CD74HCT540E

High-Speed CMOS Octal Buffer and Line Driver with Inverting 3-State Outputs, standard 20-pin plastic dual-in-line package footprint. Features TTL-compatible inputs paired with high-drive inverted output configurations to manage shared paths. Designed to control inverting microprocessor memory address pipelines and regulate complex data buses. Industry exact equivalents include Texas Instruments CD74HCT540E, Harris CD74HCT540E, Motorola MC74HCT540N, and NXP 74HCT540N. Historical equipment applications include Commodore Amiga 1200 mainboards, Atari ST bus modules, Akai MPC60 samplers, Rowe Star-Glo jukeboxes, and Gottlieb Stargate pinball machines.