Datasheet ML4658CP, ML4658CQ Datasheet (Micro Linear Corporation)

November 1998

ML4658

10BASE-T Transceiver

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The ML4658 10BASE-T Transceiver is a single chip cable
line driver/receiver that provides all of the functionality
required to implement both an internal and external IEEE

802.3 10BASE-T MAU. This part offers a standard IEEE

802.3 AU interface that allows it to directly connect to
industry standard manchester encoder/decoder chips or to
an AUI cable.

The ML4658 requires a minimal number of external
components, and is compliant to the IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T
standard. The differential current driven transmitter offers
superior performance because of its highly symetrical
switching. This results in low RFI noise and low jitter.

The Transceiver easily interfaces to 100Ω unshielded
twisted pair cable, 150Ω shielded twisted pair cable, or a
range of other characteristic impedances by simply
changing one external resistor. Jabber, Link Test, and SQE
Test are fully integrated onto the chip with enable/disable
options. A polarity detection status pin, which can drive
an LED, is provided for receive data, and the ML4658
offers automatic polarity correction.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

FEATURES

■ Complete implementation of IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T

Medium Attachment Unit (MAU)

■ Incorporates an AU interface for use in an external

MAU or internal MAU

■ Single 5V supply ±10%

■ No crystal or clock input

■ Current Driven Output for low RFI noise and low jitter

■ Capable of driving 100Ω unshielded twisted pair cable

or 150Ω shielded twisted pair cable

■ Polarity detect status pin capable of driving an LED

■ Automatic Polarity Correction

■ On-chip Jabber logic, Link Test, and SQE test with

enable/disable option

■ Provides six network status LED ouput pins

Tx+

Tx–

COL+

COL–

Rx+

Rx–

AUI

RECEIVER

TRANSMIT

SQUELCH

AUI

DRIVER

AUI

DRIVER

GND

V

CC

SQEN/LTD/JABD

10MHz GATED

OSCILLATOR

LOOPBACK

MUX

(

5V)

5V

SQE

RRSET

5V

RTSET

LINK PULSE

TxTP+

PRE-EQUALIZED

TRANSMIT DRIVER

JABBER

RECEIVE

SQUELCH

LINE

RECEIVER

Tx
Rx

LINK TEST

RECEIVE LOGIC

LED DRIVERS

CLSN JAB RCV LTFXMT POLRD

AUTOMATIC

POLARITY

CORRECTION

TxTP–

TxCAP0

TxCAP1

RxTP+

RxTP–

BIAS

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PIN CONFIGURATION

ML4658

24-Pin DIP

ML4658

28-Pin PCC

CLSN

COL+

COL–

SQEN/LTD/JABD

Rx+

Rx–

V

CC

Tx+

Tx–

RTSET

RRSET

POLRD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

TOP VIEW

JAB

24

COL–

BIAS

23

RxTP+

22

RxTP–

21

LTF

20

TxCAP0

19

TxCAP1

18

GND

17

TxTP+

16

TxTP–

15

RCV

14

XMT

13

NC

Rx+

Rx–

V

V

Tx+

Tx–

CC

CC

SQEN/LTD/JABD

4 3 2 1 28 27 26

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

RTSET

COL+

RRSET

POLRD

TOP VIEW

CLSN

XMT

JAB

RCV

BIAS

TxTP–

RxTP+

25

24

23

22

21

20

19

TxTP+

RxTP–

LTF

NC

TxCAP0

TxCAP1

GND

GND

PIN DESCRIPTION (DIP)

PIN# NAME FUNCTION

1 CLSN Indicates that a collision is taking place. Active low LED driver, open collector. Event is extended

100ms for visibility.

2 COL+ Gated 10MHz signal used to indicate a collision, SQE test, or jabber. Balanced differential
3 COL– line driver outputs that meet AU interface specifications. AC or DC coupled.

4 SQEN/LTD/ SQE Test Enable, Link Test Disabled, Jabber Disabled. This input uses four voltage levels to

JABD configure the chip as shown in Table 1.

Table 1. SQEN/LTD/JABD Pin Configuration

Pin SQE Test Link Test Jabber

0V (GND) Disabled Enabled Enabled

1.2V Disabled Disabled Disabled
BIAS Enabled Disabled Enabled

5V (VCC) Enabled Enabled Enabled

When link test is disabled, no link pulses are transmitted, and the transmitter and receiver will not be
disabled as a result of a loss of receive link pulses. When Jabber is disabled the transmitter can
transmit continuously without interruption, and the collision oscillator will not be activated.

