The SN75176 is low-power transceivers for RS-485 and RS- 422 communication. IC contains one driver and one receiver.
The driver slew rates of the SN75176 is not limited,
allowing them to transmit up to 10 Mbps.
These transceivers draw between 120µA and 500µA
of supply current when unloaded or fully loaded with
disabled drivers. All parts operate from a single 5V supply.
Drivers are short-circuit current limited and are protected
against excessive power dissipation by thermal shutdown
circuitry that places the driver outputs into a highimpedance
state.
The receiver input has a fail-safe feature that
guarantees a logic-high output if the input is open circuit.
The SN75176 is designed for half-duplex applications.