DEVICE OVERVIEW

This document contains device specific information for the following device:

• MCP2120

This device is a low-cost, high-performance, fully-static infrared encoder/decoder. This device sits between a UART and an infrared (IR) optical transceiver.

Features

• Supports with IrDA® Physical Layer Specification (version 1.3)

• UART to IR Encoder/Decoder

- Interfaces with IrDA Compliant Transceivers

- Used with any UART, including standard 16550 UART and microcontroller UART

• Transmit/Receive formats supported:

- 1.63 µs

• Hardware or Software Baud rate selection

- Up to IrDA standard 115.2 kbaud operation

- Up to 312.5 kbaud operation (at 20 MHz)

- Low power mode

• Pb-free packaging

CMOS Technology

• Low-power, high-speed CMOS technology

• Fully static design

• Low voltage operation

• Commercial and Industrial temperature ranges

• Low power consumption

- < 1 mA @ 3.3V, 8 MHz (typical)

- 3 mA typical @ 5.0V when disabled