5 Rx+ Manchester encoded receive data output to the local device. Balanced differential line driver outputs
6 Rx– that meet AU interface specifications. AC or DC coupled.

7V

CC

5 Volt power input.

8 Tx+ Balanced differential line receiver inputs that meet AU interface specifications. These inputs may be
9 Tx– AC or DC coupled. When AC coupled, the BIAS pin is used to set the common mode voltage. Signals

meeting the transmitter squelch input requirements are pre-equalized and output on TxTP+ and TxTP–.

10 RTSET When using 100Ω unshielded twisted pair, a 220Ω resistor is tied between this pin and VCC. When

using 150Ω shielded twisted pair, a 330Ω resistor is tied between this pin and VCC.

1 1 RRSET A 1% 61.9KΩ resistor tied from this pin to VCC is used for internal biasing.

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PIN DESCRIPTION (DIP)

PIN# NAME FUNCTION

12 POLRD Receive Polarity status. Active low LED Driver, open collector output. Indicates the polarity of the

receive twisted pair regardless of auto polarity correction. When this pin is high, the receive polarity
is correct, and when this pin is low the receive polarity is reversed.

13 XMT Indicates that transmission is taking place on the TxTP+, TxTP– pair. Active low LED driver, open

collector. It is extended 100ms for visibility.

14 RCV Indicates that the transceiver has unsquelched and is receiving data from the twisted pair. Active low

LED driver, open collector. It is extended 100ms for visibility.

15 TxTP– Pre-equalized differential balanced current driven output. These ouputs are connected to a balanced
16 TxTP+ transmit output filter which drives the twisted pair cable through pulse transformers. The output current

is set with an external resistor connected to RTSET allowing the chip to drive 100Ω unshielded twisted

pair, 150Ω shielded twisted pair cables or a range of other characteristic impedances.
17 G N D Ground reference.
18 TxCAP1 An external capacitor of 330pF is tied between these two pins to set the pulse width for the pre-

19 TxCAP0 equalization on the transmitter. If these two pins are shorted together, no pre-equalization occurs.
20 LTF Link Test Fail. Active high. Normally this pin is low, indicating that the link is operational. If the link

goes down resulting from the absence of link pulses or frames being received, the chip will go into

the Link Test Fail state and bring LTF high. In the Link Test Fail state, both the transmitter and receiver

are disabled, however link pulses are still sent. A station that only has access to the AUI can detect a

Link Test Fail by the absence of loopback. This pin is low when the Link Test is disabled. Open

collector LED output.

(Continued)

21 RxTP– Twisted Pair receive data input. When this signal exceeds the receive squelch requirements the

receive
22 RxTP+ data is buffered and sent to the Rx± outputs.

23 BIAS Bias voltage, output. Used to bias the receive twisted pair inputs as well as the Tx± inputs when they

are AC coupled.
24 JAB Open collector TTL output capable of driving an LED. When in the Jabber state, this pin will be low

and the transmitter will be disabled. In the Jabber “OK” state this pin will be high.

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ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (Note 1)

Power Supply Voltage Range

V

...............................................................................–0.3 to 6V

CC

Input Voltage Range

Digital Inputs (SQEN, LTD)........................ –0.3 to V

Tx+, Tx–, RxTP+, RxTP– ............................ –0.3 to V

CC
CC

OPERATING CONDITIONS

Supply Voltage (VCC).........................................5V ±10%

LED on Current....................................................... 10mA

RRSET ......................................................... 61.9KΩ ±1%

RTSET ............................................................ 220Ω ±1%

TxC AP....................................................................330pF

Input Current

RRSET, RTSET, JAB, CLSN, XMT, RCV, LTF .......... 60mA

Output Current

TxTP+, TxTP–...................................................... 80mA

Storage Temperature................................ –65°C to 150°C

Lead Temperature (Soldering 10 sec.) .....................260°C

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Unless otherwise specified, TA = 0°C to 70°C (Note 3), VCC = 5V ±10% (Note 2)

PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Power Supply Current ICC (Note 4) VCC = 5V 14 0 mA
LED Drivers: V
Transmit Peak Output Current RTSET = 220Ω 42 mA

Transmit Squelch Voltage Level
(Tx+, Tx–) –170 mV

Differential Input Voltage
(RxTP+, RxTP–) ±0.300 ±3.1 V

Receiver Input Resistance 10 kΩ
SQEN/LTD/JABD Input Resistance 12 kΩ
Receive Squelch Voltage Level

