General Description

The MAX3394E/MAX3395E/MAX3396E bidirectional level translators provide level shifting required for data transfer in a multivoltage system. Internal slew-rate enhancement circuitry features 10mA current-sink and 15mA current-source drivers to isolate capacitive loads from lower current drivers. In open-drain systems, slew rate enhancement enables fast data rates with larger pullup resistors and increased bus load capacitance. Externally applied voltages, VCC and VL, set the logic high levels for the device. A logic-low signal on one I/O side of the device appears as a logic-low signal on the opposite I/O side, and vice-versa. Each I/O line is pulled up to VCC or VL by an internal pullup resistor, allowing the devices to be driven by either push-pull or open-drain drivers.

Features

♦ ±15kV ESD Protection on I/O VCC_ Lines

♦ Bidirectional Level Translation Without Direction Pin

♦ I/O VL_ and I/O VCC_ 10mA Sink-/15mA Source Current Capability

♦ Slew-Rate Enhancement Circuitry Supports Larger Capacitive Loads or Larger External Pullup Resistors

♦ 6Mbps Push-Pull/1Mbps Open-Drain Guaranteed Data Rate

♦ Wide Supply-Voltage Range: Operation Down to +1.2V on VL and +1.65V on VCC ♦ Low Supply Current in Tri-State Output Mode (3µA typ)

♦ Low Quiescent Current

♦ Thermal-Shutdown Protection

♦ UCSP, TDFN, and TQFN Packages

Applications

Multivoltage Bidirectional Level Translation

SPI™, MICROWIRE™, and I2C Level Translation

Open-Drain Rise-Time Speed-Up

High-Speed Bus Fan-Out Expansion

Cell Phones

Telecom, Networking, Servers, RAID/SAN