2.0 Block Diagram
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3.0 Functional Description
The DP83910A consists of five main logical blocks:
a) The oscillator generates the 10 MHz transmit clock signal
for system timing.
b) The Manchester encoder accepts NRZ data from the
controller, encodes the data to Manchester, and trans-
mits it differentially to the transceiver, through the differ-
ential transmit driver.
c) The Manchester decoder receives Manchester data from
the transceiver, converts it to NRZ data and clock pulses,
and sends it to the controller.
d) The collision translator indicates to the controller the
presence of a valid 10 MHz collision signal to the PLL.
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e) The loopback circuitry, when asserted, routes the data
from the Manchester encoder back to the PLL decoder.
Note 1: The resistor R1 may be required in order to minimize frequency drift
due to changes in the V . See text description.
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FIGURE 1. Crystal Connection to DP83910A
(see text for component values)
3.1 OSCILLATOR
The oscillator is controlled by a 20 MHz parallel resonant
crystal connected between X1 and X2 or by an external
clock on X1. The 20 MHz output of the oscillator is divided
by 2 to generate the 10 MHz transmit clock for the control-
ler. The oscillator also provides internal clock signals to the
encoding and decoding circuits.
should be made equal to five times the motional resistance
of the crystal.
The motional resistance of 20 MHz crystals is usually in the
range of 10X to 30X. This implies that a reasonable value
for R1 should be in the range of 50X–150X.
The decision of whether or not to include R1 should be
based upon measured variations of crystal frequency as
each of the circuit parameters is varied.
If a crystal is connected to the DP83910A, it is recommend-
ed that the circuit shown in Figure 1 be used and that the
components used meet the following:
According to the IEEE 802.3 standard, the entire oscillator
circuit (crytsal and amplifier) must be accurate to 0.01%.
When using a crystal, the X1 pin is not guaranteed to pro-
vide a TTL compatible logic output, and should not be used
to drive external standard logic. If additional logic needs to
be driven, then an external oscillator should be used, as
described in the following.
Crystal XT1: AT cut parallel resonant crystal
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Series Resistance: 10X
Specified Load Capacitance: 13.5 pF
Accuracy: 0.005% (50 ppm)
C1, C2: Load Capacitor, 27 pF.
The resistor, R1, in Figure 1 may be required in order to
supply
minimize frequency drift due to changes in the V
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3.2 OSCILLATOR MODULE OPERATION
voltage. If R1 is required, it’s value must be carefully select-
ed. R1 decreases the loop gain. Thus, if R1 is made too
large, the loop gain will be greatly reduced and the crystal
will not oscillate. If R1 is made too small, normal variations
If the designer wishes to use a crystal clock oscillator, one
that provides the following should be employed:
1) TTL or CMOS output with a 0.01% frequency tolerance
2) 40%–60% duty cycle
in the V may cause the oscillation frequency to drift out of
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specification. As the first rule of thumb, the value of R1
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3) 2 TTL load output drive (I
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3.2 mA)
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