(RxTP+, RxTP–) 300 450 585 mV-p
Differential Output Voltage

(Rx±, COL±) ±550 ±1200 mV
Common Mode Output Voltage

(Rx±, COL±) 4.0 V
Differential Output Voltage Imbalance

(Rx±, COL±) 2 ±40 mV
BIAS Voltage 3.2 V
SQEN/LTD/JABD SQE TEST disabled 0.3 V

OL

RL = 510Ω (Note 5) 0.8 V

(Note 6)

All disabled 1.1 1.4
Link Test Disabled BIAS – 0.15 BIAS + 0.15
All Enabled VCC – 0.05V

Note 1: Absolute maximum ratings are limits beyond which the life of the integrated circuit may be impaired. All voltages unless otherwise specified are measured with

respect to ground.
Note 2: Limits are guaranteed by 100% testing, sampling, or correlation with worst-case test conditions.
Note 3: Low Duty cycle pulse testing is performed at T
Note 4: This does not include the current from the AUI pull down resistors, the transmit pins TxTP+ and TxTP– or the LED output pins.
Note 5: LED drivers can sink up to 20mA, but VOL will be higher.
Note 6: This current will result in a 2.5V peak output voltage on unshielded twisted pair cable when connected through an external filter and transformer as shown in Figure 12.

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A

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Continued)

AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SYMBOL PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX UNITS

Transmit

t

TXNPW

t

TXFPW

t

TXLP

t

TXODY

t

TXSDY

t

TXJ

Receive

t

RXODY

t

RXTDY

t

RXFX

t

RXSDY

t

RXJ

t

AR

t

AF

Collision

t

CPSQE

t

TXRX

t

SQEXR

t

SQEXT

t

CLF

t

CLPDC

t

SQEDY

t

SQETD

Jabber, Link Test and LED Timing

t

JAD

t

JRT

t

JSQE

t

LLT

t

LTN

t

LTX

t

TLP

t

LTPW

t

LEDT

Transmit Turn-On Pulse Width 20 n s
Transmit Turn-Off Pulse Width 18 0 ns
Transmit Loopback Startup Delay 200 ns
Tranmitter Turn-On Delay 200 ns
Transmit Steady State Prop. Delay 15 100 ns
Transmitter Jitter ±2 ±3.5 ns

Receive Turn-On Delay if Transmit is Idle 420 500 ns
Receive Turn-On Delay if Tranmit is Active 650 800 ns
Last Bit Received to Start Slow Decay Output 230 800 ns
Receive Steady State Prop. Delay 15 100 ns
Receiver Jitter ±0.7 ±1.5 ns
Differential Output Rise Time 20% to 80% (Rx±, COL±) 3 ns
Differential Output Fall Time 20% to 80% (Rx±, COL±) 3 ns

Collision Present to SQE Assert 0 900 ns
Time for Loopback to swtich from Tx to RxTP

during a collision 0 900 ns
Time for SQE to deactivate given that RxTP goes idle and

TxTP continues 0 90 0 n s
Time for SQE to deactivate given that TxTP goes idle

and RxTP continues 0 90 0 n s
Collision Frequency 8.5 10 11.5 MHz
Collision Pulse Duty Cycle 40 50 60 %
SQE Test Delay (Tx Inactive to SQE) 0.6 1.1 1.6 µs
SQE Test Duration 0.5 1.0 1.5 µs

Jabber Activation Delay 20 70 150 ms
Jabber Reset Unjab Time 250 450 750 ms
Delay from Outputs Disabled to Collision Oscillator On 100 ns
Link Loss Time 5 0 95 150 ms
Link Test Pulse Receive Minimum Time 2 4.2 7 ms
Link Test Pulse Receive Maximum Time 25 70 150 ms
Link Test Pulse Repetition Rate 8 16 24 ms
Link Test Pulse Width 85 100 200 ns
XMT, RCV, CLSN On Time 30 100 300 ms

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TIMING DIAGRAMS

Tx+

Tx–

TxTP+

TxTP–

Rx+

Rx–

t

TXNPW

VALID DATA

t

TXODY

t

TXLP

t

TXSDY

VALID DATA

DATAVALID

Figure 1. Transmit and Loopback Timing

t

TXFPW

RxTP+

RxTP–

Rx+
Rx–

t

RXODY

t

RXTDY

VALID DATA

t

RXSDY

t

RXFX

t

AR

DATAVALID

t

AF

Figure 2. Receive Timing

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TIMING DIAGRAMS (Continued)

