LIN D O C #: 5207
LX5207
18-L INE L OW C APACITANCE, µPOWER SCSI TERMINATOR
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LIN D O C #: 5207
LX5207
18-L INE L OW C APACITANCE, µPOWER SCSI TERMINATOR
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DESCRIPTION
The LX5207 is an eighteen line active terminator for the SCSI parallel bus. This SCSI standard recommends active termination at both ends of the SCSI bus. During disconnect mode, the LX5207 requires a meager 500nA of supply current while offering only 2.5pF of output capacitance. To enter this low power mode, the disconnect pin can be left open (floating) or driven high thereby disconnecting the terminating resistors and placing the internal low dropout
regulator into low power mode. In disconnect mode each termination line presents a high impedance to the SCSI bus with the overall effect being to preserve high signal integrity and subsequent reliable, error free communications. During normal operation, the LX5207 consumes only 800µA of current which is the lowest enabled supply current of any terminator available on the market today. Linfinity's proprietary BiCMOS low dropout
regulator architecture enables this unique and very efficient operating characteristic. The LX5207 also offers a precisely trimmed channel output current specified to a 5% tolerance. The maximum value of the output current is trimmed as closely as possible to the SCSI standard maximum specification to give the highest possible noise margin for fast SCSI operation. And finally, the LX5207 sinks up to 100mA of cu...