DM9301
100Mbps E thern et Fi ber/Twi sted Pai r Si ngle Chi p Media Co nvert er
Final 13
V ersi on: D M 93 01 - DS -F02
May 8, 20 00
There fore, the compensation or equali z ation m ust be
adaptive to ensure proper con ditio ni n g of t he re ceiv ed
signal independent of the ca ble le ngth.
TX ML T-3 to NR ZI De co der
The DM9301 decodes the MLT-3 information from the TX
Digital Adaptive Equalizer into NRZ I da ta.
TX Clock Recovery Module
The TX Clock Recovery Module accepts NRZI data
from the MLT-3 to NRZI decoder. The TX Clock
Recovery Module locks onto the data stream and
ex tr ac ts the 125Mhz refer enc e clock . The ext r ac ted
and synchronized clock and data are presented to
the NRZI to NRZ Decoder.
TX NRZI to NRZ Decoder
The TX tr ansmit data st r eam is required to be NRZI
encoded in for compatibility with the TP-PMD
standard for 100Base-TX transmission over
Category-5 unshielded twi sted pair cable. This
conversion process mu st be reversed on the
receive end. The NRZI to NRZ decoder, receives
the NRZI data stream from the TX Clock Recovery
Module and converts it to a NRZ data stream to be
presented to the TX Serial to Parallel conversion
block.
TX Serial to Parallel Co nv er te r
The TX Serial to Parallel c onv er ter receives a serial
data stream fro m the TX NRZI to NRZ d e c oder, a n d
converts the data str eam to parallel data to be
presented to the TX descrambler. The parallel data
format presented to the TX descrambler is 5B
coded.
TX Code Group Monitor
The TX Code Group Alignment block receives non-
ali gned 5B data from the TX descra mbler and
m oni tors it for 5B code gr oup violations. TX Code
Group Alignment occurs aft er t he J/K i s detec ted,
and subsequent data is monitored on a fixed
boundary. If a violation is detec ted, t he TX Code
Group Monit or block signal s the error to the L ink
Status Moni tor block. In turn, the Link Statu s
Monitor bl oc k flashes the TX error LED
(TXERRLED#).
TX Descrambl er
Because of the scrambling process required to
control the radiated emissions of transmit data
streams, the receiver must de scram ble the receive
data streams. The TX Descrambler rec eives
scrambled parallel dat a stream s from the Serial to
Parallel converter, des crambles the data streams,
and presents the data streams to the Code Group
alignment block.
FX Parallel to Serial Converter
The FX Parallel to Serial Converter receives parallel
5B data from the TX de-scrambler and serializes it
(converts i t f r om a parallel to a serial data st ream).
The serialized data stream is then presented to the
FX NRZ t o NRZI Encoder block
FX NRZ to NRZI Encoder
After t he tr ansmit data str eam has been serialized,
the data must be NRZI encoded for compatibility
with the standard for 100Base-FX.
Link Monitor a nd LED Driver
The Link Monitor block monitors both the TX and
FX interfaces for l ink active, receive data and erring
5-bit str eam.
The Link Monitor has the ability to detect each
interfaces l ink status. The TX wi ll tr ansmit either an
Idle symbol or a Ha lt symbol if the FX link is not
establ ished. Conversely the FX will transmit either
an Idle sym bol or a Hal t symbol if t he TX li nk i s not
established. When an o Link” conditio n e xi sts, th e
interface pin called LTNOLNK” will c ause Halt
symbols to be transmitted instead of Idle symbols.
Th e link ac tive LED i s a static indication of the TX
and FX links. It will be true to indicate the presence
of a link. The receive data and error LED are
generated through a ne-Shot” so that even the
smallest rec eive or error conditi on will be indic ated.