TxTP+

TxTP–

RxTP+

RxTP–

t

CPSQE

COL+

COL–

Rx+

Rx–

Tx Tx Tx RxTPRxTP RxTP

VALID DATA

VALID DATA

t

TXRX

ML4658

CS0

RxTP+

RxTP–

TxTP+

TxTP–

COL+

COL–

RxTP+

RxTP–

TxTP+

TxTP–

t

CPSQE

VALID DATA

VALID DATA

VALID DATA

CS0

Figure 3. Collision Timing

COL+

COL–

Rx+

Rx–

t

SQEXR

CS0

RxTP RxTP Tx Tx Tx Tx

Figure 4. Collision Timing

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TIMING DIAGRAMS (Continued)

TxTP+

TxTP–

RxTP+

RxTP–

COL+

COL–

Rx+

Rx–

COL+

COL–

VALID DATA

t

SQEXT

CS0

RxTP RxTP RxTP RxTP RxTP

1

t

CLF

Figure 5. Collision Timing

Tx+

Tx –

TxTP+

TxTP–

COL+

COL–

TxTP+

TxTP–

COL+

COL–

VALID DATA

Figure 6. SQE Timing

VALID DATA

t

JAD

VALID

DATA

t

SQEDY

t

JSQE

CS0

t

SQETD

t

JRT

CS0

Figure 7. Jabber Timing

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TIMING DIAGRAMS (Continued)

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RxTP+

RxTP–

RxTP+

RxTP–

LTF

RxTP+

RxTP–

TxTP+

TxTP–

RECEIVER FRAME

LINK PULSE

t

, t

LTN

LTX

t

TLP

t

LTPW

Figure 8. Link Pulse Timing

t

LLT

TRANSMIT, RECEIVER

LOOPBACK DISABLE

TxTP+

TxTP–

XMT

RxTP+

RxTP–

RCV

t

LEDT

Figure 9. LED Timing

t

LEDT

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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

Figure 10 shows a typical block diagram of an external
10BASE-T transceiver interface. On one side of the
transceiver is the AU interface and the other is the twisted
pair. The AU interface is AC coupled when used in an
external transceiver or can be AC or DC coupled when
used in an internal transceiver. The AU interface for an
external transceiver includes isolation transformers, some
biasing resistors, and a voltage converter for power.

The twisted pair side of the transceiver requires external
transmit and receive filters, isolation transformers, and
terminating resistors. These components can be obtained
in a single hybrid package from suppliers listed in Figure

12. The transmitter sends pre-equalized data through the
transmit filters onto the twisted pair. The pre-equalized
data uses a standard two step output waveform that lowers
the amplitude of the 5MHz component so that at the
receiving end both the 5MHz and 10MHz components
have the same amplitude. The external transmit filter
smooths the edges of the signal before passing it onto the
twisted pair.

The receive pair side of the transceiver accepts the data
after it passes through the isolation transformer and the
receive low pass filter. Since this is an AC coupled input,
the Bias pin is used to set the proper common mode
voltage for the receive inputs. A pair of 50Ω resistors
correctly terminate the receive pair and provide a
common mode for the Bias voltage connection point.

AU INTERFACE

The AU interface consists of 3 pairs of signals, DO, CI and
DI, as shown in Figure 10. The DO pair contains transmit
data from the DTE which is received by the transceiver
and sent out onto the twisted pair. The DI pair contains
valid data that has been either received from the twisted
pair or looped back from the DO and output through the
Dl pair to the DTE. The CI pair indicates whether a
transmit based collision has occurred. It is an output that
oscillates at 10MHz. CI pair is also used for Jabber and
SQE Test.

The transceiver may be AC or DC coupled depending on
the application. For the AC coupled interface, the DO
input must be DC biased (shifted up in voltage) for the
proper common mode input voltage. The BIAS pin serves
this purpose. When DC coupled, the manchester encoder/
decoder transmit output pair provides this common mode
voltage and the Bias pin is not connected.

