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title: What is a Push-Pull Output?
description: A Push-Pull output is an output that allows you to connect either a sinking or sourcing circuit.
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# [What is a Push-Pull Output?](https://www.dynapar.com/faq/what-is-a-push-pull-output)

 Written by [London Rhodes](https://www.dynapar.com/faq/author/london-rhodes) | Apr 16, 2021 6:30:01 PM

A Push-Pull output is an output that allows you to connect either a sinking or sourcing circuit. (see What is a Sinking or Sourcing input?) This type of an output allows you to sink more current than a Totem Pole output and follow the input voltage. A Push-Pull output is chosen when an Open Collector output will not work with the controller that is connected to the encoder.

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