400 Mbps LVDS half-duplex — the data rate and protocol decide the fit
The SN65LVDM176DR is a single-channel LVDS transceiver running half-duplex at 400 Mbps — that is the signaling rate for the differential pair, not a bus throughput. The 1/1 driver/receiver count means one transmit and one receive path sharing the same pair, so the protocol layer must manage direction control (typically via a GPIO on the DE/RE pins).
The 400 Mbps data rate is a typical ceiling for LVDS point-to-point links in camera interfaces, display bridges, and high-speed backplane signaling. At this rate the signal integrity depends on PCB trace impedance matching (100 Ω differential) and stub length — the transceiver itself is not the bottleneck.
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