General description
The PCA9516A is a CMOS integrated circuit intended for application in I2C-bus and SMBus systems.
While retaining all the operating modes and features of the I2C-bus system, it permits extension of the I2C-bus by buffering both the data (SDAn) and the clock (SCLn) lines, thus enabling five buses of 400 pF.
The I2C-bus capacitance limit of 400 pF restricts the number of devices and bus length. Using the PCA9516A enables the system designer to divide the bus into five segments off of a hub where any segment-to-segment transition sees only one repeater delay.

FEATUREs
■ 5 channel, bidirectional buffer
■ I2C-bus and SMBus compatible
■ Active HIGH individual repeater enable input
■ Open-drain input/outputs
■ Lock-up free operation
■ Supports arbitration and clock stretching across the repeater
■ Accommodates Standard-mode and Fast-mode I2C-bus devices and multiple masters
■ Powered-off high-impedance I2C-bus pins
■ Operating supply voltage range of 2.3 V to 3.6 V
■ 5.5 V tolerant I2C-bus and enable pins
■ 0 Hz to 400 kHz clock frequency1
■ ESD protection exceeds 2000 V HBM per JESD22-A114, 200 V MM per JESD22-A115, and 1000 V CDM per JESD22-C101
■ Latch-up testing is done to JEDEC Standard JESD78 which exceeds 100 mA
■ Packages offered: SO16 and TSSOP16