Datasheet PCF8574T, PCF8574TS-F3, PCF8574U-10, PCF8574U-9, PCF8574AP Datasheet (Philips)

DATA SH EET

Product specification
Supersedes data of September 1994
File under Integrated Circuits, IC12

1997 Apr 02

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

PCF8574

Remote 8-bit I/O expander for
I

2

C-bus

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PCF8574

CONTENTS

1 FEATURES
2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
3 ORDERING INFORMATION
4 BLOCK DIAGRAM
5 PINNING
6 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE I2C-BUS

6.1 Bit transfer

6.2 Start and stop conditions

6.3 System configuration

6.4 Acknowledge
7 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

7.1 Addressing

7.2 Interrupt

7.3 Quasi-bidirectional I/Os
8 LIMITING VALUES
9 HANDLING
10 DC CHARACTERISTICS
11 I2C-BUS TIMING CHARACTERISTICS
12 PACKAGE OUTLINES
13 SOLDERING

13.1 Introduction

13.2 DIP

13.2.1 Soldering by dipping or by wave

13.2.2 Repairing soldered joints

13.3 SO and SSOP

13.3.1 Reflow soldering

13.3.2 Wave soldering

13.3.3 Repairing soldered joints
14 DEFINITIONS
15 LIFE SUPPORT APPLICATIONS
16 PURCHASE OF PHILIPS I2C COMPONENTS

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PCF8574

1 FEATURES

• Operating supply voltage 2.5 to 6 V

• Low standby current consumption of 10 µA maximum

• I2C to parallel port expander

• Open-drain interrupt output

• 8-bit remote I/O port for the I2C-bus

• Compatible with most microcontrollers

• Latched outputs with high current drive capability for

directly driving LEDs

• Address by 3 hardware address pins for use of up to
8 devices (up to 16 with PCF8574A)

• DIP16, or space-saving SO16 or SSOP20 packages.

2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The PCF8574 is a silicon CMOS circuit. It provides general
purpose remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller
families via the two-line bidirectional bus (I2C).

The device consists of an 8-bit quasi-bidirectional port and
an I2C-bus interface. The PCF8574 has a low current
consumption and includes latched outputs with high
current drive capability for directly driving LEDs. It also
possesses an interrupt line (INT) which can be connected
to the interrupt logic of the microcontroller. By sending an
interrupt signal on this line, the remote I/O can inform the
microcontroller if there is incoming data on its ports without
having to communicate via the I2C-bus. This means that
the PCF8574 can remain a simple slave device.

The PCF8574 and PCF8574A versions differ only in their
slave address as shown in Fig.9.

3 ORDERING INFORMATION

TYPE NUMBER

PACKAGE

NAME DESCRIPTION VERSION

PCF8574P;
PCF8574AP

DIP16 plastic dual in-line package; 16 leads (300 mil) SOT38-1

PCF8574T;
PCF8574AT

SO16 plastic small outline package; 16 leads; body width 7.5 mm SOT162-1

PCF8574TS SSOP20 plastic shrink small outline package; 20 leads; body width 4.4 mm SOT266-1

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4 BLOCK DIAGRAM

Fig.1 Block diagram (SOT38-1 and SOT162-1).

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MBD980

I C BUS

CONTROL

2

INPUT

FILTER

1
2
3

14
15

13

INTERRUPT

LOGIC

12

P7

11

P6

10

P5

9

P4

7

P3

6

P2

5

P1

4

P0

8 BIT

I/O

PORT

SHIFT

REGISTER

LP FILTER

WRITE pulse

READ pulse

POWER-ON

RESET

16
8

V

DD

V

SS

SDA

SCL

A2

A1

A0

INT

PCF8574

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5 PINNING

SYMBOL

PIN

DESCRIPTION

DIP16; SO16 SSOP20

A0 1 6 address input 0
A1 2 7 address input 1
A2 3 9 address input 2
P0 4 10 quasi-bidirectional I/O 0
P1 5 11 quasi-bidirectional I/O 1
P2 6 12 quasi-bidirectional I/O 2
P3 7 14 quasi-bidirectional I/O 3
V

SS

8 15 supply ground
P4 9 16 quasi-bidirectional I/O 4
P5 10 17 quasi-bidirectional I/O 5
P6 11 19 quasi-bidirectional I/O 6
P7 12 20 quasi-bidirectional I/O 7
INT 13 1 interrupt output (active LOW)
SCL 14 2 serial clock line
SDA 15 4 serial data line
V

DD

16 5 supply voltage
n.c. − 3 not connected
n.c. − 8 not connected
n.c. − 13 not connected
n.c. − 18 not connected

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

16
15
14
13
12
11
10

9

INT

A0
A1

A2
P0
P1
P2
P3

SDA

V

SS

SCL

P7
P6
P5
P4

V

DD

PCF8574

PCF8574A

MBD979

Fig.2 Pin configuration (DIP16; SO16).

