EMI filter and line termination for USB upstream ports
Application
EMI Filter and line termination for USB upstream
ports on:
■ USB Hubs
■ PC peripherals
Features
■ Monolithic device with recommended line
termination for USB upstream ports
■ Integrated Rt series termination and Ct
bypassing capacitors.
■ Integrated ESD protection
■ Small package size
USBUFxxW6
SOTT323-6L
Table 1.Order Codes
Part N umberMarking
USBUF01W6UU1
USBUF02W6UU2
Description
The USB specification requires upstream ports to
be terminated with pull-up resistors from the D+
and D- lines to Vbus. On the implementation of
USB systems, the radiated and conducted EMI
should be kept within the required levels as stated
by the FCC regulations. In addition to the
requirements of termination and EMC
compatibility, the computing devices are required
to be tested for ESD susceptibility.
The USBUFxxW6 provides the recommended line
termination while implementing a low pass filter to
limit EMI levels and providing ESD protection
which exceeds IEC 61000-4-2 level 4 standard.
The device is packaged in a SOT323-6L which is
the smallest available lead frame package (50%
smaller than the standard SOT23).
Benefits
■ EMI / RFI noise suppression
■ Required line termination for USB upstream
ports
■ ESD protection exceeding
IEC 61000-4-2 level 4
■ High flexibility in the design of high density
boards
■ Tailored to meet USB 1.1 standard
Figure 1.Functional diagram
3.3 V
Rp
D1
Grd
D2
CODE 01 33 Ω1.5 kΩ47 pF
CODE 02 22 Ω1.5 kΩ47 pF
Tolerance ± 10% ± 10% ± 20%
Rt
Ct
Rt
Ct
Rt Rp Ct
D4
3.3 V
D3
Complies with the following standards:
IEC 61000-4-2, level 4± 15 kV (air discharge)
± 8 kV (contact discharge)
MIL STD 883E, Method 3015-7
Class 3 C = 100 pF R = 1500 Ω
3 positive strikes and 3 negative strikes (F = 1 Hz)
Lead solder temperature (10 second duration) 260 °C
L
T
Operating temperature range -40 to 70°C
op
PPower rating per resistor 100mW
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Figure 2.USB standard requirements
Full-speed or
Low-speed USB
Transceiver
Host or
Hub port
Rt
Ct
Rt
15k
Ct
15k
D+
D-
Twisted pair shielded
Zo = 90ohms
5m max
D+
D-
3.3V
1.5k
±16
±9
kV
±25
Rt
Full-speed USB
Ct
Rt
Transceiver
Ct
Hub 0 or
Full-speed function
FULL SPEED CONNECTION
Full-speed or
Low-speed USB
Transceiver
Host or
Hub port
Rt
Ct
Rt
15k
Ct
15k
D+
Untwisted unshielded
D-
LOW SPEED CONNECTION
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3m max
D+
D-
3.3V
1.5k
Rt
Low-speed USB
Ct
Rt
Transceiver
Ct
Hub 0 or
Low-speed function
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2.1 Application example
Figure 3.Implementation of ST solutions for USB ports
Downstream port
D+
Gnd
D-
Host/Hub USB por transceivert
Downstream port
D+
Gnd
D-
Host/Hub USB por transceivert
D+ in
Gnd
D- in
D+ in
Gnd
D- in
USBDF01W5
Rt
Ct
Rd
Rd
Ct
Rt
USBDF01W5
Rt
Ct
Rd
Rd
Ct
Rt
D+ out
D-
D- out
D+
D-
CABLE
D+
FULL SPEED CONNECTION
CABLE
D+
D+ out
D-
D- out
D+
D-
USBUF01W6
Ct
Rt
USBUF01W6
Ct
Rt
Upstream port
Gnd
3.3V
Gnd
3.3V
D1
Ct
Rt
3.3 V
Rp
D4
D1
Ct
Rt
3.3 V
Rp
D4
D2
D3
D2
D3
D+
Peripheral transceiver
D-
Upstream port
D+
Peripheral transceiver
D-
2.2 EMI filtering
Current FCC regulations requires that class B computing devices meet specified maximum
levels for both radiated and conducted EMI.
●Radiated EMI covers the frequency range from 30 MHz to 1 GHz.
●Conducted EMI covers the 450 kHz to 30 MHz range.
For the types of devices utilizing the USB, the most difficult test to pass is usually the
radiated EMI test. For this reason the USBUFxxW6 device is aiming to minimize radiated
EMI.
The differential signal (D+ and D-) of the USB does not contribute significantly to radiated or
conducted EMI because the magnetic field of both conductors cancels each other.
The inside of the PC environment is very noisy and designers must minimize noise coupling
from the different sources. D+ and D-must not be routed near high speed lines (clocks
spikes).
Induced common mode noise can be minimized by running pairs of USB signals parallel to
each other and running grounded guard trace on each side of the signal pair from the USB
controller to the USBUF device. If possible, locate the USBUF device physically near the
LOW SPEED CONNECTION
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USB connectors. Distance between the USB controller and the USB connector must be
minimized.
The 47 pF (C
) capacitors are used to bypass high frequency energy to ground and for edge
t
control, and are placed between the driver chip and the series termination resistors (Rt).
Both Ct and Rt should be placed as close to the driver chip as is practicable.
The USBUFxxW6 ensures a filtering protection against ElectroMagnetic and
RadioFrequency Interferences thanks to its low-pass filter structure. This filter is
characterized by the following parameters:
●cut-off frequency
●Insertion loss
●high frequency rejection.
