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LTC2870/LTC2871

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Figure 15. RS485 Receiver Input Threshold Characteristics

APPLICATIONS INFORMATION

All devices also feature thermal shutdown protection that

disables the drivers, receivers, and RS485 terminators in

case of excessive power dissipation (see Note 6).

RS485 Balanced Receiver with Full Failsafe Operation

The LTC2870 and LTC2871 receivers use a window com-

parator with two voltage thresholds centered around zero

for low pulse width distortion. As illustrated in Figure 15, for

a differential signal approaching from a negative direction,

the threshold is typically +65mV. When approaching from

the positive direction, the threshold is typically –65mV. Each

of these thresholds has about 25mV of hysteresis (not

shown in the figure). The state of RO reflects the polarity

of A–B in full-duplex mode or Y–Z in half-duplex mode.

This windowing around 0V preserves pulse width and

duty cycle for small input signals with heavily slewed

edges, typical of what might be seen at the end of a very

long cable. This performance is highlighted in Figure 16,

where a signal is driven through 4000 feet of CAT5e cable at

3Mbps. Even though the differential signal peaks at just over

±100mV and is heavily slewed, the output maintains a nearly

perfect signal with almost no duty cycle distortion.

An additional benefit of the window comparator architecture

is excellent noise immunity due to the wide effective dif-

ferential hysteresis (or ‘AC’ hysteresis) of about 130mV for

normal signals transitioning through the window region in

less than approximately 2μs. Increasingly slower signals

will have increasingly less effective hysteresis, limited by

the DC failsafe value of about 25mV.

The LTC2870 and LTC2871 provide full failsafe operation

that guarantees the receiver output will be a logic high

state when the inputs are shorted, left open, or terminated

but not driven, for more than about 2μs. The delay allows

normal data signals to transition through the threshold

region without being interpreted as a failsafe condition.

RS485 Biasing Resistors Not Required

RS485 networks are often biased with a resistive divider

to generate a differential voltage of ≥200mV on the data

lines, which establishes a logic high state when all the

transmitters on the network are disabled. The values of

the biasing resistors depend on the number and type

of transceivers on the line and the number and value of

terminating resistors. Therefore the values of the biasing

resistors must be customized to each specific network

installation, and may change if nodes are added to or

removed from the network.

The internal failsafe feature of the LTC2870 and LTC2871

eliminates the need for external biasing resistors. The

LTC2870 and LTC2871 transceivers will operate correctly

on unbiased, biased or underbiased networks.

28701 F15

RECEIVER

OUTPUT LOW

–200mV

–65mV

65mV

200mV

VAB

RECEIVER

OUTPUT HIGH

Figure 16. A 3Mbps Signal Driven Down 4000ft of CAT 5e

Cable. Top Traces: Received Signals After Transmission

Through Cable; Middle Trace: Math Showing Differences

of Top Two Signals; Bottom Trace: Receiver Output

0.1V/DIV

5V/DIV

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200ns/DIV

(A-B)

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