Voltage translators & level shifters
Bridge I/O voltage mismatches in your system with level-shifter products
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Our portfolio of direction-controlled, auto-direction and fixed-direction voltage translators or level shifters can accelerate and optimize your design. Our level-shifter solutions, resources and expertise make it easier for you to design reliable, cost-effective and compact systems.
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Why choose our voltage-level translators and level shifters?
Scalability
Harness the flexibility of our range of translation products, which support inputs/outputs as low as 0.65V and as high as 30V.
Affordability
We strive to make innovation accessible by creating cost-effective level shifters that utilize our latest process technology and package designs.
Availability
Our internal manufacturing capacity provides greater assurance of supply, supporting your growth for decades to come.
Select from our comprehensive voltage translation portfolio for your design
Benefits of our auto-direction translators
Auto-direction voltage translators are available in dual supply configurations. They automatically sense the direction of the signal without the need for a direction control pin. There are a number of trade-offs including drive-strength, data rate, and multi-voltage translation. The wide range of functionalities provide options to fit every design need.
- Works with bi-directional signals
- Devices available that have been optimized for common interfaces
- Works with both open-drain and push-pull interfaces
- Design flexibility with external pull-up resistors
- Open Drain use cases include: I2C, MDIO, SMBUS, GPIO
- Push Pull use cases include: GPIO, SPI, UART, JTAG, I2S, RGMII
- Multi-sourced package and pinouts
Benefits of our direction-controlled translators
Direction-Controlled voltage translators perform non-inverting up or down translation of a uni-directional signal. These have one or more direction control pins that allow the designer to configure which pins are inputs and outputs. This enables simultaneous up and down translation on one device and gives more flexibility. Many devices feature Bus Hold, which retains the last known state of the output when the inputs are floating or high impedance.
- Push Pull buffered output for high drive strength
- One or more direction control pins
- Devices available that have been optimized for common interfaces
- Bus Hold functionality available, indicated by “H” in part number
- Use cases include: SPI, UART, JTAG, GPIO, I2S, RGMII
- Multi-sourced package and pinouts
Featured products for Direction-controlled translators
Benefits of our fixed-direction translators
Fixed-direction translators perform a single-direction, noninverting up or down translation of an incoming signal at the input of a device to the output of the device. Single supply translators have one supply voltage, which provides the reference level for the output to track and includes translating buffers, as well as translating logic gates. Translating logic gates have built-in logic functionality, and perform up or down voltage translation.
- Single supply translators provide simplicity in system design.
- Dual supply translators provide dynamic operating range for voltage translation.
- Voltage translating logic gates achieve two functions in one chip.
- Use cases include: GPIO, SPI, UART, JTAG, I2S
Featured products for Fixed-direction voltage translators
Discover featured applications
Enabling next-generation ADAS domain controllers with voltage translation
Level translators improve and simplify domain controller to peripheral input/output (I/O) interface designs in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). A voltage-level translator can help resolve I/O level mismatches between lower-power processors in ADAS domain controllers and peripheral devices for interfaces such as I2C, Serial Peripheral Interface, Reduced Gigabit Media-Independent Interface, SMBus, I2S, and general-purpose input/output.
Benefits:
- Enables lower-power designs.
- Simplifies processor to peripheral interface designs.
- Enables a wider selection of peripheral devices.
Featured resources
- LSF0102-Q1 – Automotive Dual-Channel Bidirectional Multi-Voltage Level Translator
- TXB0104-Q1 – Automotive 4-bit bidirectional voltage-level translator with auto direction sensing and +/-15kV ESD
- TXU0304-Q1 – Automotive four-channel fixed multidirectional level shifter
- Enabling Next Generation ADAS Domain Controllers with Voltage Translation – Application brief
Designing smarter solar-panel inverters with voltage-level translation
One of the primary design challenges for solar inverters is aligning the lower input/output (I/O) voltage levels of the microcontroller with the higher I/O voltage levels of peripheral devices. Voltage-level translators help resolve I/O level mismatches between processors and peripheral devices easily, efficiently and cost-effectively, without sacrificing system performance.
Benefits:
- Enables lower-power designs.
- Simplifies processor to peripheral interface designs.
- Enables a wider selection of peripheral devices.
Featured resources
- TIDA-00816 – Grid IoT Reference Design: Connecting Fault Indicators, Data Collector, Mini-RTU Using Sub-1GHz RF
- SN74LXC1T45 – Single-bit dual-supply bus transceiver with configurable voltage-level shifting and 3-state outputs
- SN74LVC4245A – Octal Bus Transceiver And 3.3-V To 5-V Shifter With 3-State Outputs
- SN74LXC8T245 – 8-bit dual-supply bus transceiver with configurable voltage-level shifting and tri-state outputs
- Enabling Smart Solar Inverter Designs with Level Translation – Application brief
- Enabling Smart Battery Energy Storage Systems with Voltage Level Translation – Application brief
Enabling industrial PC connectivity with level translation
Both single-board and computer-on-module industrial computers support an array of input/output (I/O) types and interface standards operating at low voltages. Voltage-level translators enable system designers to overcome the design challenges associated with connecting the lower-voltage I/Os of industrial PCs with peripherals operating at different voltage levels.
Benefits:
- Enables lower-power designs.
- Simplifies industrial PC I/O interface designs.
- Enables a wider selection of peripheral devices.
Featured resources
- TIDA-00375 – UART to Wi-Fi Bridge with 24 VAC Power Reference Design
- TXU0304 – Four-channel fixed multidirectional level shifter
- SN74GTL2014 – 4-bits LVTTL to GTL Transceiver
- SN74AXC1T45 – Single-bit dual-supply bus transceiver
- Optimizing Single Board Computers (SBC) Systems Using Logic and Translation – Application brief
- Enabling Next Generation Processors, FPGA, and ASSP with Voltage Level Translat – Application brief
New products
Automotive 4-bit bidirectional voltage-level translator with auto direction for push-pull topology
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.602
Automotive ±10V, 2-bit fixed direction ground-level translators, 1/1 configuration
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.209
Automotive, ±40V, 2-bit fixed direction ground-level translators, 1/1 configuration
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.245