Re: 3v drivers on 5v busses

[" Noam Halevy " <noamh@msil.sps.mot.com>]

> And of course, the 3V OUTPUTS (not just the inputs) must be 5V tolerant. 
> The usual CMOS driver doesn't work.
> 
> Regards,
> Andy Ingraham
> 
> 

What happens if you don't want to make the on-chip drivers 5V tolerant ?
Is there a simple way to connect such a chip to a 5V bus with some
(minimal)
external buffering ?

Thanks,
Noam Halevy 

email: noamh@msil.sps.mot.com
Tel: 972-3-590534

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