ML6698
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
TRANSMIT SECTION
100BASE-TX Operation
The transmitter accepts scrambled 5-bit symbols clocked in
at 25MHz and outputs MLT-3 signals onto the twisted-pair
media at 100Mbps. The on-chip transmit PLL converts a
25MHz TTL-level clock at TXC to an internal 125MHz bit
clock. TXC from the ML6698 clocks scrambled transmit
symbols from the MAC into the ML6698's TSM<4:0> input
pins. Symbols from the TSM<4:0> inputs are converted
from parallel to serial form at the 125MHz clock rate. The
serial transmit data is converted to MLT-3 3-level code and
driven differentialy out of the TPOUTP and TPOUTN pins
at nominal ± 2V levels with the proper loads. The
transmitter is designed to drive a center-tapped transformer
with a 2:1 winding ratio, so a differential 400 ohm load is
used on the transformer primary to properly terminate the
100 ohm cable and termination on the secondary. The
transformer’s center tap must be tied to V
CC
. A 2:1
transformer allows using a ±20mA output current in
100BASE-TX mode. Using a 1:1 transformer would have
required twice the output current and increased the on-chip
power dissipation. An external 2.49kW, 1% resistor at the
RTSET pin creates the correct output levels at TPOUP/N.
10BASE-T
In 10BASE-T mode, the transmitter acts as a linear buffer
with a gain of 10. 10BASE-T inputs (Manchester data and
normal link pulses) at 10BTTXINP/N appear as full-swing
signals at TPOUTP/N in this mode. Inputs to the
10BTTXINP/N pins should have a nominal ±0.25V
differential amplitude and a common-mode voltage of
V
CC
/2, and should also be waveshaped or filtered to meet
the 10BASE-T harmonic content requirements. The ML6698
does not provide any 10BASE-T transmit filtering.
RECEIVE SECTION
The receiver converts 3-level MLT-3 signals from the
twisted-pair media to 5-bit scrambled symbols at
RSM<4:0> with extracted clock at RXC. The adaptive
equalizer compensates for the distortion of up to 140m of
cable and attenuates cable-induced jitter, corrects for DC
baseline wander, and converts the MLT-3 signal to 2-level
NRZ. The receive PLL extracts clock from the equalized
signal, providing additional jitter attenuation, and clocks
the signal through the serial to parallel converter. The
resulting 5-bit symbols appear at RSM<4:0>. The
extracted clock appears at RXC. Resistor RGMSET sets
internal time constants controlling the adaptive equalizer’s
transfer function. RGMSET must be set to 9.53k (1%).
LOOPBACK
Tying
LPBK
pin low places the part in loopback mode.
Data at TXD<4:0> are serialized, MLT-3 encoded,
equalized, then sent to receive PLL for clock recovery and
sent to the RXD<4:0> outputs.
In this mode, data at TXD<4:0> has to be valid 5-bit
symbol data.
ML6698 SCHEMATIC
Figure 2 shows a general design where the 5-bit and other
control signals interface to the controller. TXC is
connected to a 25MHz, 100ppm clock oscillator.
Inductors L1 and L2 are for the purpose of improving
return loss.
Capacitor C7 is recommended. It decouples some noise at
the inputs of the ML6698 and improves the Bit Error Rate
(BER) performance of the board.
It is recommended having a 0.1µF capacitor on every V
CC
pin as indicated by C3, 4, 9-12. Also, it is recommended
to split the A
VCC
and D
VCC
, AGND and DGND. It is
recommended that AGND and DGND planes are large
enough for low inductance. If splitting the two grounds
and keeping the ground planes large enough is not
possible due to board space, you could join them into one
larger ground plane.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ML6694 AND ML6698
Both parts are pin to pin compatible and perform the same
functions. The only differences are:
1. SDO: The ML6694 has SDO (Signal Detect Output)
active in 100BASE-TX mode only, while the ML6698
has it active in both 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX
modes.
2. SEL10/100 or SEL100/10: The ML6694 has the
100BASE-TX mode active low and the 10BASE-T
mode active high (SEL10/100). The ML6698 has the
opposite polarity where the 100BASE-TX mode is
active high and the 10BASE-T mode is active low
(SEL100/10).
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