IDT728985
TIME SLOT INTERCHANGE
DIGITAL SWITCH
256 x 256
FEATURES:
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and write access to individual channels. As an important function of a digital
switch is to maintain sequence integrity and minimize throughput delay, the
IDT728985 is an ideal solution for most switching needs.
256 x 256 channel non-blocking switch
Automatic signal identification (ST-BUS®, GCI)
8 RX inputs — 32 channels at 64 Kbit/s per serial line
8 TX outputs — 32 channels at 64 Kbit/s per serial line
Three-state serial outputs
Microprocessor Interface (8-bit data bus)
Frame Integrity for data applications
5V Power Supply
Operating Temperature Range -40°°C to +85°°C
Available in 44-pin Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC),
44-pin Plastic Quad Flatpack (PQFP) and 40-pin Plastic Dip
(P-DIP)
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Frame sequence, constant throughput delay, and guaranteed minimum
delay are high priority requirements in today’s integrated data and multimedia
networks. The IDT728985 provides these functions on a per-channel basis
using a standard microprocessor control interface. Each of the eight serial lines
is designed to switch 64 Kbit/s PCM or N x 64 Kbit/s data.
In Processor Mode, the microprocessor can access the input and output time
slots to control other devices such as ISDN transceivers and trunk interfaces.
Supporting both GCI and ST-BUS® formats, IDT728985 has incorporated an
internal circuit to automatically identify the polarity and format of the frame
synchronization.
DESCRIPTION:
The IDT728985 is a ST-BUS®/GCI compatible digital switch controlled by
a microprocessor. The IDT728985 can handle as many as 256, 64 Kbit/s input
and output channels. Those 256 channels are divided into 8 serial inputs and
outputs, each of which consists of 32 channels. The IDT728985 provides perchannel variable or constant throughput delay modes and microprocessor read
A functional block diagram of the IDT728985 device is shown on page 1.
The serial streams operate continuously at 2.048 Mb/s and are arranged in
125µs wide frames each containing 32, 8-bit channels. Eight input (RX0-7) and
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
C4i
RX1
RX3
RX4
Receive
Serial Data
Streams
RX5
TX0
Output MUX
TX1
TX2
Transmit
Serial Data
Streams
Data
Memory
Control Register
RX6
RX7
ODE
GND
Timing
Unit
RX0
RX2
VCC
F0i
Connection
Memory
TX3
TX4
TX5
TX6
Microprocessor Interface
TX7
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A5
D7
CCO
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2001 Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
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TX1
TX2
DNC(1)
36
35
34
ODE
TX0
37
RX0
DTA
CCO
40
39
RX1
41
38
RX2
42
40
DNC(1)
TX2
DNC(1)
41
44
TX1
42
INDEX
43
ODE
TX0
43
CCO
DTA
2
44
RX1
RX0
3
RX2
4
DNC(1)
6
INDEX
5
PIN CONFIGURATION
7
39
TX3
RX3
1
33
TX3
RX4
8
38
TX4
RX4
2
32
TX4
RX5
9
37
TX5
RX5
3
31
TX5
RX6
10
36
TX6
RX6
4
30
TX6
RX7
11
35
TX7
5
29
TX7
VCC
12
34
GND
RX7
VCC
6
28
GND
F0i
13
33
D0
C4i
14
32
D1
26
D1
3
38
TX0
9
25
RX2
4
37
TX1
A1
10
24
D2
D3
RX3
5
36
TX2
A2
11
23
D4
RX4
6
35
TX3
RX5
7
34
TX4
RX6
8
33
TX5
RX7
9
32
TX6
VCC
10
31
TX7
F0i
11
30
GND
C4i
12
29
D0
PLCC: 0.05in. pitch, 0.65in. x 0.65in.
