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TriState Buffers

Tristate buffers are used to connect multiple signals to a single bus line. They have three output states: high, low, and high impedance (HI-Z). When the buffer is disabled, its output is in a high impedance state like an open circuit. Tristate buffers have an enable input - when enabled they either output the input signal or its complement, and when disabled they go into high impedance state. Tristate buffers and bus drivers are used to prevent bus contention where multiple active devices drive the bus simultaneously.

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TriState Buffers

Tristate buffers are used to connect multiple signals to a single bus line. They have three output states: high, low, and high impedance (HI-Z). When the buffer is disabled, its output is in a high impedance state like an open circuit. Tristate buffers have an enable input - when enabled they either output the input signal or its complement, and when disabled they go into high impedance state. Tristate buffers and bus drivers are used to prevent bus contention where multiple active devices drive the bus simultaneously.

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Digital Electronics

Electronics Technology

Landon Johnson

TRISTATE BUFFERS
Tristate Competencies

54. Without references, the student will draw a


tristate buffer with an active-low enable input
with 100% accuracy.

55. Given a schematic symbol of a tristate buffer


the student will fill in the output column of a
truth table for all possible combinations with
100% accuracy.
Tristate Vocabulary
TRISTATE BUFFER- commonly used to connect multiple signals
to a single bus line; three output states HIGH, LOW, & HI-Z.

HI-Z (HIGH IMPEDANCE)- when the buffer is disabled, output


is like an open circuit.

DATA BUS- the transfer of data in computers takes place over a


common set of connecting lines; the inputs and outputs of
many devices are tied to the common bus.

BUS CONTENTION- if the outputs of two or more active devices are


placed on the bus at the same time, the result is data corruption
and damaging currents.
TRISTATE BUFFERS

A X A X

E E

E A X E A X
0 X HI-Z 1 X HI-Z

1 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 0 1 1
TRISTATE BUFFERS IC’S

74LS125 74LS126

A X A X

E E

E X E X
0 A 0 HI-Z

1 HI-Z 1 A
TRISTATE INVERTERS

A X A X

E E

E A X E A X
0 X HI-Z 1 X HI-Z

1 0 1 0 0 1
1 1 0 0 1 0
TRISTATE BUS DRIVERS
•CIRCUITS THAT BUFFER THE OUTPUTS OF DEVICES CONNECTED TO
A COMMON BUS

•USED WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF DEVICES SHARE A COMMON BUS

E a

B COMMON BUS

E b

E c

only one E x
should be activated at any time
FILL IN THE TABLE FROM THE CIRCUIT

A BUS DRIVERS
B
E
C
A B C D E BUS D
1 0 0 0 1 B
0 0 1 1 0
1 1 E
0 0 1
0 0 0 1 0 D
0 0 0 0 0 BUS
LINE
1 0 1 1 1
TRISTATE IC’s
•Many IC’s are designed with tristate outputs.

•74LS374- Octal D Type Flip Flop with tristate outputs.

•Decoders
•Mux’s
•A/D Converters
•Memory Chips
•Micro Processors
TEST
COMPLETE THE TRUTH TABLE

E A X
A X 0 X HI-Z

1 0 1
E 1 1 0
TEST
COMPLETE THE TRUTH TABLE

E A X
A X 1 X HI-Z

0 0 0
E 0 1 1

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