Data Sheet
MPU-9250 Product Specification 
Document Number: PS-MPU-9250A-01 
Revision: 1.0 
Release Date: 01/17/2014 
3.5  I2C Timing Characterization 
Typical Operating Circuit of section 4.2
, VDD = 2.4V to 3.6V, VDDIO = 1.71 to VDD, T
A
=25°C, unless 
otherwise noted.  
Parameters 
Conditions 
Min 
Typical 
Max 
Units  
Note s  
I
2
C TIMING 
I
2
C FAST-MODE 
f
SCL
, SCL Clock Frequency 
400 
kHz 
t
HD.STA
, (Repeated) START Condition Hold 
Time 
0.6 
µs 
t
LOW
, SCL Low Period 
1.3 
µs 
t
HIGH
, SCL High Period 
0.6 
µs 
t
SU.STA
, Repeated START Condition Setup 
Time 
0.6 
µs 
t
HD.DAT
, SDA Data Hold Time 
0 
µs 
t
SU.DAT
, SDA Data Setup Time 
100 
ns 
t
r
, SDA and SCL Rise Time 
C
b
 bus cap. from 10 to 400pF 
20+0.1C
b
300 
ns 
t
f
, SDA and SCL Fall Time 
C
b
 bus cap. from 10 to 400pF 
20+0.1C
b
300 
ns 
t
SU.STO
, STOP Condition Setup Time 
0.6 
µs 
t
BUF
, Bus Free Time  Betw een STOP and 
START Condition 
1.3 
µs 
C
b
, Capacitive Load for each Bus Line 
< 400 
pF 
t
VD.DAT
, Data Valid Time 
0.9 
µs 
t
VD.ACK
, Data Valid Acknowledge Time 
0.9 
µs 
Table 6 I
2
C Timing Characteristics 
Notes: 
•  Timing Characteristics apply to both Primary and Auxiliary I2C Bus 
•  Based on characterization of 5 parts over temperature and voltage as mounted on evaluation board or in 
sockets 
I
2
C Bus Timing Diagram   
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