The MC74VHCT373A is an advanced high speed CMOS octal latch with 3-state output fabricated with silicon gate CMOS technology. It achieves high speed operation similar to equivalent Bipolar Schottky TTL while maintaining CMOS low power dissipation. This 8-bit D-type latch is controlled by a latch enable input and an output enable input. When the output enable input is high, the eight outputs are in a high impedance state. The internal circuit is composed of three stages, including a buffer output which provides high noise immunity and stable output. The VHCT inputs are compatible with TTL levels. This device can be used as a level converter for interfacing 3.3 V to 5.0 V, because it has full 5.0 V CMOS level output swings. The VHCT373A input and output (when disabled) structures provide protection when voltages between 0 V and 5.5 V are applied, regardless of the supply voltage. These input and output structures help prevent device destruction caused by supply voltage-input/output voltage mismatch, battery backup, hot insertion, etc.