Difference between line transceiver & line driver and receiver pairs

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nee

Joined Oct 5, 2012
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What is the difference between differential line transceiver & differential line driver and receiver pairs ?
Line transceiver is used as translator in either unidirectional or bidirectional; whereas line driver receiver pairs is used to produce differential output and convert back to single-ended at the output. Am I correct ?
 

kubeek

Joined Sep 20, 2005
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yes, a transciever is a transmitter-receiver combo, compared to a line driver it might have something more inside, like frame buffers and flow control mechanisms.
 
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