●Overview
●The PCA9515A is a CMOS integrated circuit intended for application in I²C-bus and SMBus systems.
●While retaining all the operating modes and features of the I²C-bus system, it permits extension of the I²C-bus by buffering both the data (SDA) and the clock (SCL) lines, thus enabling two buses of 400 pF.
●The I²C-bus capacitance limit of 400 pF restricts the number of devices and bus length. Using the PCA9515A enables the system designer to isolate two halves of a bus, thus more devices or longer length can be accommodated. It can also be used to run two buses, one at 5 V and the other at 3.3 V or a 400 kHz and 100 kHz bus, where the 100 kHz bus is isolated when 400 kHz operation of the other is required.
●Two or more
● PCA9515A
●s cannot be put in series
●. The PCA9515A design does not allow this configuration. Since there is no direction pin, slightly different "legal" low voltage levels are used to avoid lock-up conditions between the input and the output. A "regular LOW" applied at the input of a PCA9515A will be propagated as a "buffered LOW" with a slightly higher value. When this "buffered LOW" is applied to another PCA9515A, PCA9516A or PCA9518/A in series, the second PCA9515A, PCA9516A or PCA9518/A will not recognize it as a "regular LOW" and will not propagate it as a "buffered LOW" again. The PCA9510/A, PCA9511/A, PCA9512/A, PCA9513/A, PCA9514/A cannot be used in series with the PCA9515A, PCA9516A or PCA9518/A, but can be used in series with themselves since they use shifting instead of static offsets to avoid lock-up conditions.
●The output pull-down of each internal buffer is set for approximately 0.5 V, while the input threshold of each internal buffer is set about 0.07 V lower, when the output is internally driven LOW. This prevents a lock-up condition from occurring.
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●## Features
● 2-channel, bidirectional buffer
● I²C-bus and SMBus compatible
● Active HIGH repeater enable input
● Open-drain input/outputs
● Lock-up free operation
● Supports arbitration and clock stretching across the repeater
● Accommodates Standard-mode and Fast-mode I²C-bus devices and multiple masters
● Powered-off high-impedance I²C-bus pins
● Operating supply voltage range of 2.3 V to 3.6 V
● 5.5 V tolerant I²C-bus and enable pins
● 0 Hz to 400 kHz clock frequency (the maximum system operating frequency may be less than 400 kHz because of the delays added by the repeater)
● ESD protection exceeds 2000 V HBM per JESD22-A114 and 1000 V CDM per JESD22-C101
● Latch-up testing is done to JEDEC Standard JESD78 which exceeds 100 mA
● Packages offered: SO8, TSSOP8 (MSOP8), HWSON8
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