CD4532B consists of combinational logic that encodes the highest priority input (D7-D0) to a 3-bit binary code. The eight inputs, D7 through D0, each have an assigned priority; D7 is the highest priority and D0 is the lowest. The priority encoder is inhibited when the chip-enable input EI is low. When EI is high, the binary representation of the highest-priority input appears on output lines Q2-Q0, and the group select line GS is high to indicate that priority inputs are present. The enable-out (EO) is high when no priority inputs are present. If any one input is high, EO is low and all cascaded lower-order stages are disabled.
The CD4532B types are supplied in 16-lead hermetic dual-in-line ceramic packages (F3A suffix), 16-lead dual-in-line plastic packages (E suffix), 16-lead small-outline packages (M, M96, MT, and NSR suffixes), and 16-lead thin shrink small-outline packages (PW and PWR suffixes).
Data sheet acquired from Harris Semiconductor
| Technology family | CD4000 |
| Function | Encoder |
| Configuration | 8 |
| Number of channels | 1 |
| Operating temperature range (°C) | -55 to 125 |
| Rating | Catalog |
| PDIP (N) | 16 | 181.42 mm² 19.3 x 9.4 |
| SOIC (D) | 16 | 59.4 mm² 9.9 x 6 |
| SOP (NS) | 16 | 79.56 mm² 10.2 x 7.8 |
| TSSOP (PW) | 16 | 32 mm² 5 x 6.4 |