(J44-1, order code: J)
TOP VIEW
NOTE:
1. DNC - Do Not Connect
A0
13
28
D1
A1
14
27
D2
A2
15
26
D3
A3
16
25
D4
A4
17
24
D5
A5
18
23
D6
DS
19
22
D7
R/W
20
21
CS
DNC(1)
D5
D6
D7
CS
R/W
DS
A5
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A4
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22
8
RX1
C4i
A0
20
ODE
21
39
19
2
17
D0
RX0
18
27
16
7
15
F0i
14
CCO
12
40
13
1
A3
26
28
DNC(1)
D5
D6
D7
CS
DS
R/W
A5
A4
A3
DNC(1)
27
D4
25
29
24
17
22
A2
23
D3
21
D2
30
20
31
16
19
15
18
A0
A1
DTA
DNC(1)
1
RX3
PQFP: 0.80mm pitch, 10mm x 10mm
(DB44-1, order code: DB)
TOP VIEW
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PLASTIC DIP: 0.10in. pitch, 2.05in. x 0.60in.
(P40-1, order code: P)
TOP VIEW
PIN DESCRIPTIONS
SYMBOL
GND
VCC
DTA
RX0-7
F0i
C4i
NAME
Ground.
VCC
Data Acknowledgment
(Open Drain)
RX Input 0 to 7
Frame Pulse
I/O
O
I
I
Clock
Address 0 to 5
Data Strobe
I
I
I
Read/Write
Chip Select
Data Bus 0 to 7
I
I
I/O
O
ODE
TX Outputs 0 to 7
(Three-state Outputs)
Output Drive Enable
CCO
Control Channel Output
O
A0-A5
DS
R/W
CS
D0-D7
TX0-7
I
DESCRIPTION
Ground Rail.
+5.0 Volt Power Supply.
This active LOW output indicates that a data bus transfer is complete. A pull-up resistor is required at this
output.
Serial data input streams. These streams have 32 channels at data rates of 2.048 Mb/s.
This input accepts and automatically identifies frame synchronization signals formatted according to different
backplane specifications such as ST-BUS® and GCI.
4.096 MHz serial clock for shifting data in and out of the data streams.
These lines provide the address to IDT728985 internal registers.
This is the input for the active HIGH data strobe on the microprocessor interface. This input operates with
CS to enable the internal read and write generation.
This input controls the direction of the data bus lines (D0-D7) during a microprocessor access.
Active LOW input enabling a microprocessor read or write of control register or internal memories.
These pins provide microprocessor access to data in the internal control register. Connection Memory HIGH,
Connection Memory LOW and data memory.
Serial data output streams. These streams are composed of 32, 64 Kbit/s channels at data rates of 2.048 Mb/s.
This is an output enable for the TX0-7 serial outputs. If this input is LOW, TX0-7 are high-impedance. If this is
HIGH, each channel may still be put into high-impedance by software control.
This output is a 2.048 Mb/s line which contains 256 bits per frame. The level of each bit is controlled by the
contents of the CCO bit in the Connection Memory HIGH locations.
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FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION (Cont'd)
functions available in the IDT728985. Output channels are selected into specific
modes such as: Processor Mode or Connection mode, Variable or Constant
throughput delay modes, Output Drivers Enabled or in three-state condition.
There is also one bit to control the state of the CCO output pin.
eight output (TX0-7) serial streams are provided in the IDT728985 device
allowing a complete 256 x 256 channel non-blocking switch matrix to be
constructed. The serial interface clock for the device is 4.096 MHz, as required
in ST-BUS® and GCI specifications.
The received serial data is internally converted to parallel by the on chip
serial-to-parallel converters and stored sequentially in a 256-position Data
Memory. By using an internal counter that is reset by the input 8 KHz frame pulse,
F0i, the incoming serial data streams can be framed and sequentially addressed.
Depending on the type of information to be switched, the IDT728985 device
can be programmed to perform time slot interchange functions with different
throughput delay capabilities on a per-channel basis. The Variable Delay
mode, most commonly used for voice applications, can be selected ensuring
minimum throughput delay between input and output data. In Constant Delay
mode, used in multiple or grouped channel data applications, the integrity of the
information through the switch is maintained.
OUTPUT DRIVE ENABLE (ODE)
The ODE pin is the master output three-state control pin. If the ODE input
is held LOW all TDM (Time Division Multiplexed) outputs will be placed in high
impedance regardless Connection Memory High programming. However, if
ODE is HIGH, the contents of Connection Memory High control the output state
on a per-channel basis.
