SNAS264D April 2006 – February 2024 LM94
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Noise coupling into the digital lines (greater than 150mV), overshoot greater than VDD and undershoot less than GND, may prevent successful SMBus communication with the LM94. SMBus No Acknowledge (NACK) is the most common symptom, causing unnecessary traffic on the bus. Although, the SMBus maximum frequency of communication is rather low (100 kHz max), care still needs to be taken to ensure proper termination within a system with multiple parts on the bus and long printed circuit board traces. The LM94 includes on chip low-pass filtering of the SMBCLK and SMBDAT signals to make it more noise immune. Minimize noise coupling by keeping digital traces out of switching baseboard areas as well as ensuring that digital lines containing high speed data communications cross at right angles to the SMBDAT and SMBCLK lines.