SCLS020H March 1984 – December 2022 SN54HCT245 , SN74HCT245
PRODUCTION DATA
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Logic transceivers are commonly seen in back plane and ribbon cable applications where a signal direct from an FPGA or MCU would be too weak to reach the distant end. The transceiver acts as an amplifier to get the signal across the line, and since it is bidirectional, data can be sent from master to slave or slave to master. The additional buffer on the direction line is necessary to ensure the direction signal can always reach the distant end.