
TAN-042
Designing the XRT71D00 and the XRT73L00 Devices to
operate in the Host Mode, and to be accessed via a single Chip
Select pin.
Preliminary July 19, 2001
Revision 1.03
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DESIGNING THE XRT71D00 AND THE XRT73L00
DEVICES TO OPERATE IN THE HOST MODE, AND TO
BE ACCESSED VIA A SINGLE CHIP SELECT PIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................................................................... 2
1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 3
2.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE XRT73L00 AND XRT71D00 DEVICES...................... 4
2.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION – THE XRT73L00 1-CHANNEL DS3/E3/STS-1 LIU IC ...... 4
2.2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION – THE XRT71D00 1-CHANNEL DS3/E3/STS-1 JITTER
ATTENUATOR IC ................................................................................................................................... 7
3.0 THE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FEATURE OF THE XRT71D00 DEVICE................................... 9
4.0 HARDWARE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................... 12
4.1 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS WHEN THE JITTER ATTENUATOR IS DESIGNED IN THE
RECEIVE PATH.................................................................................................................................... 15
4.2 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS WHEN THE JITTER ATTENUATOR IS DESIGNED IN THE
TRANSMIT PATH................................................................................................................................. 18
5.0 POWER CONDITION CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE XRT73L00 AND THE XRT71D00
DEVICES..................................................................................................................................................... 21
6.0 THE BNC CONNECTOR SHIELDS.................................................................................................. 27
APPENDIX A – REGISTER DESCRIPTION FOR THE XRT73L00 DS3/E3/STS-1 LIU IC ............... 28
APPENDIX B – REGISTER DESCRIPTION FOR THE XRT71D00 DS3/E3/STS-1 JITTER
ATTENUATOR IC...................................................................................................................................... 39
APPENDIX C – DESCRIPTION OF MICROPROCESSOR SERIAL INTERFACE PINS................... 44
C.1 A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MICROPROCESSOR SERIAL INTERFACE PINS........ 45
C.2 USING THE MICROPROCESSOR SERIAL INTERFACE........................................................ 47
APPENDIX D - CONTACT INFORMATION FOR API-DELEVAN: .................................................... 50
APPENDIX E – REVISION CHANGE HISTORY ................................................................................... 51