Description of TTL, ECL and CMOS Glue Logic Families

TTL (74xx) True TTL

74L......................Low power
74S......................Schottky
74H......................High speed
74LS....................Low power - Schottky
74AS...................Advanced - Schottky
74ALS.................Advanced - Low power - Schottky
74F(AST).............Fast - (Advanced - Schottky)
74C......................CMOS.......check Vcc level
74HC (U).............High speed - CMOS (Unbuffered output)
74HCT.................High speed - CMOS - TTL inputs
74AHC.................Advanced - High speed - CMOS
74AHCT..............Advanced - High speed - CMOS - TTL inputs
74FCT (-A,T,AT).Fast - CMOS - TTL inputs (speed variations)
74AC....................Advanced - CMOS
74ACT.................Advanced - CMOS - TTL inputs
74FACT................AC, ACT (Q) series
74ACQ.................Advanced - CMOS - Quiet outputs
74ACTQ...............Advanced - CMOS - TTL inputs - Quiet outputs

Bus Driver Families

74ABT.................Advanced - BiCMOS - Technology
74ABTE...............ABT - Enhanced Transceiver Logic
74ABTH..............Advanced - BiCMOS - Technology - bus Hold
74BCT.................BiCMOS - TTL inputs
74BTL.................Backplane - Transceiver - Logic (BiCMOS)
74CBT.................Bus Switch
74CBTK..............CBT - Active Clamp
74FB....................Futurebus+
74GTL.................Gunning - Transceiver - Logic [200MHz, Point-to-Point]
74GTLP...............GTL - Plus [120MHz, Multi-Point, Backplane]

Low Voltage Families

74ALB.................Advanced - Low Voltage - BiCMOS
74LV (U)..............Low - Voltage (Unbuffered output) (CMOS)
74LVC (R) (U).....LV - CMOS (damping Resistor)(Unbuffered output)
74LVCH..............Low - Voltage - CMOS - bus Hold
74ALVC...............Advanced - Low - Voltage - CMOS
74LVT (R) (U)......LV - TTL (damping Resistor(Unbuffered output) (BiCMOS)
74LVTZ................Low - Voltage - TTL - High Impedance power-up
74ALVC (R).........ALV - CMOS (bus Hold) (damping Resistor)
74ALVCH.............Advanced - Low - Voltage - CMOS - bus Hold
74LCX..................LV - CMOS (operates with 3v and 5v supplies)
74VCX..................LV - CMOS (operates with 1.8v and 3.6v supplies
74CBTLV.............CBT - Low Voltage

4000.................True CMOS (non-TTL levels)

ECL Device Families:
MECL I.................8nS*
MECL II................2nS*
MECL III...............(16XX) 1nS* .......* = Rise & Fall Time
101xx.....................100 series 10K ECL, 3.5nS*
102xx.....................200 series 10K ECL, 2.5nS*
108xx.....................800 series 10K ECL, voltage compensated, 3.5nS*
10Hxxx..................10K - High speed, voltage compensated, 1.8nS*
10Exxx..................10K - ECLinPS, voltage compensated, 800pS*
10EPxxx................10K - ECLinPS Plus, voltage compensated, 160pS*
10ELxxx................10K - ECLinPS Lite, Single gate, voltage compensated, 275pS*
100xxx...................100K, temperature compensated
100Hxxx................100K - High speed, temperature compensated
100Exxx.................100K - ECLinPS, temp, voltage comp., 800pS*

High Speed Differential Signaling Families:

ECL.................See above
PECL.................Positive ECL, uses +5volts as Vcc; See above
LVPECL............Low Voltage PECL, uses +3.3volts as Vcc; See above
LVDS.................Low Voltage Differential Signaling, 400mV differential signal swing
CML.................Common Model Logic, 800mV differential signal swing
PCML.................Pseudo Common Model Logic, 200mV differential signal swing

This is a listing of TTL, ECL and CMOS Glue Logic Families, with a short description of how they differ
from one another. The 74xx families are shown above, but the 54xx families also applies. The 74 designates
commercial temperature ranges and the 54 designates operation at Military temperature ranges. Component
manufacturers may be found by clicking the Components icons at the bottom of the page. In general, none
of the logic families listed above will operate with any other logic family, the voltage thresholds are
different for each logic family. Refer to the Logic Family Voltage Translation page for interfacing
techniques between logic families.