
ELMOS Semiconductor AG
October
2007
DRIVENBY
E910.55
FlexRay TRansceiveR WiTh Wakeup
Features
applications
Part of the FlexRay electrical, physical layer
Interface between communication controller
Support of data rates up to
10
Mbit/s
Support of low power mode for an ECU
Remote wake-up via bus line
Enhanced diagnosis capability via SPI
Protection against overload damage by current
Bus driver outputs withstand -
27
V / +
40
V DC
Low EME due to balanced differential transmission
and physical medium (twisted pair bus line)
with interrupt generation
limitation and overtemperature detection
voltage
Transceiver in FlexRay nodes (ECUs)
Brief Functional Description
The low cost bus driver is a part of the electrical, phy-
sical layer in a FlexRay communication network. The
E
910.55
provides an interface between the twisted pair
physical bus medium and a communication controller
(CC). An SPI interface connects the bus driver (BD) to
a host controller (HOST) to provide status informati-
on concerning failure detection on the bus lines (e.g.
short-circuits, ground loss) and overtemperature con-
dition. An interrupt signal is generated whenever the
failure status changes.
The device supports normal and standby modes and
provides remote wake up capability via bus line. The
output (INH) can be used to control an external vol-
tage regulator.
Host Interface
(SPI + Interrupt)
Internal
Logic
E910.55
Communication
Controller Interface
BP
BM
SCSN
SCK
SDI
RxD
TxD
TxEN
SDO
INTN
GND
Bus Failure
Detector
Transmitter
Receiver
Wake up
Detector
Inhibit & Wake
INH
LWU
Power
Supply
Undervolt.
Monitor
VBAT
VCC
VIO
POR
Vref
Overtemp.
Monitor
5V
Regulator
Microcontroller
(HOST)
Communication
Controller
Bus Driver
E910.55
TxEN
SPI
4
INTN
BP
BM
TxD
RxD
VIO
VCC
INH
VBAT
GND
Power
Supply
ECU 1
LWU
Local
Typical application
Blockdiagram
ELMOS is member of the FlexRay consortium