SNAS264D April 2006 – February 2024 LM94
PRODUCTION DATA
Whenever the low byte of a 16-bit register is read, the high byte is frozen. After the high byte is read, it is unfrozen. This ensures that the entire 16-bit value is read properly and the high byte matches with the low byte. If the low byte of a different 16-bit register is read, the currently frozen high byte is unfrozen and the high byte of the new 16-bit register is frozen. In a system with two SMBus masters, it is very important that only one master reads any 16-bit registers at a time. One possible method to achieve this would involve using 16-bit SMBus reads (instead of two separate 8-bit reads) to read 16-bit registers.
Whenever the low byte of a 16-bit register is written, the write is buffered and does not take effect until the corresponding high byte is written. If the low byte of a different 16-bit register is written, the previously buffered low byte of the first register is discarded. If a device attempts to write the high byte of a 16-bit register, and the corresponding low byte was not written (or was discarded), then the LM94 will NACK the byte.