Automotive-grade single-gate buffer with Schmitt-trigger input
The Schmitt-trigger input provides hysteresis for clean switching on slow or noisy signals, a common requirement on automotive bus lines and switch debounce circuits.
The 1.65V to 5.5V supply range covers 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V, and 5V rails, so this single part number can serve multiple voltage domains across a vehicle's electrical architecture. The 32mA symmetric output drive (both source and sink) is enough to drive a handful of CMOS loads or a short PCB trace without external buffering, but check the total capacitive load if driving long harness wires — the edge rate slows noticeably above 50pF. For high-fan-out situations, the 32mA figure gives a fan-out of about 20 standard LVCMOS loads at 3.3V.