PTN3361C
Enhanced performance HDMI/DVI level shifter with active DDC
buffer, supporting 1.65 Gbit/s operation
Rev. 1.1 — 28 July 2015
Product data sheet
1. General description
PTN3361C is a high-speed level shifter device which converts four lanes of low-swing
AC-coupled differential input signals to DVI v1.0 and HDMI v1.4b compliant open-drain
current-steering differential output signals, up to 1.65 Gbit/s per lane to support 1080p
applications. Each of these lanes provides a level-shifting differential buffer to translate
from low-swing AC-coupled differential signaling on the source side, to TMDS-type
DC-coupled differential current-mode signaling terminated into 50 to 3.3 V on the sink
side. Additionally, PTN3361C provides a single-ended active buffer for voltage translation
of the HPD signal from 5 V on the sink side to 3.3 V on the source side and provides a
channel with active buffering and level shifting of the DDC channel (consisting of a clock
and a data line) between 3.3 V source-side and 5 V sink-side. The DDC channel is
implemented using active I2C-bus buffer technology providing capacitive isolation,
redriving and level shifting as well as disablement (isolation between source and sink) of
the clock and data lines.
The low-swing AC-coupled differential input signals to PTN3361C typically come from a
display source with multi-mode I/O, which supports multiple display standards, for
example, DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI. While the input differential signals are configured to
carry DVI or HDMI coded data, they do not comply with the electrical requirements of the
DVI v1.0 or HDMI v1.4b specification. By using PTN3361C, chip set vendors are able to
implement such reconfigurable I/Os on multi-mode display source devices, allowing the
support of multiple display standards while keeping the number of chip set I/O pins low.
See Figure 1.
PTN3361C features low-swing self-biasing differential inputs which are compliant to the
electrical specifications of DisplayPort Standard v1.2 and/or PCI Express Standard v1.1,
and open-drain current-steering differential outputs compliant to DVI v1.0 and HDMI v1.4b
electrical specifications. The I2C-bus channel actively buffers as well as level-translates
the DDC signals for optimal capacitive isolation. PTN3361C also supports power-saving
modes in order to minimize current consumption when no display is active or connected.
PTN3361C can be used for either HDMI or DVI level shifting. It provides additional
features supporting HDMI dongle detection; since support of HDMI dongle detection via
the DDC channel is mandatory, the system applications shall enable this feature for
correct operation.
PTN3361C is powered from a single 3.3 V power supply and is offered in a 32-terminal
HVQFN32 package.