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

10

20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11

INT

SCL

n.c.

SDA
V

DD

A0
A1

n.c.

A2
P0

P7
P6
n.c.
P5

V

SS

P4

P3
n.c.
P2
P1

PCF8574TS

MBD978

Fig.3 Pin configuration (SSOP20).

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6 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE I2C-BUS

The I2C-bus is for 2-way, 2-line communication between
different ICs or modules. The two lines are a serial data
line (SDA) and a serial clock line (SCL). Both lines must be
connected to a positive supply via a pull-up resistor when
connected to the output stages of a device. Data transfer
may be initiated only when the bus is not busy.

6.1 Bit transfer

One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse. The
data on the SDA line must remain stable during the HIGH
period of the clock pulse as changes in the data line at this
time will be interpreted as control signals (see Fig.4).

6.2 Start and stop conditions

Both data and clock lines remain HIGH when the bus is not
busy. A HIGH-to-LOW transition of the data line, while the
clock is HIGH is defined as the start condition (S).
A LOW-to-HIGH transition of the data line while the clock
is HIGH is defined as the stop condition (P) (see Fig.5).

6.3 System configuration

A device generating a message is a ‘transmitter’, a device
receiving is the ‘receiver’. The device that controls the
message is the ‘master’ and the devices which are
controlled by the master are the ‘slaves’ (see Fig.6).

Fig.4 Bit transfer.

MBC621

data line

stable;

data valid

change

of data

allowed

SDA

SCL

Fig.5 Definition of start and stop conditions.

MBC622

SDA

SCL

P

STOP condition

SDA

SCL

S

START condition

Fig.6 System configuration.

MBA605

MASTER

TRANSMITTER /

RECEIVER

SLAVE

RECEIVER

SLAVE

TRANSMITTER /

RECEIVER

MASTER

TRANSMITTER

MASTER

TRANSMITTER /

RECEIVER

SDA
SCL

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6.4 Acknowledge

The number of data bytes transferred between the start
and the stop conditions from transmitter to receiver is not
limited. Each byte of eight bits is followed by one
acknowledge bit. The acknowledge bit is a HIGH level put
on the bus by the transmitter whereas the master
generates an extra acknowledge related clock pulse.

A slave receiver which is addressed must generate an
acknowledge after the reception of each byte. Also a
master must generate an acknowledge after the reception
of each byte that has been clocked out of the slave

transmitter. The device that acknowledges has to pull
down the SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse, so
that the SDA line is stable LOW during the HIGH period of
the acknowledge related clock pulse, set-up and hold
times must be taken into account.

A master receiver must signal an end of data to the
transmitter by not generating an acknowledge on the last
byte that has been clocked out of the slave. In this event
the transmitter must leave the data line HIGH to enable the
master to generate a stop condition.

Fig.7 Acknowledgment on the I2C-bus.

MBC602

S

START

CONDITION

9821

clock pulse for

acknowledgement

not acknowledge

acknowledge

DATA OUTPUT

BY TRANSMITTER

DATA OUTPUT

BY RECEIVER

SCL FROM

MASTER

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7 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

7.1 Addressing

For addressing see Figs 9, 10 and 11.

Fig.8 Simplified schematic diagram of each I/O.

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MBD977

DQ

C

I

S

FF

DQ

C

I

S

FF

100

µA

to interrupt

logic

V

SS

P0 to P7

V

DD

write pulse

data from
shift register

power-on
reset

read pulse

data to
shift register

Fig.9 PCF8574 and PCF8574A slave addresses.

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MBD973

S 0 1 0 0 A2 A1 A0 0 A 1 0

slave address

slave address

A

S 0 1 1 A2 A1 A0

a. b.

(a) PCF8574.
(b) PCF8574A.