The two 39Ω 1% resistors tied to the Tx+ and Tx– pins
serve two purposes. They provide a point to connect the
common mode bias voltage, and they provide the proper
matching termination for the AUI cable. The CI and DI
pair, which are output drivers from the transceiver to the
AUI cable, require 360Ω pull down resistors when
terminated with a 78Ω load. However on a DTE card, CI
and DI do not need 78Ω terminating resistors. This also
means that the pull down resistors on CI and DI can be
1kΩ or greater depending upon the particular manchester
encoder/decoder chip used.

39Ω

360Ω

360Ω

D0

C1

D1

360Ω

360Ω

+5V

V

TxIN+

TxIN–

39Ω

COL+

COL–

RxOUT+

RxOUT–

CC

TxTP+

TxTP–

RxTP+

BIAS

RxTP–

GND

Figure 10. System Block Diagram

FILTER

50Ω

FILTER

50Ω

10

RTSET RL=×Ω(/ )100 220

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION (Continued)

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The AUI drivers are capable of driving the full 50 meters
of cable length and have a rise and fall time of typically
3ns. The rise and fall times match to within 1ns. In the
idle state, the outputs go to the same voltage to prevent
DC standing current in the isolation transformers.

TRANSMISSION

The transmit function consists of detecting the presence
of data from the AUI DO input (Tx+, Tx–) and driving
that data onto the transmit twisted pair (TxTP+, TxTP–).
A positive signal on the Tx+ lead relative to the Tx– lead
of the DO circuit will result in a positive signal on the
TxTP+ lead of the chip with respect to the TxTP– lead.

Before data will be transmitted onto the twisted pair from
the AU interface, it must exceed the squelch
requirements for the DO pair. The Tx squelch circuit
serves the function of preventing any noise from being
transmitted onto the twisted pair. This circuit rejects
signals with pulse widths less than typically 20ns and
voltage levels more positive than –175mV. Once the Tx
squelch circuit has unsquelched, it looks for the start of idle
signal to turn on the squelch circuit again. The transmitter
turns on the squelch again when it receives an input
signal at Tx± that is more positive than –175mV for more
than approximately 180ns.

At the start of a packet transmission, no more than 2 bits
are received from the DO circuit and not transmitted onto
the twisted pair. The difference between start-up delays
(bit loss plus steady-state propagation delay) for any two
packets that are separated by 9.6µs or less will not
exceed 200ns.

The output stage of the transmitter is a current mode
switch which develops the output voltage by driving
current through the terminating resistor and the output
filter. The transmitter employs a center tap 2:1 transformer
where the center tap is tied to VCC (5V). While one pin of
the transmit pair (TxTP+, TxTP–) is pulled low, the other
pin floats. The output pins to the twisted pair wires, TxTP+
and TxTP–, can drive a 100Ω, 150Ωload, or a variety of
impedances that are characteristic of the twisted pair
wire. RTSET selects the current into the TxTP+, TxTP–
pins. This current along with the characteristic impedance
of the cable determines the output voltage.

Once the characteristic impedance of the twisted pair is
determined, one must select the appropriate RTSET
resistor as well as match the terminating impedances of
the transmit and receive filter. The RTSET resistor can be
selected as follows:

BINARY

TxTP+
TxTP–

OUTPUT AFTER

TRANSMIT FILTER

where RL is the characteristic impedance of the twisted
pair cable.

011100110

INPUT INTO

RECEIVER

Figure 11. Transmit Pre-Equalization Waveform

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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION (Continued)

The transmitter incorporates a pre-equalization circuit for
driving the twisted pair line. Pre-equalization
compensates for the amplitude and phase distortion
introduced by the twisted pair cable. The twisted pair line
will attenuate the 10MHz signal more than the 5MHz
signal. Therefore pre-equalization insures that both the 5
and 10MHz components will be roughly the same
amplitude at the far end receiver.

The pre-equalization circuit reduces the current output
when a 5MHz bit is being transmitted. After 50ns of a
5MHz bit, the current level is reduced to approximately
2/3 of its peak for the remaining 50ns. Figure 11 illustrates
the pre-equalization.

An on-chip one-shot determines the pulse width of the
pre-equalized transmit signal. This requires an external
capacitor connected to pins TxCAP0 and TxC AP1. The
proper value for this one-shot is 330pF. Pre-equalization
can be disabled by shorting TxCAP0 and TxCAP1 together.

The transmitter enters the idle state when it detects start
of idle on Tx+ and Tx– input pins. The transmitter
maintains a minimum differential output voltage of at
least 450mV for 250ns after the last low to high transition.
The driver differential output voltage will then be within
50mV of 0V within 45 bit times.

