Full featured RS-485/RS-422 transceivers.(ICs, SoCs & IP Cores)(Brief Article)

Full featured RS-485/RS-422 transceivers.(ICs, SoCs & IP Cores)(Brief Article)

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February 1, 2005 | Copyright

Intersil Corporation's family of LINEARLINK BiCMOS 5V powered, single transceivers meet both RS-485 and RS-422 standards for balanced (differential) communication that are typically deployed for long distance transmission and/or in noisy environments. The ISL85080E thru ISL83088E family of transceivers boast several feature enhancements over the current portfolio including a full fail-safe design, hot swap capability, a fractional unit load to the RS-485 bus, three data rate options and greater than 15kV Human Body Model (HBM) ESD protection. …

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