Figure 4.USBUFxxW6 typical
Figure 5.Measurement configuration
attenuation
S21 (dB)
0
-10
-20
-30
1101001,000
Frequency (MHz)
50
Ω
Vg
TEST BOARD
UUx
50
Ω
2.3 ESD PROTECTION
In addition to the requirements of termination and EMC compatibility, computing devices are
required to be tested for ESD susceptibility. This test is described in the IEC 61000-4-2 and
is already in place in Europe. This test requires that a device tolerates ESD events and
remains operational without user intervention.
The USBUFxxW6 is particularly optimized to perform ESD protection. ESD protection is
based on the use of device which clamps at:
V
cl
This protection function is splitted in 2 stages. As shown in figure 6, the ESD strikes are
clamped by the first stage S1 and then its remaining overvoltage is applied to the second
stage through the resistor Rt. Such a configuration makes the output voltage very low at the
output.
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= VBR + Rd.I
PP
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Figure 6.USBUFxxW6 ESD clamping behavior
V
PP
ESD Surge
Rg
S1
Rd
V
BR
Rt
Vinput
Voutput
USBUF01W6
S2
Rd
Rload
V
BR
Device
to be
protected
Figure 7.Measurement board
ESD
SURGE
16kV
Air
Discharge
TEST BOARD
UUx
VinVout
To have a good approximation of the remaining voltages at both Vin and Vout stages, we
give the typical dynamical resistance value Rd. By taking into account these following
hypothesis: R
The results of the calculation done for Vg = 8 kV, Rg = 330 Ω (IEC 61000-4-2 standard),
V
= 7 V (typ.) and Rd = 1 Ω (typ.) give:
BR
Vinput = 31.2 V
Voutput = 7.95 V
This confirms the very low remaining voltage across the device to be protected. It is also
important to note that in this approximation the parasitic inductance effect was not taken into
account. This could be few tenths of volts during few ns at the V
effect is not present at the V
side due the low current involved after the resistance Rt.
output
side. This parasitic
input
The measurements done hereafter show very clearly (figure 8) the high efficiency of the
ESD protection:
●no influence of the parasitic inductances on Voutput stage
●Voutput clamping voltage very close to V
and - V
(forward voltage) in the negative way
F
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(breakdown voltage) in the positive way
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Figure 8.Remaining voltage at both stages S1 (Vinput) and S2 (Voutput) during
ESD surge
Vin
Vin
Positive surgeNegative surge
Please note that the USBUFxxW6 is not only acting for positive ESD surges but also for
negative ones. For these kinds of disturbances it clamps close to ground voltage as
shown in Figure 8. (negative surge.
2.4 Latch-up phenomena
The early ageing and destruction of IC’s is often due to latch-up phenomenon which is
mainly induced by dV/dt. Thanks to its structure, the USBUFxxW6 provides a high immunity
to latch-up phenomenon by smoothing very fast edges.
2.5 Crosstalk behavior
Figure 9.Crosstalk phenomenon.
R
G1
Vout
Vout
Line 1
V
G1
V
G2
R
G2
DRIVERS
The crosstalk phenomenon is due to the coupling between 2 lines. The coupling factor (β
or β
) increases when the gap across lines decreases, particularly in silicon dice. In the
21
example above the expected signal on load R
has got an extra value β
. This part of the VG1 signal represents the effect of the
21VG1
crosstalk phenomenon of the line 1 on the line 2. This phenomenon has to be taken into
account when the drivers impose fast digital data or high frequency analog signals in the
disturbing line. The perturbed line will be more affected if it works with low voltage signal or
high load impedance (few kΩ).
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Line 2
R
L1
R
L2
RECEIVERS
is α2VG2, in fact the real voltage at this point
L2
αβ
V+ V
1 G11 2 G2
V+ V
αβ
2 G22 1 G1
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Analog crosstalk
measurements
Figure 11. Typical analog crosstalk
results
Analog crosstalk (dB)
0
50
Ω
Vg
TEST BOARD
UUx
50
Ω
-20
-40
-60
-80
-100
1101001,000
Frequency (MHz)
Figure 10. gives the measurement circuit for the analog crosstalk application. In Figure 11.,
the curve shows the effect of the D+ cell on the D-cell. In usual frequency range of analog
signals (up to 100 MHz) the effect on disturbed line is less than -37 db.
Figure 12. shows the measurement circuit used to quantify the crosstalk effect in a classical
digital application.
Figure 13.Digital crosstalk results
VG1
β21 G1V
Figure 13. shows, with a signal from 0 to 5 V and rise time of few ns, the impact on the
disturbed line is less than 250 mV peak to peak. No data disturbance was noted on the
other line.The measurements performed with falling edges gives an impact within the same
range.
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2.6 Transition times
This low pass filter has been designed in order to meet the USB 1.1 standard requirements
that implies the signal edges are maintained within the 4 -20 ns stipulated USB specification
limits. To verify this point, we have measured the rise time of VD+ voltage with and without
the USBUFxxW6 device.
Figure 14. Typical rise and fall times:
measurement configuration
Figure 15. Typical rise times with and
without protection device
without
Square
Pulse
Generator
+5V
+5V+5V
74HC04
D+
D-
USBDF
01W6
74HC04
with
Figure 14. shows the circuit used to perform measurements of the transition times. In Figure
15., we see the results of such measurements:
trise = 3.8 ns driver alone
trise = 7.8 ns with protection device
The adding of the protection device causes the rise time increase of roughly 4ns.
Note:Rise time has been measured between 10% and 90% of the signal (resp. 90% and 10%)
Operating temperature range updated to -40 to 70° C.
Layout updated to current standard.
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