A QUATERNARY PARTIAL-RESPONSE CLASS-IV TRANSCEIVER FOR 125 MBIT S DATA-TRANSMISSION OVER UNSHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR CABLES - PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND VLSI REALIZATION/
G. Cherubini et al., A QUATERNARY PARTIAL-RESPONSE CLASS-IV TRANSCEIVER FOR 125 MBIT S DATA-TRANSMISSION OVER UNSHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR CABLES - PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND VLSI REALIZATION/, IEEE journal on selected areas in communications, 13(9), 1995, pp. 1656-1669
The paper describes an experimental transceiver for full-duplex transm
ission at a rate of 125 Mbit/s over unshielded twisted-pair cables of
ordinary voice-grade quality, intended for use in a fiber distributed
data interface (FDDI) network. Quaternary partial-response class-IV (Q
PRIV) overall-channel signaling with near-end crosstalk (NEXT) cancell
ation and maximum-likelihood sequence detection is employed. The spect
ral shape of the QPRIV signals facilitates equalization and achieving
compliance with EMC regulations. Since in an FDDI system each transmit
ter can be clocked independently, the receiver must cope with phase dr
ift between NEXT signals to be cancelled and signals received from the
remote transmitter. With the chosen transceiver architecture, digital
-to-analog conversion of transmit signals, analog-to-digital conversio
n of receive signals, and adaptive NEXT cancellation are performed syn
chronously with the transmitter clock. The rate change from transmit t
iming to controlled receive timing is accomplished by an adaptive equa
lizer in conjunction with an elastic buffer and occasional coefficient
shifts. The equalizer is adjusted rapidly enough to allow for a maxim
al phase drift of +/-100 ppm. The implementation of all digital signal
-processing functions in a single 0.5 mu m CMOS VLSI prototype chip is
discussed. The employed standard-cell design resulted in a power cons
umption of 6 W. Significantly lower power consumption can be achieved
by custom design of highly repetitive processing elements.