SN74CB3T3306: Can we use this device as I2C level shifter ?

Hello Kawai-san,

Thank you for your patience. Based on my preliminary measurements, you should be able to use this part for I2C. The bandwidth is 100MHz well above the max of an I2C clock even when operated in ultra fast mode.

The measurements I have done so far were to assess if the signal could be pulled low from either side for bidirectional communication, as well as see what the voltage levels would be if both sides (A and B) see an open drain.

The basic test setup I used is illustrated below. In case 1, both inputs 1A and 1B are left floating and were pulled up to 5V and 3.3V respectively. In case 2, 0V was applied to pin 1A, and it was observed that pin 1B was pulled down to ~0V. For case 3, 0V was applied to pin 1B, and it was observed that 1A was pulled down to ~0V. We expect similar behavior from channel 2 corresponding to pins 2A and 2B.

Hello Kawai-san,

A). Yes pin 1 (low active enable for switch 1) was set to 0V during these tests.

A). I knew that a pull up was used for I2C communication, but I did not realize that 2k - 5k was the standard.  As the pullup is essentially forming a voltage divider with an internal mosfet impedance,  similar behavior should still be observed with these values, as the impedance of the open drain mosfet should be greater than 10 times the pull-up values.