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FUNCTION TABLES

Each Driver

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Each Receiver

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MAX3243-EP

3-V TO 5.5-V MULTICHANNEL RS-232 LINE DRIVER/RECEIVER

WITH

±15-kV ESD (HBM) PROTECTION

SGLS328A – MARCH 2006 – REVISED MAY 2006

Flexible control options for power management are available when the serial port is inactive. The

auto-powerdown feature functions when FORCEON is low and FORCEOFF is high. During this mode of

operation, if the device does not sense a valid RS-232 signal, the driver outputs are disabled. If FORCEOFF is

set low, both drivers and receivers (except ROUT2B) are shut off and the supply current is reduced to 1

µA.

Disconnecting the serial port or turning off the peripheral drivers causes the auto-powerdown condition to occur.

Auto-powerdown can be disabled when FORCEON and FORCEOFF are high and should be done when driving

a serial mouse. With auto-powerdown enabled, the device is activated automatically when a valid signal is

applied to any receiver input. The INVALID output is used to notify the user if an RS-232 signal is present at any

receiver input. INVALID is high (valid data) if any receiver input voltage is greater than 2.7 V or less than –2.7 V

or has been between –0.3 V and 0.3 V for less than 30

µs. INVALID is low (invalid data) if all receiver input

voltages are between –0.3 V and 0.3 V for more than 30

µs. See Figure 5 for receiver input levels.

ORDERING INFORMATION

TA

PACKAGE(1)

ORDERABLE PART NUMBER

TOP-SIDE MARKING

SSOP – DB

Reel of 2000

MAX3243MDBREP

MB3243M

–55

°C to 125°C

TSSOP – PW

Reel of 2000

MAX3243MPWREP

MB3243M

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Package drawings, standard packing quantities, thermal data, symbolization, and PCB design guidelines are available at

www.ti.com/sc/package.

INPUTS

OUTPUT

DRIVER STATUS

VALID RIN

DOUT

DIN

FORCEON

FORCEOFF

RS-232 LEVEL

X

X

L

X

Z

Powered off

L

H

H

X

H

Normal operation with auto-powerdown

disabled

H

H

H

X

L

L

L

H

YES

H

Normal operation with auto-powerdown

enabled

H

L

H

YES

L

L

L

H

NO

Z

Power off by auto-powerdown feature

H

L

H

NO

Z

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H = high level, L = low level, X = irrelevant, Z = high impedance

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

RECEIVER STATUS

RIN1,

VALID RIN

RIN2

FORCEOFF

ROUT2B

ROUT

RIN3–RIN5

RS-232 LEVEL

L

X

L

X

L

Z

Powered off while ROUT2B is active

H

X

L

X

H

Z

L

L

H

YES

L

H

L

H

H

YES

L

L

Normal operation with auto-powerdown

H

L

H

YES

H

H

disabled/enabled

H

H

H

YES

H

L

Open

Open

H

YES

L

H

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H = high level, L = low level, X = irrelevant, Z = high impedance (off), Open = input disconnected or connected driver off

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