Each of the PCF8574’s eight I/Os can be independently
used as an input or output. Input data is transferred from
the port to the microcontroller by the READ mode
(see Fig.11). Output data is transmitted to the port by the
WRITE mode (see Fig.10).

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S 0 1 0 0 A2 A1 A0 0 A

start condition

DATA 1

R/W acknowledge

from slave

A DATA 2 ASDA

SCL

WRITE TO

PORT

t

pv

DATA OUT

FROM PORT

slave address (PCF8574) data to port data to port

12345678

acknowledge

from slave

acknowledge

from slave

t

pv

DATA 2 VALIDDATA 1 VALID

Fig.10 WRITE mode (output).

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S 0 1 0 0 A2 A1 A0 1 A

start condition

DATA 1

R/W acknowledge

from slave

A

DATA 4

1SDA

READ FROM

PORT

t

ph

DATA INTO

PORT

slave address (PCF8574) data from port data from port

acknowledge

from slave

stop

condition

t

ps

DATA 4

P

DATA 2 DATA 3

t

ir

t

ir

t

iv

INT

Fig.11 READ mode (input).

A LOW-to-HIGH transition of SDA, while SCL is HIGH is defined as the stop condition (P). Transfer of data can be stopped at any moment by a stop condition. When this occurs, data present

at the last acknowledge phase is valid (output mode). Input data is lost.

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7.2 Interrupt (see Figs 12 and 13)
The PCF8574 provides an open drain output (INT) which

can be fed to a corresponding input of the microcontroller.
This gives these chips a type of master function which can
initiate an action elsewhere in the system.

An interrupt is generated by any rising or falling edge of the
port inputs in the input mode. After time tiv the signal INT is
valid.

Resetting and reactivating the interrupt circuit is achieved
when data on the port is changed to the original setting or
data is read from or written to the port which has generated
the interrupt.

Resetting occurs as follows:

• In the READ mode at the acknowledge bit after the rising
edge of the SCL signal

• In the WRITE mode at the acknowledge bit after the
HIGH-to-LOW transition of the SCL signal

• Interrupts which occur during the acknowledge clock
pulse may be lost (or very short) due to the resetting of
the interrupt during this pulse.

Each change of the I/Os after resetting will be detected
and, after the next rising clock edge, will be transmitted as
INT. Reading from or writing to another device does not
affect the interrupt circuit.

7.3 Quasi-bidirectional I/Os (see Fig.14)

A quasi-bidirectional I/O can be used as an input or output
without the use of a control signal for data direction.
At power-on the I/Os are HIGH. In this mode only a current
source to V

DD

is active. An additional strong pull-up to V

DD

allows fast rising edges into heavily loaded outputs. These
devices turn on when an output is written HIGH, and are
switched off by the negative edge of SCL. The I/Os should
be HIGH before being used as inputs.

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MBD976

MICROCOMPUTER

INT

INT INT

PCF8574

(1)

PCF8574

(2)

V

DD

INT

PCF8574

(16)

Fig.12 Application of multiple PCF8574s with interrupt.

Fig.13 Interrupt generated by a change of input to I/O P5.

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S 0 1 0 0 A2 A1 A0 1 A

start condition

1

P5

R/W acknowledge

from slave

1SDA

SCL

DATA INTO

P5

t

ir

INT

slave address (PCF8574) data from port

12345678

P

stop

condition

t

iv

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S 0 1 1 1 A2 A1 A0 0 A

start condition

1

P3

R/W acknowledge

from slave

A 0

P3

A P

SDA

SCL

P3

OUTPUT

VOLTAGE

I

OHt

I

OH

P3

PULL-UP

OUTPUT

CURRENT

slave address (PCF8574A)

data to port data to port

12345678

Fig.14 Transient pull-up current I

OHt

while P3 changes from LOW-to-HIGH and back to LOW.

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8 LIMITING VALUES

In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 134).

9 HANDLING

Inputs and outputs are protected against electrostatic discharge in normal handling. However, to be totally safe, it is
desirable to take precautions appropriate to handling MOS devices. Advice can be found in Data Handbook IC12 under

“Handling MOS Devices”

.

10 DC CHARACTERISTICS

V

DD

= 2.5 to 6 V; VSS= 0 V; T

amb

= −40 to +85 °C; unless otherwise specified.