RECEPTION

The twisted pair receive data is transformer coupled and
low pass filtered before it is fed into the input pins RxTP±.
The input is differential with the common mode voltage
set by the chip’s Bias pin. At the start of packet reception
from the twisted pair link, no more than 5 bits are received
from the twisted pair cable and not transmitted onto the DI
circuit. The first bit sent on the DI circuit may contain phase
violations or invalid data, but all subsequent bits are valid.

The receive squelch will reject the following signals on
the RxTP+ and RxTP– inputs:

1. All signals that produce a peak magnitude less than

300mV.

2. All continuous sinusoidal signals of amplitude less than

6.2V

3. All single sinusoidal cycles of amplitude less than

6.2V
between 2MHz and 15MHz. For a period of 4 BT
before and after this single cycle, the signal will
conform to (1) above.

4. All sinusoidal cycles gated by a 100ns pulse gate of

amplitude less than 6.2V
the sinusoidal frequency is between 2MHz and
30MHz. The off time of the pulse gate on the sinusoidal
signal shall be at least 400ns.

and frequency less than 2MHz.

P–P

and either polarity, where the frequency is

P–P

and either polarity, where

P–P

The first three receive squelch criteria are required to
conform to the 10BASE-T standard. The fourth receive
squelch criteria exceeds the 10BASE-T requirements and
enhances the performance of the receiver. The fourth
squelch criteria prevents a false unsquelch caused by
cross talk or noise typically found coupling from the
phone lines onto the receive twisted pair.

When the receive squelch is on during idle, the input
voltage must exceed approximately ±450mV peak
several times before unsquelch occurs. If the transmitter is
inactive, the receiver has up to 5 bit times to unsquelch
and output the receive data on the Rx+, Rx– pair. If the
transmitter is active, the receive squelch extends the time
it takes to determine whether to unsquelch. If the receiver
unsquelches while the transmitter is active, a collision
will result. Therefore the receive squelch uses the
additional time to insure that a collision will not be
reported as a result of a false receive squelch.

After the receiver is unsquelched, the detection threshold
is lowered to 275mV. Upon passing the receive squelch
requirements the receive data propagates into the
multiplexer and eventually passes to the Rx+ and Rx–
outputs of the AU interface. The addition of jitter through
the receive section is no more than ±1.5ns.

While in the unsquelch state, the receive squelch circuit
looks for the start of idle signal at the end of the packet.
When start of idle is detected, receive squelch is turned
on again. The proper start of idle occurs when the input
signal remains above 300mV for 160ns. Nevertheless, if
no transitions occur for 160ns, receive squelch is still
turned on.

COLLISION

Whenever the receiver and the transmitter are active at
the same time the chip will activate the collision output.
The collision output is a differential square wave
matching the AUI specifications and capable of driving a
78Ωload. The frequency of the square wave is 10MHz
±15% with a 60/40 to 40/60 duty cycle. The collision
oscillation turns on no more than 9 bit times after the
collision condition begins, and turns off no more than 9
bit times after the collision condition is removed. The
collision oscillator also is activated during SQE Test and
Jabber.

LOOPBACK

The loopback function emulates a coax Ethernet
transceiver where the transmit data sent by the DTE is
looped back over the AUI receive pair. Many LAN
controllers report the status of the carrier sense for each
packet transmitted. The software can use this loopback
information to determine whether a MAU is connected to
the DTE by checking the status of carrier sense after each
packet transmission.

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SYSTEM DESCRIPTION (Continued)

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When data is received by the chip while transmitting, a
collision condition exits. This will cause the collision
oscillator to turn on within 9 bit times. The data on the DI
AUI pair (Rx+, Rx–) changes from Tx+, Tx– to RxTP+,
RxTP–, when entering the collision state. During a
collision, if the receive data (RxTP+, RxTP–) drops out
before the transmit data (Tx+, Tx–), Rx+, Rx– will switch
back to Tx+, Tx–.

SQE TEST FUNCTION (SIGNAL QUALITY ERROR)

The SQE test function allows the DTE to determine
whether the collision detect circuitry is functional. After
each transmission, during the inter-packet gap time, the
collision oscillator will be activated for typically 1µs. The
SQE test will not be activated if the chip is in the link fail
state, or the Jabber state.

For SQE to operate, the SQEN pin must be tied to VCC or
BIAS. The SQE test can be disabled by tying the SQEN
pin to 1.2V or ground. This allows the chip to be
interfaced to a repeater.

