ACS8526LC Semtech Corporation, ACS8526LC Datasheet - Page 6

• Manufacturer Part Number: ACS8526LC
• Description: Line Card Protection Switch for PDH, Sonet or SDH Systems
• Manufacturer: Semtech Corporation

The ACS8526 is a highly integrated, single-chip solution
for protection switching of two SEC inputs from, for
example, Master and Slave SETS clock cards sources, for
Line Cards in a SONET or SDH Network Element. The
ACS8526 has fast activity monitors on the SEC clock
inputs.
The ACS8526 can be used as a standalone part without
the serial interface where all input and output frequencies
are set by external control using the IP_FREQ and
OP_FREQ pins. These pins determine the default
power-up or reset state of internal registers, that in turn
determine the I/O frequencies.
If more detailed control is required, then the registers
within the device can be re-configured, after an
initialization period, by writes through the serial interface.
The SRCSW pin is used to select one of the two SEC inputs
to lock to. The SRCSW pin must remain High for at least
251 ms following power-up or reset (251 ms after the
PORB signal has gone High). SRCSW Low following a
power-up or reset is not supported.
The ACS8526 has two SEC inputs from which it can
generate independent clocks on outputs 01 and 02 with
a total of 53 possible output frequencies. In addition,
there are two Sync outputs; 8 kHz Frame Synchronization
(FrSync) signal and a 2 kHz Multi-Frame Synchronization
(MFrSync) signal.
Initially the ACS8526 generates a stable, low-noise clock
signal at a frequency to the same accuracy as the external
oscillator, or it can be made more accurate via software
calibration to within ±0.02 ppm. The device always
attempts to lock to one of its inputs (according to the
value on the SRCSW pin). Once locked to a reference the
accuracy of the output clock is determined directly by the
accuracy of the input reference. In the absence of any
input references the device simply maintains its most
recent frequency in a Digital Holdover mode. However, as
soon as the DPLL detects an input presence, it will
attempt to lock to it and will not “qualify” it first. As soon
as the DPLL detects a failure on the input, the DPLL
freezes its operating frequency and raises the LOS alarm
on device pin LOS_ALARM.
The overall PLL loop bandwidth, damping, pull-in range
and frequency accuracy are all determined by digital
parameters that provide a consistent level of
performance. An Analog PLL (APLL) takes the signal from
the DPLL output and provides a lower jitter output. The
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APLL bandwidth is set four orders of magnitude higher
than the DPLL bandwidth. This ensures that the overall
system performance still maintains the advantage of
consistent behavior provided by the digital approach. The
DPLLs are clocked by the external oscillator module (TCXO
or XO) so that prior to initial lock (with no input reference)
or in Digital Holdover, the frequency stability is only
determined by the stability of the external oscillator
module. This gives the key advantage of confining all
temperature critical components to one well defined and
pre-calibrated oscillator module, whose performance can
be chosen to match the application. All performance
parameters of the DPLLs are programmable without the
need to understand detailed PLL equations. Bandwidth,
damping factor and lock range can all be configured
under software control.
The hardware set-up configures a subset of the registers
in the register block, with the remainder adopting their
default settings. If hardware set-up alone is insufficient
for configuring, controlling and monitoring the device for a
particular application, then access to the full set of
registers for these purposes is provided by an SPI
compatible serial interface port.
Each register (8-bit wide data field) is identified by and
referred to by its hexadecimal address and name, e.g.
Reg. 7D cnfg_LOS_alarm. The “Register Map” on page 30
summarizes the content of all of the registers, and each
register is individually described in the subsequent
Register Tables, organized in order of ascending Address
(hexadecimal), in the “Register Descriptions” from
page 32 onwards.
An Evaluation board and intuitive GUI-based software
package is available for device introduction. This has its
own documentation “ACS8526-EVB”.
The following description refers to the Block Diagram
(Figure 1 on page 1).
Inputs
The ACS8526 SETS device has two TTL/CMOS compatible
SEC input ports. They are 3 V and 5 V compatible (with
clamping if required by connecting the VDD5V pin). Refer
to the “Electrical Specifications” on page 61 for more
information on electrical compatibility.
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