SYMBOL PARAMETER MIN. MAX. UNIT

V

DD

supply voltage −0.5 +7.0 V

V

I

input voltage VSS− 0.5 VDD + 0.5 V

I

I

DC input current −±20 mA

I

O

DC output current −±25 mA

I

DD

supply current −±100 mA

I

SS

supply current −±100 mA

P

tot

total power dissipation − 400 mW

P

O

power dissipation per output − 100 mW

T

stg

storage temperature −65 +150 °C

T

amb

operating ambient temperature −40 +85 °C

SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT

Supply

V

DD

supply voltage 2.5 − 6.0 V

I

DD

supply current operating mode; VDD=6V;

no load; VI=VDDor VSS;
f

SCL

= 100 kHz

− 40 100 µA

I

stb

standby current standby mode; VDD=6V;

no load; VI=VDDor V

SS

− 2.5 10 µA

V

POR

Power-on reset voltage VDD= 6 V; no load;

VI=VDDor VSS; note 1

− 1.3 2.4 V

Input SCL; input/output SDA

V

IL

LOW level input voltage −0.5 − +0.3V

DD

V

V

IH

HIGH level input voltage 0.7V

DD

− VDD+ 0.5 V

I

OL

LOW level output current VOL= 0.4 V 3 −− mA

I

L

leakage current VI=VDDor V

SS

−1 − +1 µA

C

i

input capacitance VI=V

SS

−−7pF

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Note

1. The Power-on reset circuit resets the I2C-bus logic with VDD<V

POR

and sets all I/Os to logic 1 (with current source

to VDD).

I/Os

V

IL

LOW level input voltage −0.5 − +0.3V

DD

V

V

IH

HIGH level input voltage 0.7V

DD

− VDD+ 0.5 V

I

IHL(max)

maximum allowed input
current through protection
diode

VI≥ VDD or VI≤ V

SS

−−±400 µA

I

OL

LOW level output current VOL=1V; VDD=5V 10 25 − mA

I

OH

HIGH level output current VOH=V

SS

30 − 300 µA

I

OHt

transient pull-up current HIGH during acknowledge

(see Fig.14); VOH=VSS;
VDD= 2.5 V

−−1−mA

C

i

input capacitance −−10 pF

C

o

output capacitance −−10 pF

Port timing; C

L

≤ 100 pF (see Figs 10 and 11)

t

pv

output data valid −−4µs

t

su

input data set-up time 0 −− µs

t

h

input data hold time 4 −− µs

Interrupt

INT (see Fig.13)

I

OL

LOW level output current VOL= 0.4 V 1.6 −− mA

I

L

leakage current VI=VDDor V

SS

−1 − +1 µA
TIMING;CL≤100 PF
t

iv

input data valid time −−4µs

t

ir

reset delay time −−4µs

Select inputs A0 to A2

V

IL

LOW level input voltage −0.5 − +0.3V

DD

V

V

IH

HIGH level input voltage 0.7V

DD

− VDD+ 0.5 V

I

LI

input leakage current pin at VDDor V

SS

−250 − +250 nA

SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT

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11 I2C-BUS TIMING CHARACTERISTICS

Note

1. All the timing values are valid within the operating supply voltage and ambient temperature range and refer to V

IL

and VIH with an input voltage swing of VSSto VDD.

SYMBOL PARAMETER MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT

I

2

C-BUS TIMING (see Fig.15; note 1)

f

SCL

SCL clock frequency −−100 kHz

t

SW

tolerable spike width on bus −−100 ns

t

BUF

bus free time 4.7 −−µs

t

SU;STA

START condition set-up time 4.7 −−µs

t

HD;STA

START condition hold time 4.0 −−µs

t

LOW

SCL LOW time 4.7 −−µs

t

HIGH

SCL HIGH time 4.0 −−µs

t

r

SCL and SDA rise time −−1.0 µs

t

f

SCL and SDA fall time −−0.3 µs

t

SU;DAT

data set-up time 250 −−ns

t

HD;DAT

data hold time 0 −−ns

t

VD;DAT

SCL LOW to data out valid −−3.4 µs

t

SU;STO

STOP condition set-up time 4.0 −−µs

Fig.15 I2C-bus timing diagram.

