NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 & PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers

NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 and PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers are designed to isolate I2C-bus capacitance, allowing long buses to be driven in point-to-point or multipoint applications of up to 4000pF. The PCA9600 and PCA9601 create a non-latching, bidirectional, logic interface between a normal I2C-bus and a range of other higher capacitance or different voltage bus configurations. These devices operate at speeds up to 1MHz, and the high drive side is compatible with the Fast-mode Plus (Fm+) specifications. The PCA9601 features 15mA SX/SY sink capability, yielding a 5V Fm+ bus rise time with 470pF loads.

The PCA9600 and PCA9601 Bus Buffers feature temperature-stabilized logic voltage levels at the SX/SY interface making these devices suitable for interfacing with buses that have non-I2C-bus-compliant logic levels such as SMBus, PMBus, or with microprocessors that use those same TTL logic levels.

The NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 and PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers are offered in SO8 and TSSOP8 (MSOP8) packages with a -40°C to +85°C operating temperature range.

Features

  • Bidirectional data transfer of I2C-bus signals
  • 15mA SX/SY sink capability yields 5.0V Fm+ bus rise time with 470pF loads (PCA9601 only)
  • Isolates capacitance allowing >400pF on SX/SY side and 4000pF on TX/TY side
  • 1MHz operation on up to 20-meters of wire
  • Splits I2C-bus signal into pairs of forward/reverse TX/RX, TY/RY signals for interface with optoelectrical isolators, and similar devices that need unidirectional input and output signal paths
  • Supply voltage range of 2.5V to 15.0V with I2C-bus logic levels on SX/SY side independent of supply voltage
  • Low power supply current
  • ESD protection exceeds 3500V HBM per JESD22-A114 and 1400V CDM per JESD22-C101
  • Latch-up testing is done to JEDEC Standard JESD78, which exceeds 100mA
  • -40°C to +85°C operating temperature range
  • SO8 and TSSOP8 (MSOP8) package options

Applications

  • Interface between I2C-buses operating at different logic levels (for example, 5V and 3V or 15V)
  • Interface between I2C-bus and SMBus (350μA) standard or Fm+ standard
  • Long-distance point-to-point or multipoint architectures
  • Simple conversion of I2C-bus SDA or SCL signals to multi-drop differential bus hardware
  • Interfaces with optocouplers to provide opto-isolation between I2C-bus nodes up to 1MHz

Datasheets

  • PCA9600 Datasheet
  • PCA9601 Datasheet

Block Diagram

Block Diagram - NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 & PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers

Block Diagram - NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 & PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers

Pin Designations

Mechanical Drawing - NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 & PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers

NXP Semiconductors PCA9600 & PCA9601 Dual Bidirectional Bus Buffers