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Cortina Systems LXT9785 and LXT9785E Advanced 8-Port 10/100 Mbps PHY Transceivers
LXT9785/LXT9785E
Datasheet
249241, Revision 11.0
16 April 2007
5.2 General Design Guidelines
Keep the transmit and receive pairs apart to avoid cross-talk.
Route the transmit pair adjacent to a ground plane. The optimum arrangement is to
place the transmit traces two to three layers from the ground plane, with no
intervening signals.
Improve EMI performance by filtering the TPO center tap. A single ferrite bead rated
at 400 mA may be used to supply center tap current to all ports.
5.2.4.1
Magnetic Requirements
The LXT9785/LXT9785E requires a 1:1 ratio for both the receive transformers and the
transmit transformers. The transmit isolation voltage should be rated at 1.5 kV to protect
the circuitry from static voltages across the connectors and cables. The LXT9785/
LXT9785E is a current driven transceiver that requires an external voltage (center tap) to
drive the transmit signal. In order to support the Auto-MDIX functionality of the LXT9785/
LXT9785E, the magnetic must provide a center tap for both the transmit and receive
magnetic winding, with both connected to VCCT. See the LXT9785/LXT9785E Design
and Layout Guide (249509-001) for magnetic testing with the LXT9785/LXT9785E. Before
committing to a specific component, designers should contact the manufacturer for
current product specifications, and validate the magnetics for the specific application.
Table 51 provides the magnetics requirements.
5.2.5
The Fiber Interface
The fiber interface consists of an LVPECL transmit and receive pair to an external fiber
transceiver. Both 3.3 V fiber transceivers and 5 V fiber transceivers can be used with the
LXT9785/LXT9785E. See the 100BASE-FX Fiber Optic Transceivers-Connecting a
PECL/LVPECL Interface Application Note (document number 250781) for detailed
information on fiber interface designs and recommendations for Cortina PHYs.
The following should occur in 3.3 V fiber transceiver applications as shown in
Figure 36: The transmit pair should be AC-coupled with 2.5 V supplies and re-biased to 3.3 V
LVPECL levels
The transmit pair should contain a balance offset in the pull-up resistors to prevent
PHY-to-fiber transceiver crosstalk amplification in power-down, loopback, and reset
states (see fiber interface application note)
Table 51
Magnetics Requirements
Parameter
Min
Nom
Max
Units
Test Condition
Rx turns ratio
–
1:1
–
Tx turns ratio
–
1:1
–
Insertion loss
0.0
0.6
1.1
dB
Primary inductance
350
–
μH
Transformer isolation
–
2
–
kV
Differential to common mode
rejection
40
–
dB
.1 to 60 MHz
35
–
dB
60 to 100 MHz
Return Loss
-16
–
dB
30 MHz
-10
–
dB
80 MHz