Datasheet

LTM2881
14
2881fg
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reduce EMI emissions from equipment and data cables.
The reduced slew rate mode is entered by taking the SLO
pin low to GND2, where the data rate is limited to about
250kbps. Slew limiting also mitigates the adverse effects
of imperfect transmission line termination caused by stubs
or mismatched cables.
Figures 9a and 9b show the frequency spectrums of the
LTM2881 driver outputs in normal and SLO mode operat
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ing at 250kbps. SLO mode significantly reduces the high
frequency harmonics.
Receiver and Failsafe
With the receiver enabled, when the absolute value of the
di
ff
erential voltage between the A and B pins is greater than
200mV, the state of RO will reflect the polarity of (A-B).
During data communication the receiver detects the state
of the input with symmetric thresholds around 0V. The
symmetric thresholds preserve duty cycle for attenu
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ated signals with slow transition rates on high capacitive
busses, or long cable lengths. The receiver incorporates
a failsafe feature that guarantees the receiver output to
be a logic-high during an idle bus, when the inputs are
shorted, left open or terminated, but not driven. The failsafe
feature eliminates the need for system level integration of
network pre-biasing by guaranteeing a logic-high on RO
under the conditions of an idle bus. Further network bias
-
ing constructed to condition transient noise during an idle
state is unnecessar
y due to the common mode transient
rejection
of the LTM2881. The failsafe detector monitors
A and B in parallel with the receiver and detects the state
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
Figure 9a. Frequency Spectrum SLO Mode 125kHz Input Figure 9b. Normal Mode Frequency Spectrum 125kHz Input
FREQUENCY (MHz)
Y-Z 10dB/DIV
2881 F09a
12.56.250
FREQUENCY (MHz)
Y-Z 10dB/DIV
2881 F09b
12.56.250
of the bus when A-B is above the input failsafe threshold
for longer than about 3µs with a hysteresis of 25mV. This
failsafe feature is guaranteed to work for inputs spanning
the entire common mode range of –7V to 12V.
The receiver output is internally driven high (to V
L
) or
low (to GND) with no external pull-up needed. When the
receiver is disabled the RO pin becomes Hi-Z with leakage
of less than ±1µA for voltages within the supply range.
Receiver Input Resistance
The receiver input resistance from A or B to GND2 is
greater than 96k permitting up to a total of 256 receivers
per system without exceeding the RS485 receiver loading
specification. High temperature H-/MP-Grade operation
reduces the input resistance to 48k permitting 128 re
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ceivers on the bus. The input resistance of the receiver is
unaffected by enabling/disabling the receiver or by power-
ing/unpowering the part. The equivalent input resistance
looking into A and B is shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10. Equivalent Input Resistance into A and B
60Ω
60Ω
A
TE
B
2881 F10
>96k
>96k