SLLSFR1A November 2023 – March 2024 THVD2412 , THVD2442
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An RS-485 bus consists of multiple transceivers connecting in parallel to a bus cable. To eliminate line reflections, each cable end is terminated with a termination resistor, RT, whose value matches the characteristic impedance, Z0, of the cable. This method, known as parallel termination, generally allows for higher data rates over longer cable length.
Also note that a full-duplex RS-485 transceiver can be used as a half-duplex transceiver in an application by externally connecting driver output pins Y and Z to receiver input pins A and B respectively.