
±15 kV ESD Protected, Slew Rate
Limited, 5 V, RS-485 Transceiver
ADM483E
Rev. A
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FEATURES
±15 kV ESD protection
250 kbps data rate
Reduced slew rate for low EM interference
Single 5 V ± 10% supply
7 V to +12 V bus common-mode range
Up to 32 nodes on the bus
Receiver open-circuit, fail-safe design
Short-circuit protection
36 μA supply current
0.1 μA shutdown current
APPLICATIONS
Low power RS-485 systems
Electrically harsh environments
EMI sensitive applications
DTE-DCE interface
Packet switching
Local area networks
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
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D
ADM483E
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A
RO
RE
DE
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0
60
12
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1
Figure 1.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ADM483E is a 5 V, low power data transceiver with ±15 kV
ESD protection suitable for half-duplex communication on
multipoint bus transmission lines. The ADM483E is designed
for balanced data transmission and complies with TIA/EIA
Standards RS-485 and RS-422, which allow up to 32 transceivers
on a bus.
The ADM483E has a low current shutdown mode in which it
consumes only 0.1 μA.
Because only one driver is enabled at any time, the output of a
disabled or power-down driver is three-stated to avoid
overloading the bus.
Drivers are short-circuit current-limited and are protected
against excessive power dissipation by thermal shutdown
circuitry that places their outputs into a high impedance state.
The receiver input has a fail-safe feature that guarantees a logic
high output if the input is open circuit.
The ADM483E is fully specified over the industrial temperature
ranges and is available in 8-lead SOIC_N packages.