• Minimum differential output voltage of 2.5 V Into a 54-Ω load
• Open-circuit, short-circuit, and idle-bus failsafe receiver
• 1/8^th Unit-load option available (Up to 256 nodes on the bus)
• Bus-pin ESD protection exceeds 16 kV HBM
• Driver output slew rate control options
• Electrically compatible with ANSI TIA/EIA-485-A standard
• Low-current standby mode: 1 µA typical
• Glitch-free power-up and power-down
  protection for hot-plugging applications
• Pin compatible with industry standard SN75176

• Data transmission over long or lossy lines or electrically noisy environments
• Profibus line interface
• Industrial process control networks
• Point-of-sale (POS) networks
• Electric utility metering
• Building automation
• Digital motor control

The SN65HVD05, SN75HVD05, SN65HVD06, SN75HVD06, SN65HVD07, and SN75HVD07 combine a 3-state differential line driver and differential line receiver. They are designed for balanced data transmission and interoperate with ANSI TIA/EIA-485-A and ISO 8482E standard-compliant devices. The driver is designed to provide a differential output voltage greater than that required by these standards for increased noise margin. The drivers and receivers have active-high and active-low enables respectively, which can be externally connected together to function as direction control.

The driver differential outputs and receiver differential inputs connect internally to form a differential input/ output (I/O) bus port that is designed to offer minimum loading to the bus whenever the driver is disabled or not powered. These devices feature wide positive and negative common-mode voltage ranges, making them suitable for party-line applications.