Is Now A Part Of Visit www.maxlinear.com for more information about MaxLinear Inc.SP483 / SP485 Low Power Half-Duplex RS-485 Transceivers FEATURES +5V Only Low Power BiCMOS Driver / Receiver Enable Slew Rate Limited Driver for Low EMI (SP483) Low Power Shutdown mode (SP483) RS-485 and RS-422 Drivers/Receivers DESCRIPTION The SP483 and SP485 are a family of half-duplex transceivers that meet the specifications of RS-485 and RS-422. Their BiCMOS design allows low power operation without sacrificing performance. The SP485 meets the requirements of RS-485 and RS-422 up to 5Mbps. Ad- ditionally, the SP483 is equipped with a low power Shutdown mode. The SP483 is internally slew rate limited to reduce EMI and can meet the requirements of RS-485 and RS-422 up to 250kbps. Exar Corporation 48720 Kato Road, Fremont CA, 94538 50-668-70 7 www .exar.com SP483 SP485 0 0627