interface brochure UARTs transceivers Interface :: UARTs s the market leader in providing Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (UART) solutions, Exar Corporation offers the broadest line of patented industry-proven product families. Exar’s product line ranges from cost-effective industry-standard devices to high-performance multi-channel UARTs with a broad range of FIFO depths. Exar’s stand-alone, off-the-shelf UART solutions reduce development time and provide an immediate competitive advantage in time-to-market and performance capabilities. A Traditional 8-bit UARTs provide parallel-to-serial or serial-to-parallel data conversion over industry standard asynchronous communication data interfaces such as RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485. In addition to the 8-bit UART family, Exar also offers a PCI UART family and an I²C/SPI UART family. Exar UARTs are found in consumer, industrial, telecommunication, and many other applications. Features and Capabilities Low Voltage Operation Exar offers low voltage UART product families that are capable of operating down to 1.62V. The lower operating power supply range is well suited for battery operated systems and handheld devices. Industry Lowest Power Consumption Exar’s enhanced UARTs are low power devices. In addition, the devices feature sleep and Power Save modes for further power saving as low as 5 uA in sleep mode and 500uA in active mode. Fastest Data Rates At 16Mbps, Exar offers the industry’s fastest UARTs. In addition, slower and lower cost crystals and oscillators can be used to generate higher data rates with Exar’s 8X and 4X sampling rate features. Fractional Baud Rate Generator Exar’s Fractional Baud Rate Generator feature allows more flexibility for the designer in selecting a crystal or oscillator since it can take any clock source to generate the standard legacy baud rates or any custom baud rates. Automatic Flow Control Exar’s enhanced UARTs offer auto RTS/CTS hardware and software flow control that prevent data loss and the need for re-transmission. Auto RS-485 Half-Duplex Direction Control with Programmable Turn-Around Delay Exar is the first to introduce this unique feature that supports 2-wire EIA-485 half-duplex communication, it eliminates complicated software coding. Pin-to-Pin Migration Path Exar offers a migration path from legacy UART devices to enhanced high performance devices by maintaining pin-to-pin compatibility whenever possible. This minimizes hardware and software changes and reduces time-to-market. Small Packages Exar UARTs are currently offered in packages that are as small as 4mm x 4mm for space constrained applications without sacrificing any functionality and performance. I²C and SPI Bus Exar also offers UARTs with 2-wire (I²C) and 4-wire (SPI) interfaces to easily add additional functionality and value to any embedded system design. UARTs with Integrated Transceivers Exar offers UART with integrated RS-232 or RS-485 transceiver combos in a single small footprint QFN package ideal for simplifying designs and using less board space. PCI Bus In addition to the 8-bit Intel or Motorola data bus UARTs, Exar offers UART product families with 33MHz and 66MHz PCI bus interfaces. FIFO Exar offers devices with 1 to 128-Bytes of FIFOs with programmable trigger levels and FIFO level counters. Larger FIFO sizes allow increased data throughput by loading and unloading more data per transaction. Larger FIFOs improve the performace reducing the number of interrupts. Wireless UART Exar’s 900MHz Wireless UART chipset consists of a Wireless UART controller and 900MHz RF Transceiver. The Wireless UART controller has an 8051 embedded MCU, 32KB system memory, 128-bit AES engine and Exar’s proprietary firmware. The RF Transceiver has extensive hardware support such as RSSI, ED, LQI and CRC detection, for insuring data integrity in a noisy environment. Together, the Wireless UART chipset eliminates the serial cable. UART and Tranceiver Combination Overview 2 2-Channel UART Package Migration Chart S/W and Pin Compatible Upgrade 1-Channel UART Package Migration