DS125DF410_13 Datasheet, PDF (31/44 Pages) Texas Instruments – DS125DF410 Low Power Multi-Rate Quad Channel Retimer

DS125DF410
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SNLS398E – JANUARY 2012 – REVISED MAY 2013
As described above, to select the PRBS generator as the output for the selected channel, set bit 5 of register
0x09, the output multiplexer override. Then write 0x4 to bits 7:5 of register 0x1e. This selects the PRBS
generator for output.
For the case described above, the output PRBS sequence will be synchronous to the incoming data. There are
two other cases of interest. The first is when there is an input signal but the PRBS sequence should not be
synchronous to it. In other words, in this case it is desired that the VCO should free-run. The second case is
when there is no input signal, but the PRBS sequence should still be output. Again, in this case, the VCO is free-
running.
The register settings for these two cases are almost the same. The only difference is that, if there is no input
signal, then the channel will be disabled and powered-down by default. In order to force enable the channel,
write a 1 to bit 7 and a 0 to bit 6 of register 0x14. This forces the signal detect to be active and enables the
selected channel.
The remainder of the register write sequence is designed to disable the phase-locked loop so that the VCO can
free run.
First write a 1 to bit 3 of register 0x09, then 0x0 to bits 1:0 of register 0x1b. This disables the charge pump for
the phase-locked loop.
Next write a 1 to bit 2 of register 0x09. This enables the VCO divider override. Then set the VCO divider ratio by
writing to register 0x18 as shown in Table 10. For an output frequency of approximately 10.3125 GHz, set the
divider ratio to 1 by writing 0x0 to bits 6:4 of register 0x18. Do not clear bit 3 when you write a 1 to bit 2 of
register 0x09.
Now write a 1 to bit 7 of register 0x09. This enables the VCO CAP DAC override. Write the desired VCO cap
count to register 0x08, bits 4:0. The mapping of VCO frequencies to cap count will vary somewhat from part to
part. The VCO cap count should be set to 0x08 to yield an output VCO frequency of approximately 10.3125 GHz.
Do not clear bits 3 and 2 when you write a 1 to bit 7 of register 0x09.
Now write a 1 to bit 6 of register 0x09. This enables the VCO LPF DAC which can generate a VCO control
voltage internally to the DS125DF410. Once the LPF DAC is enabled, write the desired value of the LPF DAC
output in register 0x1f, bits 4:0. For an output VCO frequency of approximately 10.3125 GHz, set the LPF DAC
setting to 0x12. Do not clear the remaining bits of register 0x09 when you write a 1 to bit 6.
Now, as above, enable the PRBS generator and set it to the desired bit sequence, then select the output to be
the PRBS generator by setting the output multiplexer. Notice that when this entire sequence has been
completed, bits 7:2 of register 0x09 will all be set. The default value of register 0x09 is 0x00, so you can clear all
the overrides when you are ready to return to normal operation by writing 0x00 to register 0x09.
The VCO frequency in free-run will vary somewhat from part to part. In order to determine exact values of the
CAP DAC and LPF DAC settings, it will be necessary to directly measure the VCO frequency using some sort of
frequency-measurement device such as a frequency counter or a spectrum analyzer. When the VCO is set to
free-run mode as above, you can select the VCO I-clock (in-phase clock) to be the output as shown in Table 9.
You can measure the frequency of the VCO I-clock while adjusting the CAP DAC and LPF DAC values until the
VCO I-clock frequency is acceptable for your application. Then you can once again select the PRBS generator
as the output using the output multiplexer selection field.
Using the Internal Eye Opening Monitor
Register 0x11, bits 7:6 and bit 5, Register 0x22, bit 7, Register 0x24, bit 7 and bit 0, Register 0x25, Register
0x26, Register 0x27, Register 0x28, Register 0x2a and Register 0x3e, bit 7
The DS125DF410 includes an internal eye opening monitor. The eye opening monitor is used by the retimer to
compute a figure of merit for automatic adaptation of the CTLE and the DFE. It can also be controlled and
queried through the SMBus by a system controller.
The eye opening monitor produces error hit counts for settable phase and voltage offsets of the comparator in
the retimer. This is similar to the way many Bit Error Rate Test Sets measure eye opening. At each phase and
amplitude offset setting, the eye opening monitor determines the nominal bit value (“0” or “1”) using its primary
comparator. This is the bit value that is resynchronized to the recovered clock and presented at the output of the
DS125DF410. The eye opening monitor also determines the bit value detected by the offset comparator. This
information yields an eye contour. Here's how this works.
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