Fairchild/ON Semiconductor 74VHC163M

74VHC163M Overview
The manufacturer of this component is Fairchild/ON Semiconductor. It is a type of chip used for Logic - Counters, Dividers, which falls under the category of Logic - Counters, Dividers. It is designed to be mounted on the surface of a circuit board and comes in a 16-SOIC (0.154, 3.90mm Width) package. The component is packaged in a tube. It belongs to the 74VHC series and is currently considered obsolete. It has a Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) of 1, meaning it is not sensitive to moisture. The base part number for this chip is 74VHC163 and each element has 4 bits. It operates on a positive edge trigger and has a count rate of 125MHz.

74VHC163M Features
Embedded in the 16-SOIC (0.154, 3.90mm Width) package
4 bits per element

74VHC163M Applications
There are a lot of ON Semiconductor 74VHC163M Counters & Dividers applications.

Timers
Binary counter/decoder
Fixed and programmable counters greater than 10
Fixed or Programmable Frequency Division
Counter control/timers
Time delay circuits
LINEARIZATION
Control counters
Divide-by"N" counters/frequency synthesizers
Programmable decade counters