JABBER FUNCTION

The Jabber function prevents a babbling transmitter from
bringing down the network. Within the transceiver is a
Jabber timer that starts at the beginning of each
transmission and resets at the end of each transmission. If
the transmission lasts longer than 20ms the jabber logic
disables the transmitter, and turns on the collision
oscillator COL+, COL–. When Tx+ and Tx– finally go
idle, a second timer measures 0.5 seconds of idle on Tx+
and Tx– before re-enabling the transmitter and turning off
the collision oscillator. If transmission starts up again
before 0.5 seconds has expired, the timer is reset and
measures another 0.5 seconds of idle time.

Even though the transmitter is disabled during jabber, Link
Pulses are still transmitted if the, Link Test is enabled.

Jabber can be disabled by placing 1.2V on the SQEN/
LTD/JABD pin. This is useful for measuring jitter
performance on the transmitter.

LINK TEST FUNCTION
Transmission — Whenever data is not being delivered to

the twisted pair link, the idle signal is applied. The idle
signal is a sequence of Link Pulses separated by a 16ms
period of silence. The idle signal starts with a period of
silence after a packet transmission ends. The link test
pulse is a single high pulse with the same amplitude
requirements as the data signal.

Reception — The transceiver monitors the receive twisted
pair input for packet and link pulse activity. If neither a
packet nor a link test pulse is received for 50 to 150ms,
the transceiver enters the Link Test Fail state and inhibits
transmission and reception. Link pulses received with the
wrong polarity will be ignored and cause the chip to go
into link test fail.

A DTE can determine that the transceiver is in Link Test
Fail one of two ways: it can monitor the LTF pin if the
transceiver is internal, or it can monitor loopback. If the
MAU is on-board the LTF pin can be sampled to
determine that the transceiver is in the link fail state. If
the MAU is external the DTE can monitor carrier sense
during transmission. A loss of carrier sense is an indication
of Link Test Fail State, since in Link Test Fail, loopback is
disabled. Note that jabber also disables loopback but with
Jabber the collision signal will be on.

When a packet, or two consecutive link test pulses is
received from the twisted pair input, the transceiver will
exit the Link Test Fail state upon transmit and receive
data being idle, and re-enable transmission and reception.

Link test pulses that do not occur within at most 25 to
150ms of each other are not considered consecutive.
In addition, detected pulses that occur within a time
between 2 to 7ms of a previous pulse will be considered
as noise by the link test circuitry.

POLARLITY CIRCUITRY

The ML4658 offers automatic polarity correction. The
POLRD pin is used to report the status of the receive pair
polarity. This pin reflects the true status of the receive
polarity regardless of whether the part has autopolarity
correction or not.

Automatic Polarity Correction — ML4658 — In the link
OK state, receive polarity is updated when two
consecutive frames are received with the same Start of
Idle polarity. In the Link Test Fail state the part will use
either the Start of Idle signal or link pulses to correct the
receive polarity.

In the case where the part is powered up with the receive
polarity reversed and no frames are received, the part will
go into Link Test Fail. After two link pulses are received
with the same polarity, the part will exit Link Test Fail and
correct the receive polarity. The POLRD pin will continue
to reflect the true polarity of the receive pair.

LED DRIVERS

The ML4658 has six LED drivers for transmit, receive,
collision, Link Test Fail, reverse polarity, and jabber. The
LEDs are normally off except for LTF which is normally on
and active high. The LEDs are tied to their respective pins
through a 510Ω resistor to 5 Volts.

The XMT, RCV and CLSN pins have pulse stretchers on
them which enables the LEDs to be visible. When
transmission or reception occurs, the LED XMT, RCV or
CLSN status pins will activate low for 100ms. If another
transmit, receive or collision condition occurs during the
first 100ms, the LED timer will reset and begin timing
again for 100ms. The LEDs will remain on for consecutive
frames. The JAB, POLRD, and LTF LEDs do not have pulse
stretchers on them since their conditions occur long
enough for the eye to see.

