Meets or exceeds the requirements of the TIA/EIA-485A standard and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) Part 11 Serial Communication Protocol RS-485 standard
4.5-V to 5.5-V supply voltage
Half-duplex RS-422 / RS-485
Bus polarity correction within 45 ms
Works with or without fail-safe biasing resistors
Data rate: up to 1 Mbps
Bus I/O protection:
±16-kV HBM ESD
±8-kV IEC 61000-4-2 contact discharge
±8-kV IEC 61000-4-2 air-gap discharge
±2-kV IEC 61000-4-4 fast transient burst
Open, short, and idle bus fail-safe
Large receiver hysteresis
for noise rejection: 120 mV
Up to 256 nodes on a bus (1/8 unit load)
Extended ambient temperature
range: -40°C to 125°C
Low power consumption
Standby supply current: < 1 µA
Operational supply current: < 1.1 mA
Glitch-free power-up / down for hot plug-in capability