USB251xB/xBi
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Hub Controller
General Description
Features
The Microchip USB251xB/xBi hub is a family of low-
power, configurable, MTT (multi transaction translator)
hub controller IC products for embedded USB solu-
tions. The x in the part number indicates the number of
downstream ports available, while the B indicates bat-
tery charging support. The Microchip hub supports low-
speed, full-speed, and hi-speed (if operating as a hi-
speed hub) downstream devices on all of the enabled
downstream ports.
• USB251xB/xBi products are fully footprint com-
patible with USB251x/xi/xA/xAi products as direct
drop-in replacements
—
Cost savings include using the same PCB
components and application of USB-IF Compliance
by Similarity
• Full power management with individual or ganged
power control of each downstream port
• Fully integrated USB termination and pull-up/pull-
down resistors
Highlights
• Supports a single external 3.3 V supply source;
internal regulators provide 1.2 V internal core volt-
age
• High performance, low-power, small footprint hub
controller IC with 2, 3, or 4 downstream ports
• Onboard 24 MHz crystal driver or external
24 MHz clock input
• Fully compliant with the USB 2.0 Specification [1]
• Enhanced OEM configuration options available
through either a single serial I2C EEPROM, or
SMBus slave port
• Customizable vendor ID, product ID, and device
ID
• 4 kilovolts of HBM JESD22-A114F ESD protection
(powered and unpowered)
• MultiTRAKTM
- High-performance multiple transaction trans-
lator which provides one transaction transla-
tor per port
• Supports self- or bus-powered operation
• Supports the USB Battery Charging specification
Rev. 1.1 for Charging Downstream Ports (CDP)
• PortMap
• The USB251xB/xBi offers the following packages:
- 36-pin SQFN (6x6 mm) (Preferred)
- 36-pin QFN (6x6 mm) (Legacy)
- Flexible port mapping and disable sequenc-
ing
• PortSwap
• USB251xBi products support the industrial tem-
perature range of -40ºC to +85ºC
- Programmable USB differential-pair pin loca-
tions ease PCB design by aligning USB sig-
nal lines directly to connectors
• USB251xB products support the extended com-
mercial temperature range of 0ºC to +85ºC
• PHYBoost
- Programmable USB signal drive strength for
recovering signal integrity using 4-level driv-
ing strength resolution
Applications
• LCD monitors and TVs
• Multi-function USB peripherals
• PC motherboards
• Set-top boxes, DVD players, DVR/PVR
• Printers and scanners
• PC media drive bay
• Portable hub boxes
• Mobile PC docking
• Embedded systems
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