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Resolve common drive-strength and high capacitive-line issues with our portfolio of more than 1100 inverters, buffers and general-purpose transceivers. Included are open-drain, 3-state and Schmitt-trigger device options available in 1- to 32 -channel drivers. Buffers for high-performance clocking applications can be found in our clock buffers portfolio.
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Industry’s broadest portfolio
Meet all of your logic needs with our portfolio of 1100+ inverters, buffers and transceivers
Optimized for next-generation controllers
Enabling today’s cutting-edge microprocessor technology
Qualified for the latest industry standards
Testing and manufacturing meet quality requirements for automotive, space, military and industrial.
Industry’s smallest package
Maximize board space and increase density with the industry’s smallest packages
Buffers, drivers and transceivers applications and features
Reduce noise impact
Our high-speed complementary metal-oxide semiconductor with Schmitt-trigger (HCS) family performs over a wide 2V-to-6V input voltage range. Schmitt-trigger inputs help decipher clean signals in 3.3V and 5V applications with high noise, and increase slow signal performance by sharpening logic-level transitions.
Reduce Noise and Save Power with the New HCS Logic Family (Rev. A)
Understanding Schmitt Triggers (Rev. B)
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Generate a reset signal at system power on
Some systems require an initialization pulse. This is commonly generated by the system controller, however many systems need the initialization prior to the controller's startup, or they may not have a controller at all. In these cases, a simple circuit can provide the required pulse with no programming required.
Learn more about common applications of buffers
System controllers may have weak output drive strength, and may not be able to transmit over high-capacitance lines. A buffer can be added in between the controller and receiver to fix this issue.
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Optimize board size with cost-efficient solutions
The SOT-23-THN (DYY) package is the industry's smallest discrete-logic leaded package measuring at 4.2mm by 3.26mm, which is 57% smaller than the TSSOP equivalent. With a standard 0.5mm pitch, the DYY package easily integrates into existing manufacturing equipment. The BQA package is our smallest 14-pin logic quad flat no-lead (QFN) package measuring at 3mm by 2.5mm, which is 76% smaller than the thin-shrink small-outline package (TSSOP) equivalent and 40% smaller than the previous-generation QFN package. This package also comes in wettable-flank configurations to enable optical inspection as opposed to traditional X-ray inspection during manufacturing.
From left to right: SOT-23-THN, TSSOP, SOIC, SSOP
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Common applications of buffers, drivers & transceivers
Drive Transmission Lines With Logic
Redrive Digital Signals
Discover featured applications
Enhance efficiency and expand feature sets – while optimizing your Industry 2.0 designs – with our portfolio of logic buffers, drivers and transceivers
Our buffers, drivers and transceivers can help you build the next generation of smart factory automation applications.
Benefits:
- Reduce power consumption with low-voltage families operating at 18V down to 0.8V.
- Our high-speed CMOS with Schmitt-trigger inputs (HCS) family helps enhance designs by providing greater noise immunity.
- Bus hold, output impedance matching and live insertion.
- Package options include thin-shrink small-outline package (TSSOP), small-outline integrated circuit (SOIC) and form-factor small-outline transistor (SOT)-23-thin (THN).
Featured resources
- TIDA-00195 – Isolated IGBT Gate Driver Evaluation Platform for 3-Phase Inverter System Reference Design
- TIDA-01349 – IPM Interface Reference Design for Inverters Using Single Package Six Channel Digital Isolator
- SN74HCS245 – Schmitt-trigger input octal bus transceivers with tri-state outputs
- SN74AC541 – Eight-channel, 1.5-V to 6-V, 24-mA drive strength buffers with 3-state outputs
- SN74AUP2G07 – 2-ch, 0.8-V to 3.6-V low power buffers with open-drain outputs
Design smarter, compact and lightweight aerospace and defense systems using our plastic packaging designed for your next space mission
For space applications, our CMOS logic family combines accessible radiation reports with 1.2V supply-voltage support and space-enhanced plastic (SEP)-qualified packaging, making it capable of interfacing between modern field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and peripheral devices. TI logic continuously expands its portfolio of enhanced product (EP) offerings designed for aerospace and defense applications, which support a high-reliability manufacturing flow.
Featured resources
- SN74LVC3G07-EP – Enhanced product 3-ch, 1.65-V to 5.5-V buffers with open-drain outputs
- SN74LVC2G126-EP – Enhanced product 2-ch, 1.65-V to 5.5-V buffers with 3-state outputs
- SN54SC245-SEP – Radiation-tolerant, 1.2V to 5.5V, octal bus transceiver with 3-state outputs
- ALPHA-XILINX-KU060-SPACE – Alpha Data® board for Xilinx® Kintex® UltraScale™ XQRKU060 FPGA with TI power
- Reduce the Risk in Low-Earth Orbit Missions with Space Enhanced Plastic Products (Rev. A) – Application note
- SN54SC245-SEP Total Ionizing Dose Report – Radiation & reliability report
Enable reliable and scalable grid solutions, from the electric vehicle charging infrastructure to solar and wind energy systems, with our portfolio of logic devices
Use our discrete logic to enhance your next renewable-energy project.
