
Product Brief
August 2000
ATM Physical Layer Core
Features
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ATM header error correction (HEC) byte genera-
tion/checking
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HEC-based cell delineation
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Cell header single error correction/multiple error
detection
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Cell payload (de)scrambling
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Direct cell mapping
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Idle cell insertion/deletion
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Out of cell delineation (OCD)/loss of cell delinea-
tion (LCD) status
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User-programmable cell filter
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UTOPIA Level 1/Level 2 with parity generation/
checking. In Level 2, all multiPHY modes are sup-
ported:
— 1 RxClav/1 TxClav
— Direct status
— Multiplexed status polling
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155.52 Mbits/s line operation
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25 MHz UTOPIA operation (up to 50 MHz
stand-alone UTOPIA)
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FIFO control/monitoring with options:
— Internal 128 x 9 ORCA
FIFOs (scalable)
— External 2
n
x 9 IDT722x1FIFOs
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Flexible control inputs with options for:
— Internal/external hard-wiring
— Access via a parallel or serial microprocessor
interface
Standards Compliance
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ANSI* T1.646-1995: Broadband-ISDN Physical
Layer Specification for User-Network Interface
Including DS1/ATM
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Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) forum user-
network interface (UNI) version 3.1
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ATM forum UTOPIA, An ATM-PHY interface speci-
fication level 1, version 2.01
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ATM forum UTOPIA Level 2, version 1.0
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ITU-T recommendation I.432: B-ISDN user-net-
work interface physical layer specification
Benefits
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Faster development for improved time-to-market
with ATM functions.
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Lower development cost through design reuse.
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VHDL source code for easy design integration.
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ORCA-specific optimization, tailor made for high
performance.
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Ample design flexibility using built-in interface and
function options.
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Verified functionality and standards compliance.
0378 (F)
Figure 1. ATM Physical Layer Core Application
* ANSIis a registered trademark of American National Standards
Institute, Inc.
ATM
PHYSICAL
LAYER
CORE
ATM
LAYER
LINE
FRAMER
(E.G.,
SONET)
OPTIONAL
EXTERNAL
FIFO
OPTIONAL
CONTROL/STATUS
INTERFACE
LINE
BYTE
DATA AND
CLOCK
UTOPIA
MICROPROCESSOR BUS