Dual-CAN transceiver with

Semiconductor

repeater function
T he AMIS-42770 Dual-
CAN transceiver by On
Semiconductor can con-
ital input pins have
an internal pull-up
resistor to ensure
nect two CAN physical bus a recessive state
lines and the protocol con- when the input is
troller. It is also possible not connected or is
to implement bus line re- accidentally inter-
dundancy or CAN repeat- rupted. A dominant
er. The ISO 11898-2 compli- state on the bus
ant transceiver chips can be line is represent-
used for both 12-V and 24-V ed by a low-level
systems. at the digital inter-
The circuit consists of face; a recessive
following blocks: Two differ- state is represent-
ential line transmitters, two ed by a high-level.
differential line receivers, Dominant state re-
one interface to the CAN ceived on any bus
protocol handler, a log- (if enabled) causes
ic block including repeater a dominant state
function and the feedback on both busses, pin
suppression, and a thermal “Rint” and pin Rx0.
shutdown circuit (TSD). The Dominant signal
wide common-mode volt- on any of the input pins Tx0 Fig. 3: Two Dual-CAN transceiver used as CAN network
age of the receiver inputs and “Text” causes transmis- extender
ranges from -35 V to +35 V. sion of dominant on both
also have a direct logical implemented. Signals on
link to pins Rx0 and “Rint” pins Tx0 and “Text” as well
independently on the EN1x as both bus receivers are
pins – dominant on Tx0 is connected to the logic unit
directly transferred to both through independent tim-
Rx0 and “Rint” pins, domi- ers. When the input of the
nant on “Text” is only trans- timer stays dominant for
ferred to Rx0. To avoid that longer than 25 ms, it is re-
the transceiver drives a placed by a recessive signal
permanent dominant state on the timer output. (hz)
Fig. 1: Dual-CAN transceiver used as repeater on either of the bus lines
(blocking all communica-
The logic unit inside bus lines (if enabled). Digi- tion), a time-out function is www.onsemi.com
the transceiver provides tal inputs Tx0 and ”Text” are
data transfer from/to the used for connecting the in-
digital interface to/from the ternal logic’s of several IC’s
two busses and from one to obtain versions with more
NEC and KPIT collaboration
bus to the other bus. All dig- than two bus outputs. They NEC and KPIT Cummins agement and communi-
have announced an Auto- cation functions for CAN
sar 3.0-compatible soft- and other networks (LIN,
ware package for vari- Flexray). In addition to
ous hardware platforms. this, KPIT provides an in-
This software includes tuitive user interface tool
Autosar basic software suite. NEC supplies the
and a comprehensive specified Autosar micro-
tool chain. An automo- controller abstraction lay-
tive supplier will receive er (MCAL), which is op-
all hardware-independent timized on MCUs from
Autosar basic software NEC. (hz)
modules from KPIT, in-
Fig. 2: Dual-CAN transceiver used for bus-line redun- cluding the operating sys- www.necel.com
dancy tem (OS), memory man- www.kpitcummins.com

66 CAN Newsletter 4/2009