Component Sorting

We have lots of electronics components, many of which are unsorted. These are my notes on identifying components.

When we find a component and need to identify it there are many subtleties and it doesn't help that these things are tiny!

Integrated Circuits (ICs)

Problem: I have a bunch of seemingly standard ICs with similar-sounding names. What do the extra letters mean?

On the Texas Instruments website I found a list of the terms they use: -

• ABT - Advanced BiCMOS Technology
• ABTE - Advanced BiCMOS Technology / Enhanced Transceiver Logic
• AC - Advanced CMOS Logic
• ACT - Advanced CMOS Logic
• AHC - Advanced High-Speed CMOS
• AHCT - Advanced High-Speed CMOS
• ALB - Advanced Low-Voltage BiCMOS
• ALS - Advanced Low-Power Schottky Logic
• ALVC - Advanced Low-Voltage CMOS Technology
• ALVT - Advanced Low-Voltage CMOS Technology
• AS - Advanced Schottky Logic
• AUC - Advanced Ultra-Low-Voltage CMOS Logic
• AUP - Advanced Ultra-Low-Power CMOS Logic
• AVC - Advanced Very-Low-Voltage CMOS Logic
• BCT - BiCMOS Technology
• CB3Q - Low-Voltage, High-Bandwidth Bus Switch Technology
• CB3T - Low-Voltage, Translator Bus Switch Technology
• CBT - Crossbar Technology
• CBT-C - CBT with Undershoot Protection
• CBTLV - Low-Voltage Crossbar Technology
• CD4000 - CMOS Logic
• F - Fast Logic
• FB - Backplane Transceiver Logic
• FCT - Fast CMOS Technology
• GTL - Gunning Transceiver Logic
• GTLP - Gunning Transceiver Logic Plus
• HC - High-Speed CMOS Logic
• HCT - High-Speed CMOS Logic
• HSTL - High-Speed Transceiver Logic
• JTAG - JTAG Boundary Scan Support
• LS - Low-Power Schottky Logic
• LV-A - Low-Voltage CMOS Technology
• LV-AT - Low-Voltage CMOS Technology
• LVC - Low-Voltage CMOS Technology
• LVT - Low-Voltage BiCMOS Technology
• PCA - Inter Integrated Circuit
• PCF - Inter Integrated Circuit
• S - Schottky Logic
• SSTL - Stub Series Terminated Logic
• SSTV - Stub Series Terminated Low-Voltage Logic
• TCA - Inter Integrated Circuit
• TS - TI Switch
• TTL - Transistor-Transistor Logic
• TVC - Translation Voltage Clamp
• VME - VME Bus Products