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S3037
SONET/SDH/ATM OC-3/12 TRANSCEIVER W/CDR
December 10, 1999 / Revision C
S3037 TRANSCEIVER
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
TRANSMITTER OPERATION
The S3037 transceiver chip performs the serializing
stage in the processing of a transmit SONET STS-3
or STS-12 bit serial data stream. It converts the 8-bit
parallel 19.44 or 77.76 Mbits/sec data stream into bit
serial format at 155.52 or 622.08 Mbit/sec.
A high-frequency bit clock can be generated from a
19.44 or 77.76 MHz frequency reference by using an
integral frequency synthesizer consisting of a phase-
locked loop circuit with a divider in the loop.
Diagnostic loopback is provided (transmitter to re-
ceiver). See Other Operating Modes.
Clock Synthesizer
The clock synthesizer, shown in the block diagram in
Figure 6, is a monolithic PLL that generates the se-
rial output clock phase synchronized with the input
reference clock (REFCLKP/N or TTLREF).
The REFCLKP/N input must be generated from an
LVPECL crystal oscillator which has a frequency ac-
curacy that meets the values specified in Table 9 in
order for the TSD frequency to have the same accu-
racy required for operation in a SONET system.
Lower accuracy crystal oscillators may be used in
applications less demanding than SONET/SDH.
TTLREF must be at logic "one" if REFCLKP/N are
used.
For TTL reference operation, the TTLREF input
should be driven with an LVTTL crystal oscillator
output with the ppm accuracy specified in Table 9 for
SONET compliance. In this mode, REFCLKP should
be connected to LVPECL "high" and REFCLKN
should be tied to LVPECL "low."
The on-chip PLL consists of a phase detector, which
compares the phase relationship between the VCO out-
put and the REFCLKP/N input, a loop filter which converts
the phase detector output into a smooth DC voltage,
and a VCO, whose frequency is varied by this voltage.
The loop filter generates a VCO control voltage
based on the average DC level of the phase discrimi-
nator output pulses. The loop filter’s corner frequency
is optimized to minimize output phase jitter.
Timing Generation
The timing generation function, seen in Figure 6,
provides a byte rate version of the transmit serial
clock. This circuitry also provides an internally generated
load signal, which transfers the PIN[7:0] data from
the parallel input register to the serial shift register.
The PCLK output is a byte rate version of transmit
serial clock at 19.44 or 77.76 MHz. PCLK is intended
for use as a byte speed clock for upstream multiplex-
ing and overhead processing circuits. Using PCLK
for upstream circuits will ensure a stable frequency
and phase relationship between the data coming into
and leaving the S3037 device.
Parallel-to-Serial Converter
The parallel-to-serial converter shown in Figure 6 is
comprised of two byte-wide registers. The first regis-
ter latches the data from the PIN[7:0] bus on the
rising edge of PICLK. The second register is a paral-
lel loadable shift register which takes its parallel
input from the first register.
The load signal, which latches the data from the par-
allel to the serial shift register, has a fixed relationship
to PCLK. If PICLK is tied to PCLK, the PIN[7:0] data
latched into the parallel register will meet the timing
specifications with respect to the load signal. If PICLK
is not tied to PCLK, the delay must meet the timing
requirements shown in Figure 10.
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