Chart S/W and Pin Compatible Upgrade 3 4-Channel and 8-Channel UART Package Migration Chart S/W and Pin Compatible Upgrade PCI UART Package Migration Chart S/W and Pin Compatible Upgrade 4 5 6 Interface :: Transceivers :: RS-232 Key Features and Capabilities Robust Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Highly Efficient Charge Pump The charge pump is used to generate positive and negative signal voltages for the RS-232 drivers. This enables fully compliant RS232 and V.28 signals from a single 3.0 or 5.5V power supply. The charge pumps use four external capacitors to hold and transfer electrical charge. The patented designuses a unique approach compared to older less efficient designs. The pumps use a fourphase voltage shifting technique to attain symmetrical V+ and V- power supplies. An intelligent control oscillator regulates the ±15kV using the Human Body Model ±8kV using the Contact Discharge method specified in operation of the charge-pump to maintain the proper voltages at maximum efficiency. IEC 61000-4-2 Exar uses state of the art structures to protect the transceiver pins against ESD of ±15kV without damage. The ESD structures withstand high ESD in all states: normal operation, shutdown and powered down. After an ESD event, the transceivers keep working without latch-up or damage. ESD protection can be tested in various ways. The transmitter outputs and receiver inputs are characterized for protection to the following limits: • • • ±15kV using the Air-Gap Discharge method specified in IEC 61000-4-2 Better Noise Immunity Since receiver input is usually from a transmission line where long cable lengths and system interference can degrade the signal, The RS-232 transceivers have the advanced Auto On-line Plus the inputs have a hysteresis margin of 500mV. This ensures that feature that saves power by turning off the charge pumps and the receiver is virtually immune to noisy transmission lines. driver outputs when the transceiver inputs are idle for more than 30 seconds. Auto On-line® Plus Circuitry RS-232 Example in HDTV 7 Interface :: Transceivers :: RS-422/485 Key Features and Capabilities Robust Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection PROFIBUS Similar to the RS-232, Exar uses state of the art structures to protect the transceiver pins against ESD of ±15kV without damage. The ESD structures withstand high ESD in all states: normal operation, shutdown, and powered down. After an ESD event, the transceivers keep working without latch-up or damage. ESD protection can be tested in various ways. The transmitter outputs and receiver inputs are characterized for protection to the following limits: PROFIBUS is in wide use in industrial control and automation applications and is ruggedized for use in harsh operating conditions. Higher differential output swing enhances noise immunity and drive longer data cables. • • • 1/8 Unit Load The standard RS-485 receiver input impedance is 12kΩ (1 unit load). A standard driver can drive up to 32 unit loads. The 1/8th unit load receiver input impedance (96kΩ), thereby allowing ±15kV using the Human Body Model ±8kV using the Contact Discharge method specified eight times as many (up to 256) transceivers to be connected in parallel on a communication line. Any combination of these in IEC 61000-4-2 ±15kV using the Air-Gap Discharge method specified devices and other RS-485 transceivers, up to a total of 32 unit loads, may be connected to the line. in IEC 61000-4-2 Slew Rate Limited Slew Rate drivers minimize Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and reduce reflections caused by improperly terminated cables. This allows for error-free data transmission. RS-485 Example in Industrial Controls RS-485 Example in Point of Sale (POS) 8 Interface :: Transceivers :: Multiprotocol Key Features and Capabilities Robust Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Industry’s ONLY Single Chip Solution Exar uses state of the art structures to protect the multiprotocol transceiver pins against ESD of ±15kV without damage. The ESD structures withstand high ESD in all states: