SLLSET0D March   2016  – April 2021 TCAN1051-Q1 , TCAN1051G-Q1 , TCAN1051GV-Q1 , TCAN1051H-Q1 , TCAN1051HG-Q1 , TCAN1051HGV-Q1 , TCAN1051HV-Q1 , TCAN1051V-Q1

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  1. 1 Features
  2. 2 Applications
  3. 3 Description
  4. 4 Revision History
  5. 5 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 6 Specifications
    1. 6.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 6.2 ESD Ratings
    3. 6.3 ESD Ratings, Specifications
    4. 6.4 Recommended Operating Conditions
    5. 6.5 Thermal Information
    6. 6.6 Power Rating
    7. 6.7 Electrical Characteristics
    8. 6.8 Switching Characteristics
    9. 6.9 Typical Characteristics
  7. 7 Parameter Measurement Information
  8. 8 Detailed Description
    1. 8.1 Overview
    2. 8.2 Functional Block Diagram
    3. 8.3 Feature Description
      1. 8.3.1 TXD Dominant Timeout (DTO)
      2. 8.3.2 Thermal Shutdown (TSD)
      3. 8.3.3 Undervoltage Lockout
      4. 8.3.4 Unpowered Device
      5. 8.3.5 Floating Terminals
      6. 8.3.6 CAN Bus Short Circuit Current Limiting
      7. 8.3.7 Digital Inputs and Outputs
        1. 8.3.7.1 5-V VCC Only Devices (Devices without the "V" Suffix):
        2. 8.3.7.2 5 V VCC with VIO I/O Level Shifting (Devices with the "V" Suffix):
    4. 8.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 8.4.1 CAN Bus States
      2. 8.4.2 Normal Mode
      3. 8.4.3 Silent Mode
      4. 8.4.4 Driver and Receiver Function Tables
  9. 9 Application Information Disclaimer
    1. 9.1 Application Information
    2. 9.2 Typical Applications
      1. 9.2.1 Design Requirements
        1. 9.2.1.1 Bus Loading, Length and Number of Nodes
      2. 9.2.2 Detailed Design Procedures
        1. 9.2.2.1 CAN Termination
      3. 9.2.3 Application Curves
  10. 10Power Supply Recommendations
  11. 11Device and Documentation Support
    1. 11.1 Documentation Support
      1. 11.1.1 Related Documentation
    2. 11.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 11.3 Support Resources
    4. 11.4 Trademarks
    5. 11.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 11.6 Glossary
  12. 12Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

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Orderable Information

9.2.1.1 Bus Loading, Length and Number of Nodes

The ISO 11898-2 Standard specifies a maximum bus length of 40 m and maximum stub length of 0.3 m. However, with careful design, users can have longer cables, longer stub lengths, and many more nodes to a bus. A large number of nodes requires transceivers with high input impedance such as the TCAN1051 family of transceivers.

Many CAN organizations and standards have scaled the use of CAN for applications outside the original ISO 11898-2. They have made system-level trade-offs for data rate, cable length, and parasitic loading of the bus. Examples of some of these specifications are ARINC825, CANopen, DeviceNet and NMEA2000.

The TCAN1051 family is specified to meet the 1.5 V requirement with a 50Ω load, incorporating the worst case including parallel transceivers. The differential input resistance of the TCAN1051 family is a minimum of 30 kΩ. If 100 TCAN1051 family transceivers are in parallel on a bus, this is equivalent to a 300Ω differential load worst case. That transceiver load of 300 Ω in parallel with the 60Ω gives an equivalent loading of 50 Ω. Therefore, the TCAN1051 family theoretically supports up to 100 transceivers on a single bus segment. However, for CAN network design margin must be given for signal loss across the system and cabling, parasitic loadings, network imbalances, ground offsets and signal integrity thus a practical maximum number of nodes is typically much lower. Bus length may also be extended beyond the original ISO 11898 standard of 40 m by careful system design and datarate tradeoffs. For example CANopen network design guidelines allow the network to be up to 1 km with changes in the termination resistance, cabling, less than 64 nodes and significantly lowered data rate.

This flexibility in CAN network design is one of the key strengths of the various extensions and additional standards that have been built on the original ISO 11898-2 CAN standard. In using this flexibility comes the responsibility of good network design and balancing these tradeoffs.