■ Ideal low cost solution for X.25 or Frame
Relay Serial Ports
DESCRIPTION
The SP322 is a programmable V.11 or V.35 transceiver IC. The SP322 contains three drivers
and three receivers when selected in each mode. The selection is done by the V.11/V.35 select
pin. The V.11 transceivers can typically operate at 10Mbps while adhering to the ITU V.11
specifications. The V.35 transceivers can operate up to 10Mbps while adhering to the ITU V.35
specifications.
The SP322 contains internal resistor termination for compliant V.35 operation as well as the V.11
termination on the receiver inputs for optional cable termination. Each SP322 driver contains a
control pin which disables the output and places the output pins in a high impedance state. Each
receiver also has a control pin which places the receiver outputs in a high impedance state. The
enable pins will disconnect the internal termination network for whichever mode the SP322 is
selected. For the receivers, the enable pin will place the input pins in a high impedance (approx.
15kΩ). This allows for convenient DTE-DCE configuration by connecting the driver outputs to
the receiver inputs, thus allowing the enable pins to select the desired DTE or DCE operation.
These are stress ratings only and functional operation
of the device at these ratings or any other above those
indicated in the operation sections of the specifications
below is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum
rating conditions for extended periods of time may
affect reliability.
The SP322 is a programmable V.11 or V.35
transceiver IC. It contains three driver and three
receivers which can be configured to either V.11
or V.35 physical layer electrical characteristics.
The transceivers within the SP322 include all
the necessary termination resistor networks
required for compliant V.11 and V.35 signals.
This simplifies serial port designs using V.11 or
V.35 where the engineer does not have to
configure V.11 cable termination resistors and
the V.35 network.
The SP322 contains four basic blocks: the
charge pump, differential drivers, differential
receivers, termination network circuitry. Each
block is described in the following.
Charge–Pump
The SP322 charge pump is smaller version of
the Sipex–patented design (U.S. 5,306,954).
The charge pump still requires four external
capacitors and uses a four–phase voltage shifting technique to attain symmetrical 10V power
supplies. But the pump is only used for providing internal biasing for the transceivers and the
termination circuitry. The VDD and VSS outputs
provide only 3mA of output current and should
not be connected to bias other external circuitry.
Recommended charge pump capacitor values
are 1µF or greater. The internal oscillator provides a clock rate for the charge pump which
typically operates at 15kHz.
Drivers
The SP322 has three differential drivers. There
are two types of drivers includes within the
SP322: V.11 drivers and V.35 drivers.
When configured in V.11 mode, the V.11 drivers produce a differential output compliant with
the V.11 and RS-422 electrical specifications.
This includes the all the DC electrical parameters such as VOC, VT, VOS, etc. The strength of
the SP322 drivers allow them to also drive
signals per the RS-485 standard. The VT minimum of ±1.5V is provided by the driver output
given a load of 54Ω as opposed to ±2.0V with a
100Ω load for RS-422. However, the drivers are
not intended to operate over the RS-485 common mode range of +12V to -7V. The common
mode range for the V.11 drivers is +7V to -7V
which is in accordance to the ITU V.11 specification.
When in V.35 mode, the drivers provide V.35
signals compliant to the ITU V.35 electrical
specification. Specifically, the V.35 driver is
designed to supply a differential output of ±0.55V
with an offset of less than 0.6V. With Sipex's
patent-pending V.35 driver design, the driver
also adheres to impedance measurements such
as driver output source impedance (100Ω±50Ω)
and driver output short-circuit impedance (150Ω±15Ω). Traditional V.35 drivers require a resis-
tor network to provide the proper V.35 impedance specifications for the driver outputs. The
SP322 V.35 driver does this without the aid of
any external components attached to the driver
output. Its unique design contains internal
resistance matching and switching to provide
compliant V.35 signals.
Each driver includes an enable pin for added
convenience. The driver enable pins are low
active and will tri-state the driver outputs if a
logic "1" is applied. During this state, the drivers
are high impedance. The enable pins include a
pull-down resistor so that the pin can be
unconnected where the driver will always be
enabled. Regardless of physical protocol, the
drivers can operate to at least 10Mbps.
Receivers
The SP322 has three differential receivers which
are used for either V.11 or V.35. The receivers
have a 200mV sensitivity and operate over the
common mode range of +7V to -7V. The
receiver itself is the same in either V.11 or V.35
mode. The receiver input termination is configured differently for each mode (V.11/V.35 pin).
The receivers also include enable pins for convenience. The receiver enable pins are high
active where a logic "0" will tri-state the receiver outputs. During tri-state, the receiver
inputs are approximately 12kΩ. Any termination associated with the operating mode is disconnected during tri-state of that receiver. The
receiver enable pins have a pull-up resistor that
allows the pins to be unconnected. The receiver
will always be active in this case. The differential receiver can operate to at least 10Mbps.
Unique to Sipex, the SP322 provides internal
resistor networks for V.35 as well as the cable
termination for V.11. The resistor network for
the V.35 receivers are configured as a typical
V.35 receiver using two 51Ω resistors in series
tied to the A and B inputs with a 124Ω center-tap
resistor to ground. The network is internally
switched on during V.35 mode (V.11/V.35 =
VCC) using high performance, low rON transistors. The transistors can operate efficiently over
+7V to -7V, and can tolerate over +10V to -10V
without damage. This termination provides the
proper V.35 receiver input impedance of 100Ω
and short-circuit impedance at 2V of 150Ω with
10% accuracy.
The configuration for the V.11 receiver input
resistor network is similar to the V.35 network
except that the 124Ω resistor is disconnected
(V.11/V.35 = 0V). A series resistor is also
added increase the input impedance to over
120Ω for the V.11 cable termination. The
minimum resistance per the ITU V.11 specification is 100Ω. The V.11 termination can be
switched off using the V.11_TERM pin. For a
terminated V.11 receiver, this pin is at a logic
"1". A logic "0" will inform the switches to
disconnect the V.11 termination.
Applications Information
The SP322 is designed for serial port applications needing V.11 and V.35 transceivers. The
SP322 supports a variety of physical layer
protocols such as EIA-530, EIA-530A, RS-449,
and V.36 where V.11 transceivers are used for
clock and data signals. The termination resistors
are recommended for crosstalk and reflections
elimination under higher speed operation.
Internal termination solves many headaches and
configuration hassles with implementing V.11
and V.35. The SP322 provides a simple, lowcost solution for the clock and data lines for
synchronous serial ports. The handshaking lines
such as CTS, DTR, etc. can be implemented
using discrete RS-422 or RS-232 transceivers,
depending on the mode supported. Sipex
supplies either differential (V.11) or singleended (V.28) discrete transceiver products
to mate with the SP322.
Shutdown
The SP322 includes a shutdown pin (SD) which
disables the charge pump and all power consuming circuitry to provide low ICC. A logic "1"
to the SD pin will shut down the SP322 where it
will draw less than 20µA of current.
NET1/2 European Compliancy
As with all of Sipex's previous multi-protocol
transceiver ICs, the SP322 drivers and receivers
have been designed to meet all electrical
specifications for ITU V.11 and V.35.
Furthermore, it is internally tested and will pass
the NET1/2 physical layer testing requirements.
Please note that although the SP322 adheres to
NET1/2 testing, any complex or unusual
configuration should be double-checked to
ensure NET compliance. Consult factory for
details.
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