Support Mixed-Mode Signal Operation (5-V
Input and Output Voltages With 3.3-V VCC)
Support Unregulated Battery Operation
Down to 2.7 V
Typical VOLP (Output Ground Bounce)
<0.8 V at VCC = 3.3 V, TA = 25°C
Ioff and Power-Up 3-State Support Hot
Insertion
Bus Hold on Data Inputs Eliminates the
Need for External Pullup/Pulldown
Resistors
Latch-Up Performance Exceeds 500 mA Per
JESD 17
ESD Protection Exceeds JESD 22
− 2000-V Human-Body Model (A114-A)
− 200-V Machine Model (A115-A)

description/ordering information
These octal buffers and line drivers are designed specifically for low-voltage (3.3-V) VCC operation, but with the
capability to provide a TTL interface to a 5-V system environment.
These devices are organized as two 4-bit buffer/line drivers with separate output-enable (OE) inputs. When OE
is low, the devices pass data from the A inputs to the Y outputs. When OE is high, the outputs are in the
high-impedance state.
To ensure the high-impedance state during power up or power down, OE should be tied to VCC through a pullup
resistor; the minimum value of the resistor is determined by the current-sinking capability of the driver.
Active bus-hold circuitry holds unused or undriven inputs at a valid logic state. Use of pullup or pulldown resistors
with the bus-hold circuitry is not recommended.
These devices are fully specified for hot-insertion applications using Ioff and power-up 3-state. The Ioff circuitry
disables the outputs, preventing damaging current backflow through the devices when they are powered down.
The power-up 3-state circuitry places the outputs in the high-impedance state during power up and power down,
which prevents driver conflict.