SLLA628 September 2023 THVD1424
The next decision is that of the duplex of the device. Full duplex systems simultaneous bi-directional data communication therefore increasing their overall throughput, while half duplex systems allow bi-directional data communication a transceiver is either actively driving or in a listen mode. The trade off is that full duplex designs require 4 wires since there are two differential pairs per IC and half duplex only require 2 wires since there is only one differential pair.