Benefits:
- Small form-factor packaging decreases board space up to 76%.
- Our high-speed CMOS with Schmitt-trigger inputs (HCS) family helps enhance designs by providing greater noise immunity.
- Our low-voltage CMOS (LVC) family enables high drive strength (up to 32mA at 5V) to cleanly drive long traces.
- The portfolio includes wide temperature and voltage ranges, with qualified solutions for industrial applications.
- Low power-consuming CMOS logic (advanced ultra-low power [AUP] and LVC) improves power efficiency.
Featured resources
- TIDA-00816 – Grid IoT Reference Design: Connecting Fault Indicators, Data Collector, Mini-RTU Using Sub-1GHz RF
- SN74LVC245A – Octal Bus Transceiver With 3-State Outputs
- SN74LVC2G07 – 2-ch, 1.65-V to 5.5-V buffers with open-drain outputs
- SN74AC7541 – Eight-channel 1.5V-to-6V buffers with open-drain outputs
Use our logic portfolio for building-automation solutions on factory floors and in residential spaces and commercial properties
Stay on the automation trend with our logic portfolio.
Benefits:
- Small form-factor packaging decreases board space up to 76%.
- Our high-speed CMOS with Schmitt-trigger inputs (HCS) family helps enhance designs by providing greater noise immunity.
- Integrated voltage translation logic helps consolidate board design.
- Low-voltage logic devices down to 0.8V reduce power consumption.
Featured resources
- TIDA-00206 – LED Display Driver with Serial Interface Reference Design
- SN74LV8T245 – Single-supply octal-translating transceiver with tri-state outputs
- SN74AC541 – Eight-channel, 1.5-V to 6-V, 24-mA drive strength buffers with 3-state outputs
- SN74HCS244 – Octal buffers and line drivers with tri-state outputs and Schmitt trigger inputs
Pass optical inspection easily and improve immunity to noise in automotive designs with space-saving logic packages
Our logic portfolio offers a wide variety of automotive-qualified Automotive Electronics Council (AEC)-Q100 solutions specifically for electric vehicle applications.
Benefits:
- Our high-speed CMOS with Schmitt-trigger inputs (HCS) family offers advantages in noise immunity, slow-input signal tolerance and supply-current consumption.
- Solutions offered in small leaded and nonleaded packages for space-constrained environments enhance design flexibility.
Featured resources
- SN74AC245-Q1 – Automotive octal bus transceiver with 3-state outputs
- SN74HCS541-Q1 – Automotive octal buffers and line drivers with three-state outputs and Schmitt-trigger inputs
- SN74AHC1G14-Q1 – Automotive single 2-V to 5.5-V inverter with Schmitt-trigger inputs
- Schmitt-trigger CMOS inputs – Video series
- Traction Inverter Motor Control Enhancement Using Logic and Translation – Application note
Use our logic portfolio for all your wired networking applications, from the newest and fastest Wi-Fi® standards to switches with low power consumption
Our logic portfolio can meet design requirements for wired networking applications with unmatched features, functionality and smaller solution sizes.
Benefits:
- Small form-factor packaging decreases board space up to 76%.
- Our high-speed CMOS with Schmitt-trigger inputs (HCS) family helps enhance designs by providing greater noise immunity.
- Our low-voltage logic (LVC) family enables high drive strength (up to 32mA at 5V) to cleanly drive long traces.
Featured resources
- SN74HCS541 – Octal buffers and line drivers with tri-state outputs and Schmitt-trigger inputs
- SN74LVC1G07 – Single 1.65-V to 5.5-V buffer with open-drain outputs
- SN74HCS05 – 6-ch, 2-V to 6-V inverters with Schmitt-Trigger inputs and open-drain outputs
- Optimizing Network Switch Designs with Common Logic Use Cases (Rev. A) – Application note
- Optimizing WLAN and WiFi Access Point Systems With Logic and Voltage Translation – Application brief
New products
Enhanced product single 1.65-V to 5.5-V buffer with 3-state outputs
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.8
Automotive single 1.1-V to 5.5-V inverter with Schmitt-Trigger inputs
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.079
8-ch, 1.65-V to 3.6-V buffers with 3-state outputs
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.219
Automotive single 1.1-V to 5.5-V inverter with 3-state outputs
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.089
Automotive single 1.1-V to 6.5-V buffer with Schmitt-Trigger inputs
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.094
Six-channel 1.1V-to-3.6V inverters with Schmitt-trigger inputs
Approx. price (USD) 1ku | 0.125