TCA9617A

• Two-Channel Bidirectional I²C Buffer
• Support for Standard Mode, Fast Mode (400 kHz), and Fast Mode+ (1 Mhz) I²C Operation
• Operating Supply Voltage Range of 0.8 V to 5.5 V on A-Side
• Operating Supply Voltage Range of 2.2 V to 5.5 V on B-Side
• Voltage-Level Translation From 0.8 V to 5.5 V and 2.2 V to 5.5 V
• Footprint and Function Replacement for TCA9517
• Active-High Repeater-Enable Input
• Open-Drain I²C I/O
• 5.5-V Tolerant I²C and Enable Input Support
• Mixed-Mode Signal Operation
• Lockup-Free Operation
• Support for Clock Stretching and Multiple Master Arbitration Across The Device
• Latch-Up Performance Exceeds 100 mA Per JESD 78, Class II
• ESD Protection Exceeds JESD 22
  • 4000-V Human-Body Model (A114-A)
  • 1500-V Charged-Device Model (C101)

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The TCA9617A is a BiCMOS dual bidirectional buffer intended for I²C bus and SMBus systems. It can provide bidirectional voltage-level translation (up-translation and down-translation) between low voltages (down to 0.8 V) and higher voltages (2.2 V to 5.5 V) in mixed-mode applications. This device enables I²C and similar bus systems to be extended, without degradation of performance even during level shifting.

The TCA9617A buffers both the serial data (SDA) and the serial clock (SCL) signals on the I²C bus, allowing two buses of 550-pF or greater bus capacitance to be connected in an I²C application. This device can also be used to isolate two halves of a bus for voltage and capacitance.