The Renesas RS-485/RS-422 Transceiver is fault protected, 5V powered, differential transceivers that exceed the RS-485 and RS-422 standards for balanced communication. The RS-485 transceiver pins (driver outputs and receiver inputs) are fault protected up to ±60V and are protected against ±16.5kV ESD strikes without latch-up. Additionally, the extended Common-Mode Range (CMR) allows these transceivers to operate in environments with common-mode voltages up to ±25V (>2x the RS-485 requirement), making this fault protected RS-485 family one of the most robust on the market.

Fault protected RS-485 bus pins up to ±60V
Extended common-mode range of ±25V (more than twice the range required for RS-485)
1/4 unit load for up to 128 devices on the bus
±16.5kV HBM ESD protection on RS-485 bus pins
RS-485 data rates of 250kbps to 15Mbps