■ Available in three industry standard footprints
■ SP3070E, 3073 and 3076 in Full-Duplex (14 pin)
■ SP3071E, 3074 and 3077 in Full-Duplex (8 pin)
■ SP3072E, 3075 and 3078 in Half-Duplex (8 pin)
■ Three applications-optimized speed grades
■ SP3070-72E: 250kbps slew-limited
■ SP3073-75E: 500kbps slew-limited
■ SP3076-78E: 16Mbps high speed
■ Small form factor SO-narrow packages
■ Industrial (-40 to +85ºC) and Extended
(-40 to +85ºC) temperature grades
Now Available in Lead Free Packaging
RO
RE
DE
V
R
GND
DI
CC
O
D
I
1
8 PIN NSOIC
2
3
4
1
8 PIN NSOIC
2
3
4
SP3072E
SP3075E
SP3078E
Half Duplex
SP3071E
SP3074E
SP3077E
Full Duplex
8
V
CC
7
B
6
A
5
GND
8
A
7
B
6
Z
5
Y
APPLICATIONS
■ Industrial Control, Utility Meters Building Automation, Instrumentation, Point of Sale
DESCRIPTION
The SP3070-3078E differential line transceivers are suitable for bidirectional communication
on balanced multipoint bus transmission lines and comply with both RS485 and RS422 EIA
Standards. Each device consists of a differential driver and differential receiver. All devices
operate from a 3.3V power supply.
High receiver input impedance allows a large number of transceivers to share a common data
bus while maintaining signal margin and without excessive loading or use of expensive
repeaters. The high impedance driver output is maintained over the entire common-mode
voltage range from -7 to +12V. Receivers will failsafe to logic 1 output when inputs are open,
shorted or terminated. Drivers include built-in short-circuit protection and a thermal-overload
shutdown to protect against excessive power dissipation from bus contention or cable faults.
All RS485 inputs are ESD protected up to ±15kV (Air-Gap and Human Body Model) and up
to ±8kV Contact discharge (IEC 1000-4-2).
These are stress ratings only and functional operation of the device at
these ratings or any other above those indicated in the operation sections
of the specifications below is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum
rating conditions for extended periods of time may affect reliability.
Storage Temperature Range..........................................-65ºC to +150º C
Lead Temperature (soldering, 10s) ........................................... +300º C
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
Unless otherwise noted V
ambient temperature TA = +25ºC. The ♦ denotes the specifications which apply over the full operating range
unless otherwise noted.
The SP307XE family of high speed transceivers for RS-485/RS-422 communication contain one driver and one receiver. These
devices feature fail-safe circuitry, which guarantees a logic-high receiver output when the
receiver inputs are open or shorted, or when
they are connected to a terminated transmission line with all drivers disabled. The
SP3070E, SP3072E, SP3073E, SP3075E,
SP3076E and SP3078E also feature a
hotswap capability allowing live insertion without error data transfer. The SP3070E,
SP3071E and SP3072E feature reduced slewrate drivers that minimize EMI and reduce
reflections caused by improperly terminated
cables, allowing error-free data transmission
up to 250kbps. The SP3073E, SP3074E and
SP3075E also offer slew -rate limits allowing
transmit speeds up to 500kbps. The SP3076E,
SP3077E, SP3078E driver slew rates are not
limited, making transmit speeds up to 16Mbps
possible.
The SP3072E, SP3075E and SP3078E are
half-duplex transceivers, while the SP3070E,
SP3071E, SP3073E, SP3074E, SP3076E,
and SP3077E are full duplex transceivers.
All devices operate from a single 3.3V supply.
Drivers are output short-circuit current limited.
Thermal-shutdown circuitry protects drivers
against excessive power dissipation. When
activated, the thermal-shutdown circuitry
places the driver outputs into a high-impedance state.
RECEIVER INPUT FILTERING
SP3070-SP3075 receivers incorporate input
filtering in addition to input hysteresis. This
filtering enhances noise immunity with differential signals that have very slow rise and fall
times. Receiver propagation delay increases
by 25% due to this filtering.
FAIL SAFE
The SP3070 family guarantees a logic-high
receiver output when the receiver inputs are
shorted, open, or when they are connected to
a terminated transmission line with all drivers
disabled. If A - B is less than or equal to 200mV, RO is logic low. In the case of a
terminated bus with all transmitters disabled
the receiver's differential input voltage is pulled
to 0V by the termination. With the receiver
thresholds of the SP3070E family, this results
in a logic high with a 50mV minimum noise
margin. In compliance with the EIA/TIA-485
standard, the SP3070E family has a 50mV 200mV threshold.