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PROTOCOL

SCL

SDA

MBD820

BIT 0

LSB

(R/W)

t

HD;STA

t

SU;DAT

t

HD;DAT

t

VD;DAT

t

SU;STO

t

f

r

t

t

BUF

t

SU;STA

t

LOW

t

HIGH

1 / f

SCL

START

CONDITION

(S)

BIT 7

MSB
(A7)

BIT 6

(A6)

ACKNOWLEDGE

(A)

STOP

CONDITION

(P)

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12 PACKAGE OUTLINES

UNIT

A

max.

1 2

b

1

cEe M

H

L

REFERENCES

OUTLINE
VERSION

EUROPEAN

PROJECTION

ISSUE DATE

IEC JEDEC EIAJ

mm

inches

DIMENSIONS (inch dimensions are derived from the original mm dimensions)

SOT38-1

92-10-02
95-01-19

A

min.

A

max.

b

max.

w

M

E

e

1

1.40

1.14

0.055

0.045

0.53

0.38

0.32

0.23

21.8

21.4

0.86

0.84

6.48

6.20

0.26

0.24

3.9

3.4

0.15

0.13

0.2542.54 7.62

0.30

8.25

7.80

0.32

0.31

9.5

8.3

0.37

0.33

2.2

0.087

4.7 0.51 3.7

0.15

0.021

0.015

0.013

0.009

0.010.100.0200.19

050G09 MO-001AE

M

H

c

(e )

1

M

E

A

L

seating plane

A

1

w M

b

1

e

D

A

2

Z

16

1

9

8

b

E

pin 1 index

0 5 10 mm

scale

Note

1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.25 mm maximum per side are not included.

(1) (1)

D

(1)

Z

DIP16: plastic dual in-line package; 16 leads (300 mil); long body

SOT38-1

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UNIT

A

max.

A

1

A2A

3

b

p

cD

(1)E(1) (1)

eHELLpQ

Z

ywv θ

REFERENCES

OUTLINE
VERSION

EUROPEAN

PROJECTION

ISSUE DATE

IEC JEDEC EIAJ

mm

inches

2.65

0.30

0.10

2.45

2.25

0.49

0.36

0.32

0.23

10.5

10.1

7.6

7.4

1.27

10.65

10.00

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.4

8
0

o
o

0.25 0.1

DIMENSIONS (inch dimensions are derived from the original mm dimensions)

Note

1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.15 mm maximum per side are not included.

1.1

0.4

SOT162-1

8

16

w M

b

p

D

detail X

Z

e

9

1

y

0.25

075E03 MS-013AA

pin 1 index

0.10

0.012

0.004

0.096

0.089

0.019

0.014

0.013

0.009

0.41

0.40

0.30

0.29

0.050

1.4

0.055

0.419

0.394

0.043

0.039

0.035

0.016

0.01

0.25

0.01

0.004

0.043

0.016

0.01

X

θ

A

A

1

A

2

H

E

L

p

Q

E

c

L

v M

A

(A )

3

A

0 5 10 mm

scale

SO16: plastic small outline package; 16 leads; body width 7.5 mm

SOT162-1

95-01-24
97-05-22

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UNIT A1A2A

3

b

p

cD

(1)E(1)

(1)

eHELLpQZywv θ

REFERENCES

OUTLINE
VERSION

EUROPEAN

PROJECTION

ISSUE DATE

IEC JEDEC EIAJ

mm

0.1501.4

1.2

0.32

0.20

0.20

0.13

6.6

6.4

4.5

4.3

0.65 1.0 0.2

6.6

6.2

0.65

0.45

0.48

0.18

10

0

o

o

0.13 0.1

DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)

Note

1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.20 mm maximum per side are not included.

0.75

0.45

SOT266-1

90-04-05
95-02-25

w M

θ

A

A

1

A

2

b

p

D

H

E

L

p

Q

detail X

E

Z

e

c

L

v M

A

X

(A )

3

A

y

0.25

110

20

11

pin 1 index

0 2.5 5 mm

scale

SSOP20: plastic shrink small outline package; 20 leads; body width 4.4 mm

SOT266-1

A

max.

1.5

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13 SOLDERING

13.1 Introduction

There is no soldering method that is ideal for all IC
packages. Wave soldering is often preferred when
through-hole and surface mounted components are mixed
on one printed-circuit board. However, wave soldering is
not always suitable for surface mounted ICs, or for
printed-circuits with high population densities. In these
situations reflow soldering is often used.

