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DS75176B/DS75176BT Multipoint RS-485/RS-422 Transceivers
July 1998
DS75176B/DS75176BT Multipoint RS-485/RS-422 Transceivers
General Description
The DS75176B is a high speed differential TRI-STATE ® bus/line transceiver designed to meet the requirements of EIA standard RS485 with extended common mode range (+12V to −7V), for multipoint data transmission. In addition, it is compatible with RS-422. The driver and receiver outputs feature TRI-STATE capability, for the driver outputs over the entire common mode range of +12V to −7V. Bus contention or fault situations that cause excessive power dissipation within the device are handled by a thermal shutdown circuit, which forces the driver outputs into the high impedance state.