1. General description

The NCA9306-Q100 is a 2 channel bidirectional I²C and SMBus multi-voltage level translator with

an enable (EN) pin input. It allows voltage translation between 0.95 V and 5 V without the use

of a direction pin. It supports up to 100 MHz up translation and >100 MHz down translation at

≤ 30 pF capacitive load. There is no need for a direction pin which minimizes the system effort. The

NCA9306-Q100 supports 5 V tolerant I/O pins to support mixed mode signal operation. The ability

to set up different voltage translation levels on each channel makes the device very flexible and

suitable for a lot of different applications.

The low ON-state resistance RON of the switch allows connections to be made with minimal

propagation delay. When EN is HIGH, the translator switch is on, and the SCLA and SDAA I/O

are connected to the SCLB and SDAB I/O respectively, allowing bidirectional data flow between

ports. When EN is LOW, the translator switch is off, and a high-impedance state exists between

ports. As with the standard I²C bus-system, pull-up resistors are required to provide the logic HIGH

levels on the translators bus. The NCA9306-Q100 has a standard open-drain configuration of the

I²C-bus. The size of these pull-up resistors depend on the system. Each side of the translator must

have a pull-up resistors. NCA9306-Q100 is designed to work with Standard-mode, Fast-mode and

Fast-mode plus I²C bus devices in addition to the SMBus devices.

When the SDAA or SDAB pin is LOW, the clamp is in the ON-state and a low resistance

connections exists between the SDAA and SDAB ports. Assuming the higher voltage is on the

SDAB port when the SDAB port is HIGH, the voltage on the SDAA port is limited to the voltage set

by refA. When the SDAA port is HIGH, the SDAB port is pulled to the refB supply voltage by the

pull-up resistors. The SCLA or SCLB pins also follows the same behavior as described for SDAA or

SDAB pins.

This product has been qualified to the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) standard Q100

(Grade 1) and is suitable for use in automotive applications.

2. Features and benefits

• Automotive product qualification in accordance with AEC-Q100 (Grade 1)

• Specified from -40 °C to +125 °C

• 2-channel bidirectional voltage translator for SDA and SCL lines in mixed mode I²C bus

applications

• Open-drain I²C-bus I/O ports (SCLA, SDAA, SCLB and SDAB)

• Provides bidirectional voltage translation with no direction pin

• High-impedance SCLA, SDAA, SCLB and SDAB for EN = LOW

• Up translation

• < 100 MHz; CL = 30 pF

• < 40 MHz; CL = 50 pF

• Down translation

• > 100 MHz; CL = 30 pF

• < 40 MHz; CL = 50 pF

• Hot insertion

• Bidirectional voltage level translation between:

• 0.95 V and 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3.3 V and 5.0 V

• 1.2 V and 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3.3 V and 5.0 V

• 1.8 V and 2.5 V, 3.3 V and 5.0 V

• 2.5 V and 3.3 V and 5.0 V

• 3.3 V and 5.0 V

• Low standby current

• 5 V tolerant I²C-bus I/O pins to support mixed mode signal operation

• Low RON provides less signal distortion

• Latch-up performance exceeds 100 mA per JESD78 class II level A

• ESD protection:

• HBM ANSI/ESDA/JEDEC JS-001 Class 2 exceeds 2000 V

• CDM ANSI/ESDA/JEDEC JS-002 Class C3 exceeds 1000 V

3. Applications

• GPIO, MDIO, PMBus, SMBus, SDIO, UART, I²C, and other interfaces in Telecom infrastructure

• Industrial

• Personal computing

• Router and Industrial Automation