SGM4551B
Dual Bidirectional I2C Bus and
SMBus Voltage-Level Translator
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The SGM4551B is a 2-bit, SMbus, dual, bidirectional, I2C
For the application of standard I2C, the pull-up resistor is
required for the logic high levels, which means that the
operation for I2C in this case is open-drain. Each side of the
repeater requires a pull-up resistor and the value of resistor
depends on the operation of SGM4551B. Also, when multiple
masters are connected with SGM4551B, the standard
operation current is 3mA, and high current can be taken into
account under the specific conditions.
voltage translator with the ability of enable (EN) function. For
VREF1, the typical operation range is from 1.2V to 3.3V and the
typical operation for VREF2 is from 1.8V to 5.5V.
The signal can be transmitted bilaterally from 1.2V to 5V. The
propagation delay is significant small as the low on-resistance
of SGM4551B. Also, if the EN pin is in high position, the
voltage translator is transparent and then it allows the
connection between SCL1 and SCL2, SDA1 and SDA2
respectively. In addition, in this state, the transmitting
direction is bidirectional. However, the transmitting will be
suspended if the EN pin is in low state as the high-impedance
property at this moment.
The resistance between SDA1 and SDA2 is low when the
state of them is low. However, if the state of SDA1 or SDA2 is
high, the level of high position depends on the corresponding
voltage reference. In the transparent mode, when the position
of SDA1 is high, SDA2 must be pulled to a high level through
the pull-up resistor. In addition, the transition for high and low
voltage is seamless which can be selected by the users.
For the applications, the connections of the devices and bus
length are limited as the 400pF capacitance of the bus pin.
However, SGM4551B allows the isolation between two sides
of I2C bus so that more and more I2C devices can be added
and connected with SGM4551B.
Because of the same electrical characteristics for all the
outputs of SGM4551B, so that the deviations of the
propagation delay and voltage is extremely small. In addition,
this advantage is good for the transition of discrete transistors
as the symmetrical switch inside SGM4551B. On top of this,
SGM4551B can also provide the protection of ESD for the
devices with weak ESD ability.
Two different kinds of bus frequencies are supported by
SGM4551B, one is 400kHz and the other is 100kHz. Also, if
two frequencies for the buses are required, the priority of
400kHz should be always higher than that of 100kHz.
Because of the adding of the additional delay, the operational
frequency of the device must be lower than 400kHz if the
frequency of the master is equal to 400kHz.
The SGM4551B is available in a Green SOT-23-8 package. It
operates over an ambient temperature range of -40℃ to
+85℃.
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