DreamCity Innovations WCH CH340G Datasheet
WCH CH340 Series USB Interface Integrated Circuit
CH340G USB to UART Interface
Datasheet
WCH Version 1E
DreamCity Version 1.0
Disclaimer from DreamCity Innovations
This is a third-party translation of WCH’s CH340 Series chipset’s Chinese datasheet, with
information regarding CH340G chip extracted. The two other chips sharing the same
datasheet, CH340R and C340T, have official English version.
1. Overview
CH340 is a series of USB bus adapters, that provides serial, parallel or IrDA interfaces over
the USB bus (note: CH340G supports serial interface only). The CH340G integrate circuit
provides common MODEM signals to allow adding a UART to a computer, or converting
existing UART devices to USB interface.
2. Features
• Full-speed USB interface, compatible with USB 2.0 interface.
• Operates with a minimum amount of external components: a crystal and a minimum of four
capacitors.
• Provides a virtual serial port for upgrading existing serial port devices or adding serial ports
to a PC.
• Supports all existing applications using serial ports without the need of changing existing
code.
• Hardware full-duplex serial interface with internal FIFO. Baud rate range from 50bps to
2Mbps.
• Supports common flow control signals RTS, DTR, DCD, RI, DSR and CTS.
• Supports RS232, RS422 and RS485 with external level shifting components.
• Uses CH341 driver.
• Supports 5V and 3.3V operation.
• RoHS-compliant narrow body SO-16 package.!
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3. Specifications
3.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings
Operating the chip at or beyond those ratings will cause the chip to malfunction, even
irreversibly damage the chip.
Symbol Name Minimum Maximum Unit
TA Operating temperature -40 85 ºC
TS Storage temperature -40 125 ºC
VCC Supply rail voltage, reference to GND pin -0.5 6.5 V
VIO IO pin voltage, reference to GND pin -0.5 VCC+0.5 V
3.2. DC characteristics
Symbol Name Minimum Typical Maximum Unit
5V operation 4.5 5 5.5
VCC Supply rail voltage V
3.3V operation 3.3 3.3 3.8
ICC Operating current 12 30 mA
5V operation 150 200
ISLP Sleeping current "A
3.3V operation 50 80
VIL Low input voltage -0.5 0.7 V
VIH High input voltage 2.0 VCC+0.5 V
VOL Low output voltage 0.5 V
VOH High output voltage VCC-0.5 V
IUP Internal pull-up strength 3 150 300 "A
IDN Internal pull-down strength -50 -150 -300 "A
VR Brown-out detector threshold voltage 2.3 2.6 2.9 V
3.3. AC characteristics
Symbol Name Minimum Typical Maximum Unit
FCLK Clock frequency (at pin XI) 11.98 12.00 12.02 MHz
TPR Power-on reset time 20 50 ms
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