SLLSFE8B November 2024 – November 2025 TCAN2845-Q1 , TCAN2847-Q1
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Resistors equal to the characteristic impedance of the line must be used to terminate both ends of the cable to prevent signal reflections. Unterminated drop-lines (stubs) connecting nodes to the bus must be kept as short as possible to minimize signal reflections. The termination can be in a node, but is generally not recommended, especially if the node can be removed from the bus. Termination must be carefully placed, so that the termination is not removed from the bus. System level CAN implementations such as CANopen allow for different termination and cabling concepts for example to add cable length.
Termination can be a single 120Ω resistor at the end of the bus, either on the cable or in a terminating node. If filtering and stabilization of the common mode voltage of the bus is desired then “split termination” can be used, see Figure 10-2. Split termination improves the electromagnetic emissions behavior of the network by eliminating fluctuations in the bus common mode voltage levels at the start and end of message transmissions.