VITESSE
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Preliminary Datasheet
VSC7217
Multi-Gigabit Interconnect Chip
Figure 15: Transmit Input Timing Waveforms with TMODE = 11X (“ASIC-Friendly” Timing)
TBCn
(or TBCA)
Internal Clock
(from PLL)
Tn(7:0)
C/Dn
Valid
WSENn
TS
Valid
TS
Valid
Table 10: Transmit Input AC Characteristics with TMODE = 11X
Parameters
Description
Min
Max Units
Conditions
TS
Input Skew relative to the rising
edge of TBCn or TBCA
—
Measured between the valid data
2.0
bc level of the input and the 1.4V point
of TBCn or TBCA, bc = Bit Clock.
Figure 16: Transmit Serial Timing Waveforms
TXn+, TXn-
REFCLK
(or TBCn)
TSDR, TSDF
TX0
TLAT
Table 11: Transmit Serial AC Characteristics
Parameters
TSDR, TSDF
TLAT
TJ
TDJ
Description
TXn+/- Rise and Fall Times
Latency, REFCLK to TX0
Latency, TBCA to TX0
Latency, TBCB/C/D to TX0
Serial Data Output
Total Jitter (p-p)
Serial Data Output
Deterministic Jitter (p-p)
Min
—
22bc+0.2ns
36bc+0.0ns
32bc+0.1ns
—
—
Max
330
22bc+0.8ns
38bc+0.3ns
42bc+0.6ns
192
80
Units
ps
bc + ns
ps
ps
Conditions
Measured between 20% to
80% of the valid data level.
ENDEC=1 TMODE=000
ENDEC=1 TMODE=10X
ENDEC=1 TMODE=101
IEEE 802.3z Clause 38.69,
tested on a sample basis.
IEEE 802.3z Clause 38.69,
tested on a sample basis.
G52325-0, Rev. 3.0
6/14/00
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