Preliminary Data Sheet
July 2001
Signal Processor
T8533/34 Quad Programmable Line Card
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Agere Systems Inc.
Functional Description
(continued)
The SLIC interface is designed to be flexible and con-
venient to use with a variety of SLIC circuits. With an
appropriate choice of SLIC, no external components
are required in the interface, with the exception of a dc
blocking capacitor in the transmit direction. In some
cases, dc blocking capacitors in the receive direction
may be necessary as well, since the device operates
from a single 5 V supply.
The PCM bus interface is flexible in that it allows, inde-
pendently, the transmit and receive data for any chan-
nel to be placed in any time slot. The bus can be
operated at a maximum of a 16.384 Mbits/s rate to
accommodate a maximum of 256 time slots. Separate
pins are provided for each direction of transmission to
allow 4-wire bus operation. The frame strobe signal is
an 8 kHz signal that defines the beginning of the frame
structure. The interface will count 8 bits per time slot
and insert or read the data for each channel as pro-
grammed. Lower speeds of the PCM bus are allowed.
The PCM clock must be synchronous with the master
clock for the device (if present) and with the frame
strobe signal.
The microprocessor control interface is a serial inter-
face that uses the classic chip select type of operation.
The interface controls the device by writing or reading
various internal addresses. The command set com-
prises simple read and write operations, with the
address determining the effect. All the memory loca-
tions, including the per-chip functions, are organized by
channel, allowing a straightforward migration path to
architectures other than quad.
There are several test modes included to facilitate
confirmation of correct operation. In the signal path,
both an analog and four digital loopback tests are avail-
able, while in the microprocessor interface, there is a
write/read test mode that tests the operation of the
memory. Use of external test access switches allows a
complete test of the signal path through the line card so
that correct operation of various operational modes can
be verified.