Si5530
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Functional Description
The Si5530 is a high performance, low power, fully
integrated receiver for SONET/SDH applications
operating at OC-192/ST M-64 data rate s. It saves board
space by integrating a limiting amplifier, clock and data
recovery unit, and a demultiplexer into a small 99-pin
BGA package. Further space savings are realized
because no external loop filter components are required
to support CDR operation. The Si5530 also provides a
low-speed LVDS interface that is compliant to the
Optical Interface Forums SFI-4 standard.
To support long haul transmission applications,
operation at data rates up to 10.7 Gbps is support ed to
accommodate forward error correction (FEC). In
addition, programmable data slicing and sampling
phase adjustment a re provided to support bit- error-rate
(BER) optimization.
Limiting Amplifier
The Si5530 incorporates a high sensitivity limiting
amplifier with sufficient gain to directly accept the output
of transimpedance amplifiers. High sensitivity is
achieved by using a digital calibration algorithm to
cancel out amplifier offsets. This algorithm achieves
superior offset cancellation by using statistical
averaging to remove noise that can degrade more
traditional calibra tion routines.
The limiting amplifier provides sufficient gain to fully
saturate with input signals that are less than 20 mV
peak-to-peak differentia l. In addition, input signals that
exceed 1 V peak-to-peak differen tial will not cause any
performance degradation.
Loss-of-Signal Detection
The limiting am plifie r incl udes circ uitry t hat g enerates a
loss-of-signal (LOS
) alarm when the input signal
amplitude on RXDIN falls below an externally control led
threshold. The Si5530 can be configured to drive the
LOS
output low when the differential input amplitude
drops below a threshold set between ~10 mV and
50 mV pk-pk differential. Approximately 3 dB of
hysteresis prevents unnecessa ry switc hing on LOS
.
The LOS threshold is set by applying a voltage between
0.20 V and 0.80 V to the LOSLVL input. The voltage
present on LOSLVL maps to an input signal threshold
as follows:
V
LOS
is the differential pk-pk LOS threshold referred to
the RXDIN input, V
LOSLVL
is the voltage applied to the
LOSLVL pin, and VREF is reference voltage output on
the VREF pin.
The LOS detection circuitry is disabled by tieing the
LOSLVL input to the supply (VDD). T his forces the LOS
output high.
Slicing Level Adjustment
To support applications that require BER optimization,
the limiting amplifier provides circuitry that supports
adjustment of t he 0/1 decision threshold (slicing l evel)
over a range of ±20 mV when referred to the RXDIN
input. The slicing level is set by applying a voltage
between 0.20 V and 0.80 V to the SLICELVL input. The
voltage present o n SLICELV L sets the slicing level as
follows:
V
LEVEL
is the slicing l evel referred to the RXDI N input,
V
SLICE
is the voltage applied to the SLICE_LVL pin, and
VREF is reference voltage output on the VREF pin.
The slicing lev el adjustment may be disabled by tiei ng
the SLCLVL input to the supply (VDD). When slicing is
disabled, the slicing offset is set to 0.0 V relative to
internally biased input common mode voltage for
RXDIN.
Clock and Data Recovery (CDR)
The Si5530 uses an integrated CDR to recover clock
and data from a non-return to zero (NRZ) signal input on
RXDIN. The recovered data clock is used to regenerate
the incoming data by sam pling the output of the limi ting
amplifier at the center of the NRZ bit period. The
recovered clock and data is then deserial ized by a 1: 16
demultiplexer and output via a LVDS compatible low
speed interface (RXDOUT[15:0], RXCLK1, and
RXCLK2).
Sample Phase Adjustment
In applications where it is not desirable t o recover d ata
by sampling in the center of the data eye, the Si5530
supports adjustment of the CDR sampling phase across
the NRZ data period. When sample phase adjustment is
enabled, the sampling instant used for data recovery
can be moved over a range of ±45
° relative to the center
of the incoming NRZ bit period. Adjustment of the
sampling phase is de sirable when data eye distortions
are introduced by the transmission medium.
The sample phas e is s et by applying a voltage betwe en
0.20 V and 0.80 V t o the PHASEADJ input. The voltage
present on PHASEADJ maps to sam ple phase off set as
follows:
V
LOS