HOT-SWAP CAPABILITY
When circuit boards are inserted into a hot
backplane, differential disturbances to the
data bus can lead to data errors. Upon initial
circuit board insertion, the data communication processor undergoes its own power-up
sequence. During this period, the processor's
logic-output drivers are high impedance and
are unable to drive the DE and RE inputs of
these devices to a defined logic level. Leakage currents up to 10µA from the high-impedance state of the processor's logic drivers
could cause standard CMOS enable inputs of
a transceiver to drift to an incorrect logic level.
Additionally, parasitic circuit board capacitance could cause coupling of VCC or GND to
the enable inputs. Without the hot-swap capability, these factors could improperly enable
the transceiver's driver or receiver.
When VCC rises, an internal pulldown circuit
holds DE low and RE high for approximately
10 microseconds. After the initial power-up
sequence, the pulldown circuit becomes transparent, resetting the hot-swap tolerable input.
15KV ESD PROTECTION
As with all Sipex devices, ESD-protection
structures are incorporated on all pins to
protect against electrostatic discharges encountered during handling and assembly. The
driver output and receiver inputs of the
SP3070E family of devices have extra protection against static electricity. Sipex's engineering team have developed state of the art
structures to protect these pins against ESD
of 15kV without damage. The ESD structures
withstand high ESD in all states: normal op-
eration, shutdown, and powered down. After
an ESD event, the SP3070E - SP3078E keep
working without latchup or damage.
ESD protection can be tested in various ways.
The transmitter outputs and receiver inputs of
the SP3070E - SP3078E are characterized
for protection to the following limits:
■ ±15kV using the Human Body Model
■ ±8kV using the Contact Discharge
method specified in IEC 1000-4-2
■ ±15kV Airgap
ESD TEST CONDITIONS
ESD performance depends on a variety of
conditions. Contact Sipex for a reliability
report that documents test setup, methodology and results.
IEC 1000-4-2
The IEC 1000-4-2 standard covers ESD
testing and performance of finished equipment. However, it does not specifically refer
to integrated circuits. The SP3070E family
of devices helps you design equipment to
meet IEC 1000-4-2, without the need for
additional ESD-protection components.
The major difference between tests done
using the Human Body Model and IEC 10004-2 is higher peak current in IEC 1000-4-2,
because series resistance is lower in the
IEC 1000-4-2 model. Hence, the ESD withstand voltage measured to EC 1000-4-2 is
generally lower than that measured using
the human body model.
The air-gap test involves approaching the
device with a charged probe. The contactdischarge method connects the probe to the
device before the probe is energized.
MACHINE MODEL
The machine model for ESD tests all pins
using a 200pF storage capacitor and zero
discharge resistance. The objective is to
emulate the stress caused when I/O pins are
contacted by handling equipment during test
and assembly.
256 TRANSCEIVERS ON THE BUS
The standard RS-485 receiver input impedance is 12kΩ (1 unit load), and the standard
driver can drive up to 32 unit loads. The
SP3070E family of transceivers has a 1/8unit load receiver input impedance (96Ω),
allowing up to 256 transceivers to be connected in parallel on one communication
line. Any combination of these devices as
well as other RS-485 transceivers with a
total of 32 unit loads or fewer can be connected to the line.
REDUCED EMI AND REFLECTIONS
The SP3070E, SP3071E and SP3072E feature reduced slew-rate drivers that minimize
EMI and reduce reflections caused by improperly terminated cables, allowing errorfree data transmission up to 250kbps. The
SP3073, SP3074 and SP3075 offer higher
driver output slew-rate limits, allowing transmit speeds up to 500kbps.
LOW POWER SHUTDOWN MODE
Low-power shutdown mode is initiated by
bringing both RE high and DE low. In shutdown, the devices typically draw only 50nA
of supply current.
RE and DE can be driven simultaneously;
the parts are guaranteed not to enter shutdown if RE is high and DE is low for less than
50ns. If the inputs are in this state for at least
600ns, the parts are guaranteed to enter
shutdown.
Enable times t
was not in a low-power shutdown state.
Enable times t
the parts were shut down. It takes drivers
and tZL assume the part
ZH
ZH(SHDN)
and t
ZL(SHDN)
assume
and receivers longer to become enabled
from low-power shutdown mode t
and t
Two mechanisms prevent excessive output
current and power dissipation caused by
faults or by bus contention. First, current
limit on the ouput stage, provides immediate
protection against short circuits over the
whole common-mode voltage range. Second, a thermal-shutdown circuit, forces the
driver outputs into a high-impedance state if
the die temperature becomes excessive.
LINE LENGTH
The RS-485/RS422 standard covers line
lengths up to 4000ft.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
The SP3072E, SP3075E and SP3078E
transceivers are designed for bidirectional
data communications on multipoint bus transmission lines.
To minimize reflections, terminate the line at
both ends in its characteristic impedance,
and keep stub lengths off the main line as
short as possible. The slew-rate-limited
SP3070 - SP3075E are more tolerant of
imperfect termination.