This text gives a very brief insight to a complex technology.
A more in-depth account of soldering ICs can be found in
our

“IC Package Databook”

(order code 9398 652 90011).

13.2 DIP

13.2.1 SOLDERING BY DIPPING OR BY WAVE
The maximum permissible temperature of the solder is

260 °C; solder at this temperature must not be in contact
with the joint for more than 5 seconds. The total contact
time of successive solder waves must not exceed
5 seconds.

The device may be mounted up to the seating plane, but
the temperature of the plastic body must not exceed the
specified maximum storage temperature (T

stg max

). If the
printed-circuit board has been pre-heated, forced cooling
may be necessary immediately after soldering to keep the
temperature within the permissible limit.

13.2.2 R

EPAIRING SOLDERED JOINTS

Apply a low voltage soldering iron (less than 24 V) to the
lead(s) of the package, below the seating plane or not
more than 2 mm above it. If the temperature of the
soldering iron bit is less than 300 °C it may remain in
contact for up to 10 seconds. If the bit temperature is
between 300 and 400 °C, contact may be up to 5 seconds.

13.3 SO and SSOP

13.3.1 REFLOW SOLDERING
Reflow soldering techniques are suitable for all SO and

SSOP packages.
Reflow soldering requires solder paste (a suspension of

fine solder particles, flux and binding agent) to be applied
to the printed-circuit board by screen printing, stencilling or
pressure-syringe dispensing before package placement.

Several techniques exist for reflowing; for example,
thermal conduction by heated belt. Dwell times vary
between 50 and 300 seconds depending on heating
method. Typical reflow temperatures range from
215 to 250 °C.

Preheating is necessary to dry the paste and evaporate
the binding agent. Preheating duration: 45 minutes at
45 °C.

13.3.2 W

AVE SOLDERING

Wave soldering is not recommended for SSOP packages.
This is because of the likelihood of solder bridging due to
closely-spaced leads and the possibility of incomplete
solder penetration in multi-lead devices.

If wave soldering cannot be avoided, the following
conditions must be observed:

• A double-wave (a turbulent wave with high upward

pressure followed by a smooth laminar wave)
soldering technique should be used.

• The longitudinal axis of the package footprint must

be parallel to the solder flow and must incorporate
solder thieves at the downstream end.

Even with these conditions, only consider wave
soldering SSOP packages that have a body width of

4.4 mm, that is SSOP16 (SOT369-1) or
SSOP20 (SOT266-1).

During placement and before soldering, the package must
be fixed with a droplet of adhesive. The adhesive can be
applied by screen printing, pin transfer or syringe
dispensing. The package can be soldered after the
adhesive is cured.

Maximum permissible solder temperature is 260 °C, and
maximum duration of package immersion in solder is
10 seconds, if cooled to less than 150 °C within
6 seconds. Typical dwell time is 4 seconds at 250 °C.

A mildly-activated flux will eliminate the need for removal
of corrosive residues in most applications.

13.3.3 R

EPAIRING SOLDERED JOINTS

Fix the component by first soldering two diagonally­opposite end leads. Use only a low voltage soldering iron
(less than 24 V) applied to the flat part of the lead. Contact
time must be limited to 10 seconds at up to 300 °C. When
using a dedicated tool, all other leads can be soldered in
one operation within 2 to 5 seconds between
270 and 320 °C.

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14 DEFINITIONS

15 LIFE SUPPORT APPLICATIONS

These products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where malfunction of these
products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Philips customers using or selling these products for
use in such applications do so at their own risk and agree to fully indemnify Philips for any damages resulting from such
improper use or sale.

16 PURCHASE OF PHILIPS I

2

C COMPONENTS

Data sheet status

Objective specification This data sheet contains target or goal specifications for product development.
Preliminary specification This data sheet contains preliminary data; supplementary data may be published later.
Product specification This data sheet contains final product specifications.

Limiting values

Limiting values given are in accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 134). Stress above one or
more of the limiting values may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only and operation
of the device at these or at any other conditions above those given in the Characteristics sections of the specification
is not implied. Exposure to limiting values for extended periods may affect device reliability.

Application information

Where application information is given, it is advisory and does not form part of the specification.

Purchase of Philips I

2

C components conveys a license under the Philips’ I2C patent to use the
components in the I2C system provided the system conforms to the I2C specification defined by
Philips. This specification can be ordered using the code 9398 393 40011.

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