CS89712
inating the need for external filters or a
filter/transformer hybrid. On-chip filters are gm/c
implementations of fifth-order Butterworth low-
pass filters. Internal tuning circuits keep the gm/c
ratio tightly controlled, even when large tempera-
ture, supply, and IC process variations occur. The
nominal 3 dB cutoff frequency of the filters is
16 MHz, and the nominal attenuation at 30 MHz
(3rd harmonic) is -27 dB.
2.28.2 Transmitter
When configured for 10BASE-T operation,
Manchester encoded data from the ENDEC is fed
into the transmitter’s predistortion circuit where
initial wave shaping and preequalization is per-
formed. The output of the predistortion circuit is
fed into the transmit filter where final wave shaping
occurs and unwanted noise is removed. The signal
then passes to the differential driver where it is am-
plified and driven out of the TXD+/TXD- pins.
In the absence of transmit packets, the transmitter
generates link pulses in accordance with section
14.2.1.1. of the Ethernet standard. Transmitted link
pulses are positive pulses, one bit time wide, typi-
cally generated at a rate of one every 16 ms. The
16 ms timer starts whenever the transmitter com-
pletes an End-of-Frame (EOF) sequence. Thus,
there is a link pulse 16 ms after an EOF unless there
is another transmitted packet. Figure 18 diagrams
the operation of the Link Pulse Generator.
LinkOK
(to MAC)
ENDEC
RXSQL
RX
TX
10BASE-T Transceiver
Link Pulse
Detector
RX Squelch
RX
Comparator
RX Filters
TX Pre-
Distortion
TX Filters
Filter Tuning
TX Drivers
RXD-
RXD+
TXD-
TXD+
Time
Packet
Figure 17. 10BASE-T Transceiver
Packet
Link
Pulse
Link
Pulse
Less Than
16ms
16ms
16ms
Figure 18. Link Pulse Transmission
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