By driving the input to the transmission line this 74AC240SC buffer and line driver by Fairchild Semiconductor will amplify any signal. With a 3-state output, this is power management at its best. This line driver has a minimum operating temperature of -40 °C and a maximum of 85 °C. This product comes in rail packaging to keep individual parts separated and protected. This inverting device has a typical operating supply voltage of 2.5|3.3|5 V. Its minimum operating supply voltage of 2 V, while its maximum is 6 V. It has 8 channels per chip.