Half-duplex MLVD transceiver at 100 Mbps
The SN65MLVD204BRUMT is a single-channel half-duplex transceiver from the TI 65MLVD family, supporting a data rate of 100 Mbps over a 3 V to 3.6 V supply rail. The 150 mV receiver hysteresis provides noise immunity on the differential bus, which is useful when the cable run picks up common-mode interference in an industrial backplane or equipment interconnect. Housed in a 16-WQFN exposed pad package (4x4 mm body), the part is surface-mount and the pad must be soldered to a thermal land on the PCB to keep the junction temperature within the -40 °C to 125 °C operating range.
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The part carries TI's standard RoHS/REACH documentation as part of the supply chain.
Package and supply integration
The 16-WQFN with exposed pad requires a thermal via pattern under the package to conduct heat into the PCB copper plane — the pad is the primary thermal path, not the leads. Supply range is 3 V to 3.6 V, so a 3.3 V rail with ±5 % tolerance stays within the window without a separate regulator. The single driver and single receiver pair (1/1) means this transceiver handles one differential link per package; multiple devices are needed for multi-drop buses.