normal operation, shutdown, and powered down. After an ESD event, the transceivers keep working without latch-up or damage. ESD protection can be tested in various ways. The transmitter outputs and receiver inputs are characterized for protection to the following limits: Exar is the only one in the industry to offer single chip solutions and correspondingly Exar’s solution is 40% smaller than our competitors. • • • Industry’s Fastest Chip SP509 is 4X faster than leading competitive solutions. ±15kV using the Human Body Model Widest Availability of Protocols ±8kV using the Contact Discharge method specified RS-232, RS-485, RS-449, EIA-530, in IEC 61000-4-2 V.35, V.36, X.21. ±15kV using the Air-Gap Discharge method specified in IEC 61000-4-2 V.10, V.11, V.28, Multiprotocol Example in Network Switch Router 9 10 Additional Information on Key Products Interface :: UART :: 8-Bit Part Number Description XR16L570 Smallest 1.62V to 5.5V UART with 16-Byte FIFO and PowerSave CPU Data Rate @ Tx/Rx FIFO Interface 5/3.3/2.5/1.8V (Mb/s) Counters Channel 1 XR16M2750/V2750 High Performance DUART with 64-Byte FIFO 2 XR16M2751/V2751 1.62V to 3.63V High Performance DUART with 64-Byte FIFO 2 XR16V654 2.25V to 3.6V Quad UART with 64-Byte FIFO 4 XR16V798 High Performance 2.25V to 3.6V Octal UART with Fractional Baud Rate 8 Intel 3.0/2.0/1.5/na Intel or Motorola Intel or Motorola Intel or Motorola Intel or Motorola Tx/Rx FIFO Auto IrDA Auto 5V Tolerant INT Trigger RTS/CTS Support RS-485 Inputs 4 Levels/ Yes Yes No Yes 4 Levels Program/ Yes Yes Yes Yes Program Program/ Yes Yes Yes Yes Program 4 Levels/ Yes Yes No Yes 4 Levels Program/ Yes Yes Yes Yes Program No na/8/6.25/na Yes na/8/6.25/na Yes na/16/12.5/na No na/8/6.25/na Yes Supply Voltage (V) Package(s) 1.62 - 5.5 QFN-24, QFN-32 2.25 - 3.63 PLCC-44, QFN-32, TQFP-48 1.62 - 3.63 QFN-32, TQFP-48 2.25 - 3.63 LQFP-64 LQFP-80, PLCC68, QFN-48, QFP-100 2.25 - 3.6 QFP-100 Interface :: UART :: PCI Channel CPU Interface Data Rate @ 5/3.3V (Mb/s) Tx/Rx FIFO Counters Universal (3.3V and 5V) PCI Bus Dual UART 8 PCI Bus (2.2) 6.2/4.0 Yes XR17D154 Universal (3.3V and 5V) PCI Bus Dual UART 4 PCI Bus (2.2) 6.2/4.0 Yes XR17D152 Universal (3.3V and 5V) PCI Bus Dual UART 2 PCI Bus (2.2) 6.2/4.0 Yes XR17V258 66MHZ PCI Bus Octal UART with Power Management Support 8 PCI Bus (3.0) 8.0 Yes Part Number Description XR17D158 Tx/Rx FIFO INT Trigger Program/ Program Program/ Program Program/ Program Program/ Program Auto RTS/CTS IrDA Support Auto RS-485 5V Tolerant Inputs Supply Voltage (V) Package(s) Yes Yes Yes Yes 3.3, 5 LQFP-144 Yes Yes Yes Yes 3.3, 5 LQFP-144 Yes Yes Yes Yes 3.3, 5 TQFP-100 Yes Yes Yes Yes 3.3 LQFP-144 Interface :: UART :: I²C Part Number Description CPU Interface Channel RS-232 Drivers/ Rx Per CH Tx/Rx FIFO Counters XR20M1170 Single Channel I²C/SPI UART w/64-Byte FIFOs 1 I²C or SPI N/A Yes XR20M1172 Two Channnel I²C/SPI UART w/64-Byte FIFOs 2 I²C or SPI N/A Yes XR20V2170 Single Channel Integrated I²C/SPI UART and RS-232 Transceiver 1 I²C or SPI 3/5 Yes XR20V2172 Two Channel Integrated I²C/SPI UART and RS-232 Transceiver 2 I²C or SPI 3/5 Yes Tx/Rx FIFO INT Trigger Program/ Program Program/ Program Program/ Program Program/ Program Tx/Rx Auto IrDA 5V Tolerant Supply FIFO Size RTS/CTS Support Inputs Voltage (V) Package(s) 64/64 Yes Yes No 1.62-3.63 QFN-16, QFN-24 QFN-28, TSSOP-16, TSSOP-24 64/64 Yes Yes No 1.62-3.63 QFN-32, TSSOP-28 64/64 Yes No No 2.97-5.5 QFN-40 64/64 Yes Yes No 2.97-5.5 QFN-64 Interface :: UART :: Combo Part Number Description Channel XR19L220 Single Channel Integrated UART and RS-232 Transceiver 1 XR19L222 Two Channel Integrated UART and RS-232 Transceiver 2 XR19L400 Single Channel Integrated UART and RS-485 Transceiver 1 XR19L402 Two Channel Integrated UART and RS-485 Transceiver 2 CPU Interface Intel or Motorola Intel or Motorola Intel or Motorola Intel or Motorola RS-232 Drivers/ Tx/Rx FIFO Rx Per CH Counters 3/5 No 3/5 Yes N/A Yes N/A Yes Tx/Rx FIFO INT Trigger 4 Levels/ 4 Levels Program/ Program Program/ Program Program/ Program Tx/Rx FIFO Size Auto RTS/CTS IrDA Support 5V Tolerant Supply Inputs Voltage (V) 16/16 Yes No Yes 3.0 - 5.5 QFN-40 64/64 Yes Yes Yes 3.0 - 5.5 QFN-64 64/64 No No Yes 3.3 or 5 QFN-40 64/64 No Yes Yes 3.3 or 5 QFN-48 Package(s) Interface :: UART :: Wireless Part Number Description XR18W750 Wireless UART Controller XR18W753 Single Chip 868MHZ to 956MHZ RF Transceiver UART Channel Tx/Rx FIFO (Bytes) Auto RTS/ CTS 5V Tolerant Inputs Parallel (8-bit), Serial, I²C Master 1 64/64 Yes Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A I²C Slave N/A N/A N/A N/A 868-956MHz 100Kbps 250Kbps -94dBm Interfaces Data Rate @ 868.3MHz Frequency Data Rate @ 903927MHz Rx Sensitivity @100Kbps Rx Sensitivity @250Kbps Output Power Supply Voltage (V) N/A N/A 2.25-3.63 QFN-48 -91dBm -24-0dBm 2.2-3.6 QFN-48 Package(s) Interface :: Transceiver :: RS-232 No. of Tx No. of Rx Data Rate (kbps) ESD (KV) Vcc MAX.(V) Vcc (V) Typ. ICC (mA) Int. Chrg. Pump No. of Ext. Caps Nom Cap. Value (µF) Shutdown TL Tri-State Intelligent +3.0V to +5.5V RS-232 Transceiver 3 5 120 15 5.5 3.3 1.5 • 4 0.1 • • True +3.0V to +5.5V RS-232 Transceivers 2 2 120 15 5.5 3.3 0.3 • 4 0.1 Intelligent +3.0V to +5.5V RS-232 Transceiver with Auto On-Line® Plus 1/2 1/2 250/1000 15 5.5 3.3 1.5 • 4 0.1 • • Intelligent +3.0V to +5.5V RS-232 Transceiver with Auto On-Line® Plus 3 5 250/1000 15 5.5 3.3 1 • 4 0.1 • • SP202E High Performance RS-232 Transceivers 2 2 120 15 5.5 5 3 • 4 0.1 • • SP232E +/-15KV ESD, 5V Single-Supply RS-232 Drivers/Receivers 2 2 120 15 5.5 5 3 • 4 0.1 SP3238E Intelligent +3.0V to +5.5V RS-232 Transceiver 5 3 250 15 5.5 3.3 0.3 • 4 0.1 • • Shutdown Multi-Drop Nodes Part Number Description SP3243E SP3232E SP3224E-3227E SP3244E/3245E Interface :: Transceiver :: RS-422 & RS-485 Vcc (V) No. of Tx No. of Rx Duplex Data Rate (kbps) ESD (KV) 3.3V, 15kV, Failsafe RS-485/RS-422 Full Duplex with Slew Limit 3.3 1 1 Full/Half 250-16000 15 0.8 0.05 • • • 256 Advanced-Failsafe RS-485/RS-422 Transceivers 1/8th Unit Load, Slew-Rate Limited, ±15kV ESD-Protected 5 1 1 Full/Half 115-20000 15 400 1 • • • 256 Part Number Description SP3070E-3078E SP3080E-3088E SP1486E 5V, 15kV ESD, PROFIBUS RS-485/RS-422 Half Duplex Transceiver SP485E 3.3V Low Power Half-Duplex RS-485 Transceivers w/10Mbps Data Rate Typ. ICC (mA) Typ. Shut Down Rx Failsafe Rx Failsafe ICC (µA) Open Short 5 1 1 Half 20000 15 400 1 • • • 256 3.3 1 1 Half 10000 2 1 10 • • • 32 No. of Tx No. of Rx Interface :: Transceiver :: Multiprotocol Part Number Description Data Rate (kbps) Typ. ICC (mA) ESD (KV) Termination Supported Protocols RS-232, RS-449, EIA-530, EIA-530A, V.10, V.11, V.28, V.35, V.36, X.21 RS-232, RS-449, EIA-530, EIA-530A, V.10, V.11, V.28, V.35, V.36, X.21 RS-232, RS-449, EIA-530, EIA-530A, V.10, V.11, V.28, V.35, V.36, X.21 Comments SP508 Rugged 20Mbps, 8 Channel Multi-Protocol Transceiver 8 8 20000 95 15 Complete Single Chip, 15kV SP509 Rugged 40Mbps, 8 Channel Multi-Protocol Transceiver 8 8 40000 95 15 Complete SP3508 Rugged 3.3V, 20Mbps, 8 Channel Multiprotocol Tranciever with Programmable DCE/DTE and Terminination Resistors 8 8 2000 95 4 Complete SP331 Programmable RS-232/RS-485 Transceiver 4 4 10000 15 2 RS-232, V.28, RS-485, RS-422, V.24 RS-232/RS-485 SP332 RS-232/RS-485 Multi-Mode Serial Transceiver 4 4 10000 90 2 RS-232, V.28, RS-485, RS-422, V.24 RS-232/RS-485 w/Loopback Single Chip, 15kV 40Mbps 3V Single Supply, Single Chip 11 SALES OFFICES NORTH AMERICA Exar Corporation, Fremont, CA, USA Exar Corporation, Palatine, IL, USA Exar Corporation, Billerica, MA, USA Exar Corporation, Plano, TX, USA Exar Corporation, Atlanta, GA, USA Exar Corporation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada EUROPE Exar SARL, Vallauris, France Exar Ltd, Munich, Germany Exar Ltd, London, United Kingdom JAPAN Exar Japan Corporation, Tokyo, Japan ASIA PACIFIC Exar Corporation, Beijing, China Exar Corporation Shanghai Representative Office, Shanghai, China Exar Corporation, Shenzhen, China Exar Corporation, Seoul, Korea Exar Corporation, Malaysia Exar Taiwan Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan www.exar.com Exar is a trademark of EXAR Corporation. 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