SN74GTLP1394
2-BIT LVTTL-TO-GTLP ADJUSTABLE-EDGE-RATE BUS TRANSCEIVER
WITH SPLIT LVTTL PORT, FEEDBACK PATH, AND SELECTABLE POLARITY
SCES286F – OCTOBER 1999 – REVISED APRIL 2003
2POST OFFICE BOX 655303 • DALLAS, TEXAS 75265
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The SN74GTLP1394 is a high-drive, 2-bit, 3-wire bus transceiver that provides LVTTL-to-GTLP and
GTLP-to-LVTTL signal-level translation. It allows for transparent and inverted transparent modes of data
transfer with separate LVTTL input and LVTTL output pins, which provides a feedback path for control and
diagnostics monitoring. The device provides a high-speed interface between cards operating at LVTTL logic
levels and a backplane operating at GTLP signal levels, and is especially designed to work with the
Texas Instruments (TI) 1394 backplane physical-layer controllers. High-speed (about three times faster than
standard LVTTL or TTL) backplane operation is a direct result of GTLP reduced output swing (<1 V), reduced
input threshold levels, improved differential input, OECcircuitry , and TI-OPC circuitry . Improved GTLP OEC
and TI-OPC circuitry minimizes bus-settling time and have been designed and tested using several backplane
models. The high drive allows incident-wave switching in heavily loaded backplanes with equivalent load
impedance down to 11 Ω.
GTLP is the TI derivative of the Gunning Transceiver Logic (GTL) JEDEC standard JESD 8-3. The ac
specification of the SN74GTLP1394 is given only at the preferred higher noise margin GTLP, but the user has
the flexibility of using this device at either GTL (VTT = 1.2 V and VREF = 0.8 V) or GTLP (VTT = 1.5 V and VREF
= 1 V) signal levels.
Normally , the B port operates at GTLP signal levels. The A-port and control inputs operate at LVTTL logic levels,
but are 5-V tolerant and are compatible with TTL and 5-V CMOS inputs. VREF is the B-port differential input
reference voltage.
This device is fully specified for live-insertion applications using Ioff, power-up 3-state, and BIAS V CC. The Ioff
circuitry disables the outputs, preventing damaging current backflow through the device when it is powered
down. The power-up 3-state circuitry places the outputs in the high-impedance state during power up and power
down, which prevents driver conflict. The BIAS VCC circuitry precharges and preconditions the B-port
input/output connections, preventing disturbance of active data on the backplane during card insertion or
removal and permits true live-insertion capability.
This GTLP device features TI-OPC circuitry, which actively limits the overshoot caused by improperly
terminated backplanes, unevenly distributed cards, or empty slots during low-to-high signal transitions. This
improves signal integrity, which allows adequate noise margin to be maintained at higher frequencies.
High-drive GTLP backplane interface devices feature adjustable edge-rate control (ERC). Changing the ERC
input voltage between GND and VCC adjusts the B-port output rise and fall times. This allows the designer to
optimize system data-transfer rate and signal integrity to the backplane load.
When VCC is between 0 and 1.5 V, the device is in the high-impedance state during power up or power down.
However , to ensure the high-impedance state above 1.5 V, the output-enable (OE) input should be tied to VCC
through a pullup resistor; the minimum value of the resistor is determined by the current-sinking capability of
the driver.
functional description
The output-enable (OEAB) input controls the activity of the B port. When OEAB is low, the B-port outputs are
active. When OEAB is high, the B-port outputs are disabled.
Separate LVTTL input and output pins provide a feedback path for control and diagnostics monitoring. The
OEBY input controls the Y outputs. When OEBY is low, the Y outputs are active. When OEBY is high, the
Y outputs are disabled.
The polarity-control (T/C) input is provided to select polarity of data transmission in both directions. When T/C
is high, data transmission is true, and A data goes to the B bus and B data goes to the Y bus. When T/C is low ,
data transmission is complementary, and inverted A data goes to the B bus and inverted B data goes to the
Y bus.