I2C bus buffer with hot-swap — what it does on the board
It sits between a live backplane and a plug-in card, isolating bus capacitance and preventing data corruption during insertion or removal. The part operates from a 2.3 V to 5.5 V supply, drawing 7 mA typical, and supports standard I2C data rates up to 400 kHz (Fast Mode). Its 10 pF input capacitance keeps the bus load light on the upstream controller side.
Hot-swap sequencing and bus isolation
The device detects a valid bus voltage on its supply pin before connecting the upstream and downstream bus segments. This prevents glitches and stuck buses when a card is plugged into a live system.
