Independent Registers for A and B Buses
Multiplexed Real-Time and Stored Data
Choice of True or Inverting Data Paths
Choice of 3-State or Open-Collector
Outputs
Package Options Include Plastic
Small-Outline (DW) Packages, Ceramic
Chip Carriers (FK), and Standard Plastic
(NT) and Ceramic (JT) 300-mil DIPs

description
These devices consist of bus-transceiver circuits
with 3-state or open-collector outputs, D-type
flip-flops, and control circuitry arranged for
multiplexed transmission of data directly from the
data bus or from the internal storage registers.
Data on the A or B bus is clocked into the registers
on the low-to-high transition of the appropriate
clock (CLKAB or CLKBA) input. Figure 1
illustrates the four fundamental bus-management
functions that can be performed with the octal bus
transceivers and registers.
Output-enable (OE) and direction-control (DIR)
inputs control the transceiver functions. In the
transceiver mode, data present at the highimpedance
port may be stored in either or both
registers.
The select-control (SAB and SBA) inputs can
multiplex stored and real-time (transparent mode)
data. The circuitry used for select control eliminates the typical decoding glitch that occurs in a multiplexer during
the transition between stored and real-time data. DIR determines which bus receives data when OE is low. In
the isolation mode (OE high), A data may be stored in one register and/or B data may be stored in the other
register.
When an output function is disabled, the input function is still enabled and can be used to store and transmit
data. Only one of the two buses, A or B, may be driven at a time.
The -1 version of the SN74ALS646A is identical to the standard version, except that the recommended
maximum IOL in the -1 version is increased to 48 mA. There are no -1 versions of the SN54ALS646,
SN54ALS648, or SN74ALS648A.
The SN54ALS646, SN54ALS648, and SN54AS646 are characterized for operation over the full military
temperature range of –55°C to 125°C. The SN74ALS646A, SN74ALS648A, SN74AS646, and SN74AS648 are
characterized for operation from 0°C to 70°C.