
Preliminary
SBI Bus Serializer / STS-12 Time Slot Interchange
PM8610 SBS
PMC-2000169 (P4)
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL TO PMC
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SIERRA, INC., AND FOR ITS CUSTOMERS’ INTERNAL USE
 Copyright PMC
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Sierra, Inc. 2001
FEATURES 
 Monolithic integrated circuit that 
implements conversion between byte-
serial 19.44Mhz SBI bus or 77.76MHz 
SBI336 bus and redundant 777.6Mbps 
bit-serial 8B/10B-base SBI336S bus.
 SBI converter and TDM time slot 
interchange.
 Quad byte wide 19.44MHz SBI bus to 
777.6MHz serial SBI336S converter. 
 Byte wide 77.76MHz SBI336 bus to 
777.6MHz serial SBI336S converter.
 Quad byte wide 19.44MHz 
TelecomBus to serial 777.6MHz 
TelecomBus converter. 
 Byte wide 77.76MHz TelecomBus to 
serial 777.6MHz TelecomBus 
converter.
 Quad byte wide 19.44 MHz SBI bus to 
byte wide 77.76 MHz SBI bus bridge.
 Quad byte wide 19.44 MHz 
TelecomBus to byte wide 77.76 MHz 
TelecomBus bridge.
 DS0, NxDS0, T1, E1, VT1.5, VT2, DS3 
and E3 granular quad SBI to serial 
SBI336S time slot interchange.
 DS0, NxDS0, T1, E1, VT1.5, VT2, DS3 
and E3 granular SBI336 to serial 
SBI336S time slot interchange.
 VT1.5, VT2, STS-1 quad 19.44MHz 
TelecomBus to serial TelecomBus 
switch. Requires J1 byte alignment.
 VT1.5, VT2, STS-1 77.76MHz 
TelecomBus to serial TelecomBus 
switch. Requires J1 byte alignment.
 With the Narrowband Switch Element, 
PM8620 NSE-20G, the SBS can be 
used to implement a switch fabric 
scaleable to 20Gb/s.
 With the Narrowband Switch Element, 
PM8621 NSE-8G, the SBS can be 
used to implement a switch fabric 
scaleable to 8Gb/s.
 Integrates two independent DS0 
granularity Time Slot Interchange 
Switches (full duplex). 
 Nominal latency through the SBS in 
DS0 mode is 125
μ
S. Channel 
Associated Signaling (CAS) latency 
through the SBS in DS0 mode is two 
T1 multiframes (6 ms) or two E1 
multiframes (4 ms).
 In TelecomBus mode or SBI mode 
without DS0 level switching nominal 
latency through the SBS is <16
μ
S.
 The Time Slot Interchange Switch 
permits any receive or incoming byte 
from an input tributary to be mapped to 
any outgoing or transmit byte, 
respectively, on the associated output 
tributary.
 Supports working and protect serial 
SBI336 or TelecomBus links to support 
a redundant switch fabric architecture.
 Encodes and decodes byte wide SBI 
bus and SBI336 bus control signals for 
all SBI supported link types and clock 
modes for transport over the serial 
SBI336S interface.
 Encodes data from the Incoming SBI 
bus or TelecomBus stream to working 
and protect 777.6Mbps LVDS serial 
links with 8B/10B-based encoding.
 Decodes data from working and 
protect 777.6MHz LVDS serial links 
with 8B/10B-based encoding to the 
Outgoing SBI bus or TelecomBus 
stream.
 In SBI mode, switches Channel 
Associated Signaling bits, CAS, with all 
DS0 data.
 Uses 8B/10B-based line coding 
protocol on the serial links to provide 
transition density guarantee and DC 
balance and to offer a greater control 
character vocabulary than the 
standard 8B/10B protocol.
 Provides optional PRBS generation for 
each LVDS serial data link for off-line 
link verification.  PRBS can be 
processed with minimum STS-1 
granularity.
 Provides hardware and software 
control to coordinate the connection 
mapping of the local device, peer SBS 
devices and companion NSE switch 
devices.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
TRANSMIT WORKING
Encoder/Serializer and
LVDS Interface
TRANSMIT PROTECT
Encoder/Serializer and
LVDS Interface
1/2 WORKING
PRBS processing and In-
Band Link Controller
1/2 PROTECT
PRBS processing and In-
Band Link Controller
RECEIVE WORKING
Decoder, Data recovery
and LVDS Interface
RECEIVE PROTECT
Decoder, Data recovery
and LVDS Interface
1/2 WORKING
PRBS processing and In-
Band Link Controller
1/2 PROTECT
PRBS processing and In-
Band Link Controller
Incoming Memory
Switch Unit and
CAS Processing
Telecom/SBI Bus
Outgoing Memory
Switch Unit and
CAS Processing
Receive
Protect
LVDS
Receive
Working
LVDS
Transmit
Protect
LVDS
Transmit
Working
LVDS
Telecom/SBI Bus
Input User
Message
Telecom/SBI  Bus
Connect Memory
Control
Connect Memory
Control
Telecom/SBI  Bus
Output User
Message
Microprocessor
Interface
JTAG