Data Sheet
T7290A DS1/T1/CEPT/E1 Line Interface April 1998
14 Lucent Technologies Inc.
Alarms and Maintenance (continued)
Jitter Attenuator Alarm (ESA)
A jitter attenuator alarm (ESA = 1) is indicated if the
phase jitter exceeds the tolerance of the jitter attenua-
tor. Bit errors occur when ESA is active. This signal is
asserted until error-free operation resumes. See
Figure 9 to determine the tolerance limits of the attenu-
ator.
Transmitter Short Circuit
A transmitter monitor is provided to detect nonfunction-
ing links and protect the device from damage. If one of
the transmitter's line drivers (T2 or R2) is shorted to the
power supply or ground, or if T2 and R2 are shorted
together, internal circuitry protects the device from
damage. After 35 transmit clock cycles, the transmitter
is powered up in its normal operating mode. The driv ers
attempt to correctly transmit the next data bit (+1, 0, or
–1). If the short is still present, the transmitter is again
internally protected for 35 transmit clock cycles. This
process is continuously repeated until the short has dis-
appeared. The TSC alarm is not available off-chip.
AIS (Blue Signal) Generator
When the transmit b lue signal is set (TBS = 1), a contin-
uous stream of bipolar 1s is transmitted onto the line
synchronous with EXCLK. The TPDATA and TNDATA
inputs are ignored during this mode. If the IN-LOS
output is externally connected to the TBS input, an
IN-LOS error initiates a transmit blue signal as long as
IN-LOS = 1. Also, TBS input is ignored when a remote
loopback is selected. There is no microprocessor inter-
face for the TBS input, i.e., any change on the TBS pin
is fed directly into the device and is not impeded by the
CS function.
Loopbacks
The T7290A device has three independent loopback
paths, which are activated as shown in Table 7.
A local loopback (LP1) connects the jitter attenuator's
output clock and data to the receive clock and data out-
put pins. MODE1:2 = 01 must be selected for this loop-
back to operate (jitter attenuator in the transmit path).
Valid transmit output data continues to be sent to the
network. However, if the transmit blue is initiated
(TBS = 1), an all-1s signal is sent to the network and
does not corrupt the looped data. The IN-LOS alarm still
monitors the entire receive function.
A remote loopback (LP2) loops the recovered clock and
retimed data into the transmitter and back onto the line.
The receive front end, receive PLL, jitter attenuator (if
engaged), and transmit driver circuitry are all exercised.
The transmit clock, transmit data, and TBS inputs are
ignored. Valid receive output data continues to be sent
to RPD ATA and RND ATA. This loop can be used to isolate
failures between systems.
A digital local loopback (LP3) directly loops the transmit
clock and data to the receive clock and data output pins.
The blue signal can be tr ansmitted when in this loopback.
LP3 (rather than LP1) must be selected if MODE2 = 0.
Table 7. Loopback Control
* TBS is ignored.
Microprocessor Interface
A chip-select input (CS) configures the device in either
hardware mode or microprocessor mode . The chip-select
function applies to the f ollowing inputs: MODE1, MODE2,
EC1, EC2, EC3, LOOPA, and LOOPB. In the hardware
mode, any change on these asynchronous input pins is
fed directly into the device. To maintain hardware mode,
set CS = 0. In the microprocessor mode, new digital con-
trol inputs are loaded into the T7290A device on the fall-
ing edge of CS and are latched on the rising edge of CS.
Figure 11 shows a timing diagram of this function.
Note that there are special requirements only when using
microprocessor mode. For example, the state of the input
should not change while CS = 0. Also, the state of the
internal latch is undefined (unknown to the user) until the
first falling edge of CS is encountered.
In-Circuit T esting
The device has the ability to allow for in-circuit testing by
activating the high-impedance mode (TRI = 0). During
this mode, all output buffers (T2, R2, RCLK, RPDATA,
RNDATA, IN-LOS, ESA, and OUT-LOS) are 3-stated.
During the 3-stated condition, the absolute maximum
voltage ratings must not be exceeded on any pin.
Operation Symbol LOOPA LOOPB
Normal — 0 0
Digital Local Loopback LP3 0 1
Remote Loopback LP2* 1 0
Local Loopback LP1 1 1