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ML4658

APPLICATION: EXTERNAL MAU

330pF

CHASSIS.REF

P1

1

AUI.CP–

9

AUI.CP+

2

AUI.TX–

10

AUI.TX+

3

11

4

AUI.RX–

12

AUI.RX+

5

13

6

14

7

15

8

AUI.PWR– AUI.PWR+

++

C1

C2

0.1µ3µ

T1

D1

VR1

50pF

LM340

GND

R1

R2

R3

1%

R4

R5

R6

62KΩ, 1%

OUTIN

360Ω

39Ω

BIAS

39Ω

360Ω

360Ω

R16

560Ω

R13

360Ω

3µ

U1

23

11

+5V

3

2
9

8
6

5

D8

COL–

COL+
Tx–

BIAS

Tx+
Rx–

Rx+

RRSET

CAP0 CAP1

RTSET

POLRD

CC

717

C4C3

0.1µ

C5

TxTP+

TxTP–

RxTP+

RxTP–

SQEN

CLSN

JAB

RCV

XMT

LTF

GND V

1819

16

15

22

21

10

4

1

24

14

13

20

12

220Ω

R15

1KΩ 3.3KΩ

BIAS R21 R22

13

5

7

6

4

8

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

+5V

2

510Ω

+5V

+5V

BIAS

+5V

*

200Ω

200Ω

50Ω

50Ω

2:1

1:1

TRANSMIT

FILTER

RJ
45

RECEIVE

FILTER

* Single Chip Solutions are Available from Magnetic Suppliers.

Magnetics and Filter Suppliers:
Pulse Engineering, Inc. (San Diego)
Valor Electronics, Inc. (San Diego)
Fil-Mag (San Diego)

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Figure 12. External MAU

APPLICATION: INTERNAL MAU

ML4658

330pF

CP+

0.1µF

0.1µF

CP–

0.1µF

Tx+

MANCHESTER

ENCODER/DECODER

Tx–

0.1µF

Rx+

0.1µF

0.1µF

Rx–

1kΩ

1kΩ

39Ω

39Ω

1kΩ

1kΩ

CAP0 CAP1

COL+

ML4658

COL–

Tx+

BIAS

Tx–

Rx+

POLRD

Rx–

GND V

CC

TxTP+

TxTP–

RxTP+

RxTP–

RTSET

RRSET

SQEN

LTF

XMT

RCV

JAB

CLSN

220Ω

62kΩ 1%

510Ω

510Ω

510Ω

510Ω

510Ω

510Ω

+5V

+5V

BIAS

*

200Ω

200Ω

50Ω

50Ω

2:1

1:1

TRANSMIT

FILTER

RJ
45

RECEIVE

FILTER

+5V

Figure 13. Internal MAU

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ML4658

PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS inches (millimeters)

Package: P24

24-Pin PDIP

1.240 - 1.260

(31.49 - 32.01)

24

0.070 MIN

(1.77 MIN)

(4 PLACES)

0.190 MAX
(4.83 MAX)

0.125 MIN
(3.18 MIN)

PIN 1 ID

1

0.485 - 0.495

(12.32 - 12.57)

0.450 - 0.456

(11.43 - 11.58)

1

0.050 - 0.065
(1.27 - 1.65)

0.016 - 0.022
(0.40 - 0.56)

0.100 BSC
(2.54 BSC)

SEATING PLANE

Package: Q28

28-Pin PLCC

0.530 - 0.560

(13.46 - 14.23)

0.015 MIN
(0.38 MIN)

0.042 - 0.056
(1.07 - 1.42)

0.595 - 0.625

(15.11 - 15.88)

0º - 15º

0.025 - 0.045
(0.63 - 1.14)

(RADIUS)

0.008 - 0.012
(0.20 - 0.31)

16

0.042 - 0.048
(1.07 - 1.22)

PIN 1 ID

8

0.050 BSC
(1.27 BSC)

0.026 - 0.032
(0.66 - 0.81)

0.013 - 0.021
(0.33 - 0.53)

15

SEATING PLANE

0.450 - 0.456

22

(11.43 - 11.58)

0.165 - 0.180
(4.06 - 4.57)

0.485 - 0.495

(12.32 - 12.57)

0.148 - 0.156
(3.76 - 3.96)

0.009 - 0.011
(0.23 - 0.28)

0.099 - 0.110
(2.51 - 2.79)

0.300 BSC
(7.62 BSC)

0.390 - 0.430

(9.90 - 10.92)

ML4658

ORDERING INFORMATION

ORDERING NUMBER AUTO-POLARITY PACKAGE

ML4658CP Yes 24-Pin PDIP (P24N)

ML4658CQ Yes 28-Pin PLCC (Q28)

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Products described herein may be covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 4,897,611; 4,964,026; 5,027,116; 5,281,862; 5,283,483; 5,418,502;

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