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Agere Systems Inc.
1345-Type Receiver with Data Sheet
Clock Recovery and Data Retiming January 2000
Application Information
The 1345 receiver is a highly sensitive fiber-optic
receiver. Although the data outputs are digital logic levels (PECL), the device should be thought of as an analog component. When laying out the printed-wiring
board (PWB), the 1345 receiver should be given the
same type of consideration one would give to a sensitive analog component.
At a minimum, a double-sided printed-wiring board with
a large component-side ground plane beneath the
receiver must be used. In applications that include
many other high-speed devices, a multilayer PWB is
highly recommended. This permits the placement of
power and ground connections on separate layers,
which helps minimize the coupling of unwanted signal
noise into the power supplies of the receiver.
Layout Considerations
A fiber-optic receiver employs a very high-gain, widebandwidth transimpedance amplifier. The amplifier
detects and amplifies signals that are only tens of nA in
amplitude. Any unwanted signal currents that couple
into the receiver circuitry cause a decrease in the
receiver's sensitivity and can also degrade the performance of the receiver's loss of signal (FLAG) circuit. To
minimize the coupling of unwanted noise into the
receiver, route high-level, high-speed signals such as
transmitter inputs and clock lines as far away as possible from the receiver pins. If this is not possible, then
the PWB layout engineer should consider interleaving
the receiver signal and flag traces with ground traces in
order to provide the required isolation.
Noise that couples into the receiver through the power
supply pins can also degrade device performance. The
application schematics, Figures 2—3, show recommended power supply filtering that helps minimize
noise coupling into the receiver. The bypass capacitors
should be high-quality ceramic devices rated for RF
applications. They should be surface-mount components placed as close as possible to the receiver power
supply pins. The ferrite bead should have as high an
impedance as possible in the frequency range that is
most likely to cause problems. This will vary for each
application and is dependent on the signaling frequencies present on the application circuit card. Surfacemount, high-impedance beads are available from several manufacturers.
Data and Flag Outputs
The data and clock outputs of the 1345 receiver are
driven by open-emitter NPN transistors which have an
output impedance of approximately 7 Ω. Each output
can provide approximately 50 mA maximum output current. Due to the high switching speeds of ECL outputs,
transmission line design must be used to interconnect
components. To ensure optimum signal fidelity, both
data outputs (DATA and DATA
) and clock outputs
(CLOCK and CLOCK
) should be terminated identically.
The signal lines connecting the data and clock outputs
to the next device should be equal in length and should
have matched impedances.
Controlled impedance stripline or microstrip construction must be used in order not to degrade the quality of
the signal into the next component and to minimize
reflections back into the receiver. Excessive ringing due
to reflections caused by improperly terminated signal
lines makes it difficult for the component receiving
these signals to decipher the proper logic levels and
may cause transitions to occur where none were
intended. Also, by minimizing high frequency ringing
due to reflections caused by improperly designed and
terminated signal lines, possible EMI problems can be
avoided. The applications sections in the Signetics™
ECL 10K/100K Data Manual
or the National Semicon-
ductor
®
ECL Logic Databook and Design Guide
pro-
vide excellent design information on ECL interfacing.
The FLAG and FLAG
outputs of the OC-3/STM-1
155 Mbits/s receiver and the OC-12/STM-4 622 Mbits/s
receiver are 5 V TTL logic-level compatible. The FLAG
output is provided directly by the comparator IC. However, the FLAG output is derived from the FLAG
output
through an inverter. Excessive loading of the FLAG
out-
put can cause the FLAG output to malfunction.
Recommended User Interface
The 1345 receiver is designed to be operated from a
5 V power supply and provides raised or pseudo-ECL
(PECL) data outputs. Figures 2 and 3 show two possible application circuits for the 1345 receiver. Figure 2
represents an application for a PECL compatible interface while Figure 3 shows a possible application for an
ac-coupled, ECL-compatible interface. In both
instances, the DATA outputs are terminated with a
Thévenin equivalent circuit, which provides the equivalent of a 50 Ω load terminated to (V
CC
– 2 V). A single
50 Ω resistor terminated to (V
CC
– 2 V) could also be
used, but this requires a second power supply. Other
methods of terminating ECL-type outputs are discussed in the references previously mentioned.