VITESSE
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Advance Product Information
2.5Gb/s, 20-Bit Transceiver
Figure 2: Detection of a Properly Aligned “Comma” Character
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RBCN
COM_DET
R[0:9]
R[10:19]
K28.5
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar: 10 bit Transmission Character
Figure 3: Detection and Resynchronization of an Improperly Aligned “Comma” Character
Receiving Two Consecutive K28.5+TChar Transmission Words
RBCN
COM_DET
R[0:9]
R[10:19]
Potentially Corrupted
K28.5
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
TChar
K28.5
TChar
TChar
TChar
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VITESSE
SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
741 Calle Plano, Camarillo, CA 93012 • 805/388-3700 • FAX: 805/987-5896
G52162-0 Rev. 2.7
8/28/00