LTC4300-1/LTC4300-2
Hot Swappable
2-Wire Bus Buffers
FeaTures
DescripTion
The LTC®4300 series hot swappable 2-wire bus buffers
allow I/O card insertion into a live backplane without cor-
ruptionofthedataandclockbusses. Whentheconnection
is made, the LTC4300-1/LTC4300-2 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.
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Bidirectional Buffer for SDA and SCL Lines
Increases Fanout
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Prevents SDA and SCL Corruption During Live
Board Insertion and Removal From Backplane
Isolates Input SDA and SCL Lines From Output
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2
2
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Compatible with I C, I C Fast Mode and SMBus
Standards (Up to 400kHz Operation)
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Low I Chip Disable: <1µA (LTC4300-1)
CC
READY Open-Drain Output (LTC4300-1)
1V Precharge on All SDA and SCL Lines
Supports Clock Stretching, Arbitration and
Synchronization
The LTC4300-1 incorporates a CMOS threshold digital
ENABLE input pin, which forces the part into a low current
mode when driven to ground and sets normal operation
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5V to 3.3V Level Translation (LTC4300-2)
when driven to V . It also includes an open drain READY
CC
High Impedance SDA, SCL Pins for V = 0V
CC
output pin, which indicates that the backplane and card
Small MSOP 8-Lead Package
sides are connected together. The LTC4300-2 replaces
the ENABLE pin with a dedicated supply voltage pin, V
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CC2
applicaTions
for the card side, providing level shifting between 3.3V
and 5V systems. Both the backplane and card may be
powered with supply voltages ranging from 2.7V to 5.5V,
with no constraints on which supply voltage is higher.
The LTC4300-2 also replaces the READY pin with a digital
CMOS input pin, ACC, which enables and disables the rise
time accelerator currents.
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Hot Board Insertion
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Servers
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Capacitance Buffer/Bus Extender
Desktop Computer
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L, LT, LTC, LTM, Linear Technology and the Linear logo are registered trademarks and
Hot Swap and ThinSOT are trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners. *Protected by U.S. Patents, including 6650174.
The LTC4300 is available in a small 8-lead MSOP package.
Typical applicaTion
V
3.3V
CC
C1
0.01µF
Input–Output Connection tPLH
R1
24k
R2
24k
R3
R4
8
24k
24k
3
6
2
SCLIN
SCLOUT
OUTPUT SIDE
50pF
INPUT SIDE
150pF
C2*
C4*
0.5V/DIV
7
5
SDAIN
SDAOUT
C3*
C5*
LTC4300-1
430012 TA01b
1
200ns/DIV
ENABLE
READY
GND
4
*CAPACITORS NOT REQUIRED
IF BUS IS SUFFICIENTLY LOADED
430012 TA01a
430012fb
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For more information www.linear.com/LTC4300-1