SLOA101B August   2002  – May 2016 SN55HVD233-SEP , SN65HVDA1040A-Q1 , SN65HVDA1050A-Q1 , SN65HVDA540-5-Q1 , SN65HVDA540-Q1 , SN65HVDA541-5-Q1 , SN65HVDA541-Q1 , SN65HVDA542-5-Q1 , SN65HVDA542-Q1

 

  1.   Introduction to the Controller Area Network (CAN)
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Introduction
    3. 2 The CAN Standard
    4. 3 Standard CAN or Extended CAN
      1. 3.1 The Bit Fields of Standard CAN and Extended CAN
        1. 3.1.1 Standard CAN
        2. 3.1.2 Extended CAN
    5. 4 A CAN Message
      1. 4.1 Arbitration
      2. 4.2 Message Types
        1. 4.2.1 The Data Frame
        2. 4.2.2 The Remote Frame
        3. 4.2.3 The Error Frame
        4. 4.2.4 The Overload Frame
      3. 4.3 A Valid Frame
      4. 4.4 Error Checking and Fault Confinement
    6. 5 The CAN Bus
      1. 5.1 CAN Transceiver Features
        1. 5.1.1  3.3-V Supply Voltage
        2. 5.1.2  ESD Protection
        3. 5.1.3  Common-Mode Voltage Operating Range
        4. 5.1.4  Common-Mode Noise Rejection
        5. 5.1.5  Controlled Driver Output Transition Times
        6. 5.1.6  Low-Current Bus Monitor, Standby and Sleep Modes
        7. 5.1.7  Bus Pin Short-Circuit Protection
        8. 5.1.8  Thermal Shutdown Protection
        9. 5.1.9  Bus Input Impedance
        10. 5.1.10 Glitch-Free Power Up and Power Down
        11. 5.1.11 Unpowered Node Protection
        12. 5.1.12 Reference Voltage
        13. 5.1.13 V-Split
        14. 5.1.14 Loopback
        15. 5.1.15 Autobaud Loopback
      2. 5.2 CAN Transceiver Selection Guide
    7. 6 Conclusion
    8. 7 Additional Reading
  2.   Revision History

5.1.3 Common-Mode Voltage Operating Range

Common-mode voltage is the difference in potential between grounds of sending and receiving nodes on a bus. This is often the case in the networked equipment typically found in a CAN application. Possible effects of this problem are intermittent reboots, lock-ups, bad data transfer, or physical damage to a transceiver.

Network interface cards, parallel ports, serial ports, and especially transceivers are prime targets for some form of failure if not designed to accommodate high levels of ground shift and power supply imbalance between typical CAN nodes.

With this in mind, most TI CAN transceivers are designed to operate with complete safety well beyond the bus voltage range of –2 V to 7 V required by the ISO 11898 Standard