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The SP3073-3078E differential line transceivers are suitable for bidirectional communication on balanced multipoint bus transmission lines and comply with both RS485 and RS422 EIA Standards. 
Each device consists of a differential driver and differential receiver. All devices operate from a 3.3V power supply.  High receiver input impedance allows a large number of transceivers to share a common data bus while maintaining signal margin and without excessive loading or use of expensive repeaters. 
The high impedance driver output is maintained over the entire common-mode voltage range from -7 to +12V. Receivers will failsafe to logic 1 output when inputs are open, shorted or terminated. Drivers include built-in short-circuit protection and a thermal-overload shutdown to protect against excessive power dissipation from bus contention or cable faults.
All RS485 inputs are ESD protected up to ±15kV (Air-Gap and Human Body Model) and up to ±8kV Contact discharge (IEC 1000-4-2).
Features:
 - ±15kV ESD protection for RS485 pins 
  - 3.3V low-power operation 
  - Advanced receiver-failsafe protection for open, shorted or terminated lines 
  - Up to 256 Transceivers may share bus 
  - Very low load for 8x greater fan-out 
  - Hot Swap glitch protection RE and DE 
  - Thermal shutdown protects against driver contention 
  - Available in three industry standard footprints 
 - SP3070E, SP3073E and SP3076E in Full-Duplex (14 pin) 
  - SP3071E, SP3074E and SP3077E in Full-Duplex (8 pin) 
  - SP3072E, SP3075E and SP3078E in Half-Duplex (8 pin) 
  
   - Three applications-optimized speed grades 
 - SP3070-72E: 250kbps fully slew-limited 
  - SP3073-75E: 500kbps slew-limited 
  - SP3076-78E: 16Mbps high speed 
  
   - Small form factor SO-narrow packages 
  - Industrial (-40 to +85ºC) & Extended (-40 to +85ºC) temperature grades 
 
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