1. Introduction and Features

️· Product: AMIS-42673 High Speed CAN Transceiver
️· Purpose: This transceiver is designed for high-speed CAN (Controller Area Network) applications, particularly in automotive and industrial environments.
️· Key Features:
- High Speed: Up to 1000kbps data rate.
- Robustness: Designed for automotive and harsh environments (temperature, voltage spikes, etc.)
- Compliance: Meets CAN specification v2.0B, and is also compatible with the CAN FD (Flexible Data Rate) standard.
- Low Power Consumption: Includes features for power saving.
- Protection: Includes ESD protection, overvoltage protection, and short-circuit protection.
- Thermal Shutdown: Prevents damage from overheating.
- Driver-disable function
- Fail-safe features

2. Electrical Characteristics

️· The data sheet provides extensive electrical specifications, including:
- Supply Voltage Requirements
- CAN High/Low Voltage Levels
- Input Voltages (common mode, differential)
- Output Voltages (RxD)
- Timing Characteristics (propagation delays, setup/hold times)
- Power Consumption at various conditions

3. Functional Description

️· CAN Protocol: Explains the basics of CAN communication, roles of the transceiver and CAN controller.
️· Driver-disable: Ability to disable the CAN driver.
️· Fail-safe Mechanism: Describes how the device enters a defined state in case of fault conditions.

4. Pinout and Functional Block Diagram

️· Clearly identifies each pin and its function on the SOIC-8 package.
️· Provides a block diagram illustrating the internal components and signal flow.

5. Timing Diagrams