[SOLVED] How Can I Implement a Tristate Buffer with Transistors?

[kvnsmnsn]

There are a few places on the Internet that explain how a tristate buffer works, but I haven't been able to find any place that shows how to implement it with transistors. Can anyone tell me how to implement a tristate buffer with transistors?

 

[barry]

1) Buy a computer
2) Open the browser
3) Search "tri-state buffer circuit"
4) Look at all the answers.

 

[betwixt]

High state = top transistor on, bottom transistor off. (sourcing current)
Low state = top transistor off, bottom transistor on. (sinking current)
Tristate = both transistor off. (no current flows in or out so it is 'disconnected')

There is a fourth state where both top and bottom are on at the same time but it usually only lasts a brief moment before smoke comes out!

Brian.

 

[danadakk]

Tristate discussed in attached.

 

[dick_freebird]

TI TTL Data book. Every digital dude had one on their desk back in the day. Check out the level of schematic detail, unheard-of in modern days.

 

[dpaul]

Apart from using a search engine to find out the answer, @kvnsmnsn should have put this question at the 'Analog Circuit Design' sub-forum!

 

[D.A.(Tony)Stewart]

Every TTL circuit has a standard input threshold voltage of 2 diode drops or 2*Vbe
This compares 74' 74LS' and 74S' inputs and outputs for tri-state buffers
The '244 types are non-inverting and '245 were inverting hex TS buffers... any questions?

 

[kvnsmnsn]

1) Buy a computer
2) Open the browser
3) Search "tri-state buffer circuit"
4) Look at all the answers.

Thanks!

 

[D.A.(Tony)Stewart]

Perhaps your question ought to be , how can I best use search engines with key words.