Datasheet
14 Maxim Integrated
Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link with Spread
Spectrum and Full-Duplex Control Channel
MAX9259/MAX9260
MAX9259 Pin Description (continued)
PIN
NAME FUNCTION
TQFP TQFN/QFND
36 31 TX/SCL
Transmit/Serial Clock. UART transmit or I
2
C serial-clock output with internal 30kI
pullup to IOVDD. In UART mode, TX/SCL is the Tx output of the MAX9259’s UART. In
I
2
C mode, TX/SCL is the SCL output of the MAX9259’s I
2
C master.
37 32 SSEN
Spread-Spectrum Enable. Serial link spread-spectrum enable input requires external
pulldown or pullup resistors. The state of SSEN latches upon power-up or when
resuming from power-down mode (PWDN = low). Set SSEN = high for Q0.5% spread
spectrum on the serial link. Set SSEN = low to use the serial link without spread spectrum.
38 33 LMN1 Line-Fault Monitor Input 1 (see Figure 3 for details)
40, 41
34, 35
OUT-,
OUT+
Differential CML Output -/+. Differential outputs of the serial link.
43 37 LMN0 Line-Fault Monitor Input 0 (see Figure 3 for details)
44 38 LFLT
Line Fault. Active-low open-drain line-fault output with a 60kI internal pullup resistor.
LFLT = low indicates a line fault. LFLT is output high when PWDN = low.
45 39 INT
Interrupt Output to Indicate Remote Side Requests. INT = low upon power-up and when
PWDN = low. A transition on the INT input of the MAX9260 toggles the MAX9259’s INT
output.
46 40 DRS
Data-Rate Select. Data-rate range-selection input requires external pulldown or pullup
resistors. Set DRS = high for parallel input data rates of 8.33MHz to 16.66MHz (24-bit
mode) or 6.25MHz to 12.5MHz (32-bit mode). Set DRS = low for parallel input data rates
of 16.66MHz to 104MHz (24-bit mode) or 12.5MHz to 78MHz (32-bit mode).
47 41 ES
Edge Select. PCLKIN trigger edge-selection input requires external pulldown or pullup
resistors. Set ES = low to trigger on the rising edge of PCLKIN. Set ES = high to trigger
on the falling edge of PCLKIN.
48 42 BWS
Bus-Width Select. Parallel input bus-width selection input requires external pulldown
or pullup resistors. Set BWS = low for 24-bit bus mode. Set BWS = high for 32-bit bus
mode.
— — EP
Exposed Pad. EP internally connected to AGND (TQFP package) or AGND and GND
(TQFN package). MUST externally connect EP to the AGND plane to maximize thermal
and electrical performance.










