JAJSJY2B june 2021 – march 2023 TCA39306
PRODUCTION DATA
Bus voltage translation is when the bus voltage is translated up or down. This presents a unique challenge with I3C for FET-based translators, like the TCA39306, because they rely on a pull-up resistor to translate the voltage up from the low-voltage side. The pull-up resistor selected must be strong enough to meet the timing requirements (based on bus capacitance and translation voltages), but not so strong to violate the VIL requirements of the I3C devices.
The pull-up resistors are needed on both sides. The reason for this is that with the normal translation setup, the switch is "on" when either side's bus voltage drops to roughly VPU_1. This means that the pull-up resistors are required to pull the bus voltage on the high-voltage side from VPU_1 to VPU_2. When the device on the high-voltage side is controlling the bus, the switch will turn off at VPU_1. The pull-up resistors on the low-voltage side are used to bleed off any additional current that might "leak" through the switch.