LTC4303 Hot Swappable 2-Wire Bus Buffer with Stuck Bus Recovery UFEATURESDESCRIPTIO ■ Automatic Disconnect of SDA/SCL Lines when Bus The LTC®4303 hot swappable 2-wire Bus Buffer allows I/O is Stuck Low for ≥ 30ms card insertion into a live backplane without corruption of ■ Recovers Stuck Busses with Automatic Clocking* the data and clock busses. When a connection is made, ■ Bidirectional Buffer* for SDA and SCL Lines the LTC4303 provides bidirectional buffering, keeping the Increases Fanout backplane and card capacitances isolated. If SDAOUT or ■ Prevents SDA and SCL Corruption During Live SCLOUT is low for ≥ 30ms (typ), the LTC4303 automatically Board Insertion and Removal from Backplane breaks the data and clock bus connection. At this time the ■ Pin Compatible with LTC4300A-1 LTC4303 automatically generates up to 16 clock pulses on ■ ±15kV Human Body Model ESD Protection SCLOUT in an attempt to free the bus. A connection will ■ Isolates Input SDA and SCL Lines from Output be enabled automatically when the bus becomes free. ■ Compatible with I2CTM, I2C Fast-Mode and SMBus Rise-time accelerator circuitry allows the use of larger pull- Standards (Up to 400kHz Operation) up resistance while still meeting rise-time requirements. ■ READY Open Drain Output During insertion, the SDA and SCL lines are precharged ■ 1V Precharge on All SDA and SCL Lines to 1V to minimize bus disturbances. When driven high, ■ High Impedance SDA, SCL Pins for VCC = 0V ENABLE allows the LTC4303 to connect after a stop bit or ■ ENABLE Gates Connection from Input to Output bus idle occurs. Driving ENABLE low breaks the connection ■ MSOP 8-Pin and DFN (3mm × 3mm) Packages U between SDAIN and SDAOUT, SCLIN and SCLOUT. READY APPLICATIO S is an open drain output that indicates when the backplane and card sides are connected together. ■ Hot Board Insertion ■ Servers , LT, LTC and LTM are registered trademarks of Linear Technology Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ■ Capacitance Buffer/Bus Extender Protected by U.S. Patents including 6356140, 6650174, 7032051. ■ RAID Systems UTYPICAL APPLICATIO 5V 3.3V Stuck Bus Resolved 0.01mF with Automatic Clocking 10k 10k V 10k 10k CC LTC4303 SCLIN SCLOUT SDAOUT STUCK LOW > 30ms RECOVERS BACK_SCL CARD_SCL 5V/DIV DISCONNECT AT TIMEOUT SDAIN SDAOUT SDAIN BACK_SDA CARD_SDA 5V/DIV AUTOMATIC CLOCKING SCLOUT 5V/DIV 3.3V ENABLE READY GND 100k 4303 TA01 4303 TA01b 200ms/DIV BACKPLANE STAGGERED CARD CONNECTOR CONNECTOR 4303fb 1