SERIAL INTERFACE TIMING
The IDT728985 master clock (C4i) is 4.096 MHz signal allowing serial data
link configuration at 2.048 Mb/s to be implemented. The IDT728985 can
automatically detect the presence of an input frame pulse, identify the type of
backplane present on the serial interface, and format the synchronization pulse
according to ST-BUS® or GCI interface specifications (active HIGH in GCI or
active LOW in ST-BUS®). Upon determining the correct interface Connected
to the serial port, the internal timing unit establishes the appropriate serial data
bit transmit and sampling edges. In ST-BUS® mode, every second falling edge
of the 4.096 MHz clock marks a boundary and the input data is clocked in by
the rising edge, three quarters of the way into the bit cell. In GCI mode every
second rising edge of the 4.096 MHz clock marks the bit boundary while data
sampling is performed during the falling edge, at three quarters of the bit
boundaries.
CONNECTION MEMORY
Data to be output on the serial streams may come from two sources: Data
Memory or Connection Memory. The Connection Memory is split into HIGH
and LOW parts and is associated with particular TX output streams. In Processor
Mode, data output on the TX streams is taken from the Connection Memory Low
and originates from the microprocessor (Figure 2). Where as in Connection
Mode (Figure 1), data is read from Data Memory and originated from the
incoming RX streams. Data destined for a particular channel on the serial output
stream is read internally during the previous channel time slot to allow time for
memory access and internal parallel-to-serial conversion.
DELAY THROUGH THE IDT728985
The transfer of information from the input serial streams to the output serial
streams results in a delay through the device. The delay through the IDT728985
device varies according to the mode selected in the V/C bit of the Connection
Memory High.
CONNECTION MODE
In Connection Mode, the addresses of input source for all output channels
are stored in the Connection Memory Low. The Connection Memory Low
locations are mapped to corresponding 8-bit x 32-channel outputs. The contents
of the Data Memory at the selected address are then transferred to the parallelto-serial converters before being output. By having the output channel to specify
the input channel through the Connection Memory, the same input channel can
be broadcast to several output channels.
VARIABLE DELAY MODE
The delay in Variable Delay Mode is dependent only on the combination
of source and destination on the input and output streams. The minimum delay
achievable in the IDT728985 device is three time slots. In the IDT728985
device, the information that is to be output in the same channel position as the
information is input (position n), relative to frame pulse, will be output in the
following frame (channel n, frame n+1). The same occurs if the input channels
succeeding (n+1, n+2) the channel position as the information is input.
The information switched to the third time slot after the input has entered the
device (for instance, input channel 0 to output channel 3 or input channel 30 to
output channel 1), is always output three channels later.
Any switching configuration that provides three or more time slots between
input and output channels, will have a throughput delay equal to the difference
PROCESSOR MODE
In Processor Mode the CPU writes data to the Connection Memory Low
locations which correspond to the output link and channel number. The contents
of the Connection Memory Low are transferred to the parallel-to-serial
converter one channel before it is to be output and are transmitted each frame
to the output until it is changed by the CPU.
CONTROL
The Connection Memory High bits (Table 4) control the per-channel
RX
Receive
Serial Data
Streams
Data
Memory
Connection
Memory
Transmit
Serial Data
Streams
Receive
Serial Data
Streams
TX
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Data
Memory
Connection
Memory
Transmit
Serial Data
Streams
Microprocessor
Figure 1. Connection Mode
Figure 2. Processor Mode
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between the output and input channels; i.e., the throughput delay will be less
than one frame. Table 1 shows the possible delays for the IDT728985 device
in Variable Delay Mode. An example is shown in Figure 3.
mode (Bit 7 of the Control register) reads are from the Data Memory and writes
are to the Connection Memory LOW. The Memory Select bits allow the
Connection Memory High or LOW or the Data Memory to be chosen, and the
Stream Address bits define internal memory subsections corresponding to input
or output streams.
The Processor Enable bit (bit 6) places every output channel on every
output stream in Processor Mode; i.e., the contents of the Connection Memory
LOW (CML, Table 5) are output on the output streams once every frame unless
the ODE input pin is LOW. If PE bit is HIGH, then the IDT728985 behaves as
if bits 2 (Channel Source) and 0 (Output Enable) of every Connection Memory
High (CMH) locations were set to HIGH, regardless of the actual value. If PE
is LOW, then bit 2 and 0 of each Connection Memory High location operates
normally. In this case, if bit 2 of the CMH is HIGH, the associated TX output
channel is in Processor Mode. If bit 2 of the CMH is LOW, then the contents of
the CML define the source information (stream and channel) of the time slot that
is to be switched to an output, Table 4.
