SCASE42 November 2024 SN74ACT139
PRODUCTION DATA
The SN74ACT139 is a high speed silicon gate CMOS decoder well suited to memory address decoding or data routing applications. It contains two 2:4 decoders.
Each channel of the SN74ACT139 has two address select inputs (A and B). The circuit functions as a normal one-of-four decoder.
One strobe input (G) is provided for each channel to simplify cascading and to facilitate demultiplexing. When the input strobe for a channel is inactive, that channel's outputs are forced into the high state.
The demultiplexing function is accomplished by first using the select inputs to choose the desired output, and then using the strobe input as the data input. The data will appear non-inverted at the selected output.
The outputs for the SN74ACT139 are normally high, and low when selected.