Supply rail and signal-level flexibility
The inputs are 5 V tolerant when the device is powered down or running at a lower VCC, so a 3.3 V controller can talk to a 1.8 V FPGA without a dedicated translator. The 24 mA symmetric drive at both logic levels keeps the rise and fall times matched, which matters for signal-integrity margin on a 50 Ω terminated line.
Housed in a 48-pin BSSOP (SSOP) body measuring 0.295" wide with 0.635 mm pitch, the SN74LVC16244ADL is a dense surface-mount part. The SSOP footprint is common across the 74LVC widebus family, so a layout that already uses a 48-SSOP buffer can drop this in without a board spin. The tube shipping medium is standard for prototype and low-volume builds; for reel quantities the –DL suffix is the one to order.
ROHS3 compliance is confirmed, so it passes the EU material restrictions without an exemption.