If the ODE input pin is LOW, then all the serial outputs are high-impedance.
If ODE is HIGH, then bit 0 (Output Enable) of the CMH location enables (if HIGH)
or disables (if LOW) for that particular channel.
The contents of bit 1 (CCO) of each Connection Memory High Location (see
Table 4) is output on CCO pin once every frame. The CCO pin is a 2.048 Mb/s
output, which carries 256 bits. If CCO bit is set HIGH, the corresponding bit on
CCO output is transmitted HIGH. If CCO is LOW, the corresponding bit on the
CCO output is transmitted LOW. The contents of the 256 CCO bits of the CMH
are transmitted sequentially on to the CCO output pin and are synchronous to
the TX streams. To allow for delay in any external control circuitry the contents
of the CCO bit is output one channel before the corresponding channel on the
TX streams. For example, the contents of CCO bit in position 0 (corresponding
to TX0, CH0), is transmitted synchronously with the TX channel 31, bit 7. Bit 1's
of CMH for channel 1 of streams 0-7 are output synchronously with TX channel
0 bits 7-0.
CONSTANT DELAY MODE
In this mode frame integrity is maintained in all switching configurations by
making use of a multiple Data Memory buffer technique where input channels
written in any of the buffers during frame N will be read out during frame N+2.
In the IDT728985, the minimum throughput delay achievable in Constant Delay
mode will be 32 time slots; for example, when input time slot 32 (channel 31) is
switched to output time slot 1 (channel 0). Likewise, the maximum delay is
achieved when the first time slot in a frame (channel 0) is switched to the last time
slot in the frame (channel 31), resulting in 94 time slots of delay (see Figure 4).
To summarize, any input time slot from input frame N will be always switched
to the destination time slot on output frame N+2. In Constant Delay mode the
device throughput delay is calculated according to the following formula:
DELAY=[32+(32-IN)+(OUT-1)]
IN =the number of the input time slot (from 1 to 32)
OUT = the number of the output time slot (from 1 to 32).
MICROPROCESSOR PORT
The IDT728985 microprocessor port is a non-multiplexed bus architecture.
The parallel port consists of an 8-bit parallel data bus (D0-D7), six address input
lines (A0-A5) and four control lines (CS, DS, R/W and DTA). This parallel
microport allows the access to the Control Registers, Connection Memory Low,
Connection Memory High, and the Data Memory. All locations are read/written
except for the Data Memory, which can be read only.
Accesses from the microport to the Connection Memory and the Data
Memory are multiplexed with accesses from the input and output TDM ports.
This can cause variable Data Acknowledge delays (DTA). In the IDT728985
device, the DTA output provides a maximum acknowledgment delay of 800ns
for read/write operations in the Connection Memory. However, for operations
in the Data Memory (Processor Mode), the maximum acknowledgment delay
can be 1220ns.
INITIALIZATION
During the microprocessor initialization routine, the microprocessor should
program the desired active paths through the matrices, and put all other channels
into the high impedance state. Care should be taken that no two Connected TX
outputs drive the bus simultaneously. The ODE pin should be held low on power
up to keep all output pins in high-impedance. With the CMH setup, the
microprocessor controlling the matrices can bring the ODE signal high to
relinquish high impedance state control to the Connection Memory High bits
outputs.
SOFTWARE CONTROL
If the A5, A1, A0 address line inputs are LOW then the IDT728985 Internal
Control Register is addressed (see Table 2). If A5 input line is high, then the
remaining address input lines are used to select the 32 possible channels per
input or output stream. As explained in the Control Register description, the
address input lines and the Stream Address bits (STA) of the Control register
give the user the capability of selecting all positions of IDT728985 Data and
Connect memories. See Figure 6 for accessing internal memories.
The data in the control register consists of Memory Select and Stream
Address bits, Split Memory and Processor Enable bits (Table 3). In Split Memory
TABLE 2 ADDRESS MAPPING
TABLE 1 VARIABLE DELAY MODE
Input Channel
Output Channel
Throughput Delay
n
n
n
m=n, n+1 or n+2
m>n+2
m