Product Overview
74LVC04A Hex Inverter - Six Low-Voltage CMOS Gates, 1.2 V to 3.6 V Supply, 5 V Tolerant Inputs
Condition
Condition: unused, new old stock (NOS). Sold each. Markings legible: Philips shield logo, LVC04A.
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Product Overview
Philips 74LVC04A: six independent inverters in one 14-pin surface-mount body, from the 74LVC low-voltage CMOS logic family. It runs from 1.2 V to 3.6 V, and its inputs accept up to 5.5 V, so a 3.3 V board can take a 5 V logic signal straight in.
Key Features
- Function: hex inverter, six gates per chip
- Logic family: 74LVC low-voltage CMOS
- Supply voltage: 1.2 V to 3.6 V
- Inputs tolerate up to 5.5 V for 5 V to 3.3 V interfacing
- Package: 14-pin surface-mount, gull-wing leads
Applications
- Flipping a 5 V active-low reset or chip-select line into the correct sense for a 3.3 V microcontroller, with no separate level shifter
- Replacing a failed LVC04A on a Philips-era board with the same type number
- Inverting enable and clock signals on a 3.3 V design
- Makers: soldering one to a 14-pin adapter board for a breadboard polarity fix between 5 V and 3.3 V modules
Frequently Asked Questions
What is printed on the chip?
LVC04A beside the Philips shield logo. Small surface-mount bodies carry the short form of the 74LVC04A type number.
Can a 3.3 V circuit using this chip take 5 V inputs?
Yes. The inputs tolerate up to 5.5 V across the 1.2 V to 3.6 V supply range.
Is this the same type Nexperia sells as the 74LVC04A?
Same type number and function. Philips standard logic passed to NXP in 2006 and to Nexperia in 2017; these bodies carry the Philips logo.
Will it run from a 5 V supply?
No. The supply range is 1.2 V to 3.6 V. Only the inputs take up to 5.5 V.
Each gate does the one job logic cannot make any simpler: it says the opposite. Philips built this family for the years when boards first had to speak two logic voltages at once, and the next mixed-voltage board on your bench is where this one goes.
