SLLSFS1B August   2023  – April 2024 THVD4431

PRODUCTION DATA  

  1.   1
  2. 1 Features
  3. 2 Applications
  4. 3 Description
  5. 4 Pin Configuration and Functions
  6. 5 Specifications
    1. 5.1  Absolute Maximum Ratings
    2. 5.2  ESD Ratings
    3. 5.3  ESD Ratings [IEC]
    4. 5.4  Recommended Operating Conditions
    5. 5.5  Thermal Information
    6. 5.6  Power Dissipation
    7. 5.7  Electrical Characteristics
    8. 5.8  Switching Characteristics_RS-485_500kbps
    9. 5.9  Switching Characteristics_RS-485_20Mbps
    10. 5.10 Switching Characteristics, Driver_RS232
    11. 5.11 Switching Characteristics, Receiver_RS232
    12. 5.12 Switching Characteristics_MODE switching
    13. 5.13 Switching Characteristics_RS-485_Termination resistor
    14. 5.14 Switching Characteristics_Loopback mode
    15. 5.15 Typical Characteristics
  7. 6 Parameter Measurement Information
  8. 7 Detailed Description
    1. 7.1 Overview
    2. 7.2 Functional Block Diagrams
    3. 7.3 Feature Description
      1. 7.3.1 Integrated IEC ESD and EFT Protection
      2. 7.3.2 Protection Features
      3. 7.3.3 RS-485 Receiver Fail-Safe Operation
      4. 7.3.4 Low-Power Shutdown Mode
      5. 7.3.5 On-chip Switchable Termination Resistor
      6. 7.3.6 Operational Data Rate
      7. 7.3.7 Diagnostic Loopback
      8. 7.3.8 Integrated Charge pump for RS-232
    4. 7.4 Device Functional Modes
      1. 7.4.1 RS-485 Functionality
      2. 7.4.2 RS-232 Functionality
      3. 7.4.3 Mode Control
  9. 8 Application and Implementation
    1. 8.1 Application Information
    2. 8.2 Typical Application
      1. 8.2.1 Design Requirements
        1. 8.2.1.1 Data Rate and Bus Length for RS-485
        2. 8.2.1.2 Stub Length for RS-485 Network
        3. 8.2.1.3 Bus Loading for RS-485 Network
      2. 8.2.2 Detailed Design Procedure
      3. 8.2.3 Application Curves
    3. 8.3 Power Supply Recommendations
    4. 8.4 Layout
      1. 8.4.1 Layout Guidelines
      2. 8.4.2 Layout Example
  10. 9 Device and Documentation Support
    1. 9.1 Device Support
      1. 9.1.1 Third-Party Products Disclaimer
    2. 9.2 Receiving Notification of Documentation Updates
    3. 9.3 Support Resources
    4. 9.4 Trademarks
    5. 9.5 Electrostatic Discharge Caution
    6. 9.6 Glossary
  11. 10Revision History
  12. 11Mechanical, Packaging, and Orderable Information

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7.3.3 RS-485 Receiver Fail-Safe Operation

The RS-485 differential receiver of the THVD4431 is failsafe to invalid bus states caused by the following:

  • Open bus conditions, such as a disconnected connector
  • Shorted bus conditions, such as cable damage shorting the twisted-pair together
  • Idle bus conditions that occur when no driver on the bus is actively driving

In any of these cases, the differential receiver outputs a failsafe logic high state so that the output of the receiver is not indeterminate.

Receiver failsafe is accomplished by offsetting the receiver thresholds such that the input indeterminate range does not include zero volts differential. To comply with the RS-422 and RS-485 standards, the receiver output must output a high when the differential input VID is more positive than 200 mV, and must output a low when VID is more negative than –200 mV. The receiver parameters which determine the failsafe performance are VTH+, VTH–, and VHYS (the separation between VTH+ and VTH–). As shown in the Receiver Function table, differential signals more negative than –200 mV always causes a low receiver output, and differential signals more positive than 200 mV always causes a high receiver output.

When the differential input signal is close to zero, it is still above the VTH+ threshold, and the receiver output is high. Only when the differential input is more than VHYS below VTH+ does the receiver output transition to a low state. Therefore, the noise immunity of the receiver inputs during a bus fault conditions includes the receiver hysteresis value, VHYS, as well as the value of VTH+.