NCV7340
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Operating Modes
NCV7340 provides two modes of operation as illustrated
in Table 3. These modes are selectable through pin STB.
Table 3. OPERATING MODES
Pin
STB
Mode
Low
Pin RXD
High
Low
Normal Bus dominant
Bus recessive
High
Standby Wakeup request
detected
No wakeup
request detected
Normal Mode
In the normal mode, the transceiver is able to
communicate via the bus lines. The signals are transmitted
and received to the CAN controller via the pins TxD and
RxD. The slopes on the bus lines outputs are optimized to
give extremely low EME.
Standby Mode
In standby mode both the transmitter and receiver are
disabled and a very low−power differential receiver
monitors the bus lines for CAN bus activity. The bus lines
are terminated to ground and supply current is reduced to a
minimum, typically 10 mA. When a wake−up request is
detected by the low−power differential receiver, the signal
is first filtered and then verified as a valid wake signal after
a time period of tdbus, the RxD pin is driven low by the
transceiver to inform the controller of the wake−up request.
Split Circuit
The VSPLIT pin is operational only in normal mode. In
standby mode this pin is floating. The VSPLIT can be
connected as shown in Figure 2 or, if it’s not used, can be left
floating. Its purpose is to provide a stabilized DC voltage of
0.5 x VCC to the bus avoiding possible steps in the
common−mode signal therefore reducing EME. These
unwanted steps could be caused by an un−powered node on
the network with excessive leakage current from the bus that
shifts the recessive voltage from its nominal 0.5 x VCC
voltage.
Wakeup
When a valid wakeup (dominant state longer than tdbus) is
received during the standby mode the RxD pin is driven low.
The wakeup detection is not latched: RxD returns to High
state after tdbus when the bus signal is released back to
recessive – see Figure 4. Wake−up behavior in case of a
permanent dominant − due to, for example, a bus short −
represents the only difference between the circuit functional
sub−versions listed in the Ordering Information table. When
the standby mode is entered while a dominant is present on
the bus, the “unconditioned bus wake−up” versions will
signal a bus−wakeup immediately after the state transition
(signal RxD1 in Figure 4). The other version will signal
bus−wakeup only after the initial dominant is released
(signal RxD2 in Figure 4). In this way it’s ensured, that a
CAN bus can be put to a low−power mode even if the nodes
have a level sensitivity to RxD pin and a permanent
dominant is present on the bus.
CANH
CANL
STB
RxD 1
RxD 2
PD20100520.01
tdbus
tdbus
normal
standby
time
Figure 4. NCV7340 Wakeup Behavior
Overtemperature Detection
A thermal protection circuit protects the IC from damage
by switching off the transmitter if the junction temperature
exceeds a value of approximately 160°C. Because the
transmitter dissipates most of the power, the power
dissipation and temperature of the IC is reduced. All other
IC functions continue to operate. The transmitter off−state
resets when the temperature decreases below the shutdown
threshold and pin TxD goes high. The thermal protection
circuit is particularly needed when a bus line short circuits.
TxD Dominant Time−out Function
A TxD dominant time−out timer circuit prevents the bus
lines being driven to a permanent dominant state (blocking
all network communication) if pin TxD is forced
permanently low by a hardware and/or software application
failure. The timer is triggered by a negative edge on pin TxD.
If the duration of the low−level on pin TxD exceeds the
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