4300A series hot swappable 2-wire bus buffers
allow I/O card insertion into a live backplane without
corruption of the data and clock busses. When the con-
nection is made, the LTC4300A-1/LTC4300A-2 provide
bidirectional buffering, keeping the backplane and card
capacitances isolated. Rise-time accelerator circuitry*
allows the use of weaker DC pull-up currents while still
meeting rise-time requirements. During insertion, the
SDA and SCL lines are precharged to 1V to minimize bus
disturbances.
Increases Fanout
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Prevents SDA and SCL Corruption During Live
Board Insertion and Removal from Backplane
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Isolates Input SDA and SCL Lines from Output
Compatible with I2CTM, I2C Fast Mode and SMBus
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Standards (Up to 400kHz Operation)
Small MSOP 8-Pin Package
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Low ICC Chip Disable: <1µA (LTC4300A-1)
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READY Open Drain Output (LTC4300A-1)
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1V Precharge on all SDA and SCL Lines
The LTC4300A-1 incorporates a CMOS threshold digital
ENABLE input pin, which forces the part into a low current
modewhendriventogroundandsetsnormaloperationwhen
driven to VCC. It also includes an open drain READY output
pin, which indicates that the backplane and card sides are
connectedtogether. TheLTC4300A-2replacestheENABLE
pin with a dedicated supply voltage pin, VCC2, for the card
side, providinglevelshiftingbetween3.3Vand5Vsystems.
Both the backplane and card may be powered with supply
voltages ranging from 2.7V to 5.5V, with no contraints on
which supply voltage is higher. The LTC4300A-2 also re-
places the READY pin with a digital CMOS input pin, ACC,
whichenablesanddisablestherise-timeacceleratorcurrents.
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Supports Clock Stretching, Arbitration and
Synchronization
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5V to 3.3V Level Translation (LTC4300A-2)
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High Impedance SDA, SCL Pins for VCC = 0V
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APPLICATIO S
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Hot Board Insertion
Servers
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Capacitance Buffer/Bus Extender
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Desktop Computer
, LTC and LT are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation.
I2C is a trademark of Philips Electronics N. V.
*U.S. Patent No. 6,650,174
The LTC4300A is available in a small 8-pin MSOP package.
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TYPICAL APPLICATIO
V
CC
Input–Output Connection tPLH
3.3V
C1
0.01µF
R1
R2
R3
R4
8
10k
10k
10k
10k
3
6
2
SCLIN
SCLOUT
OUTPUT
SIDE
50pF
INPUT
SIDE
150pF
7
5
SDAIN
SDAOUT
LTC4300A-1
1
ENABLE
READY
GND
4
4300A TA02
4300A-1/2 TA01
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