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Twisted Pair FDDI Magnetics Overview and Recommendations Twisted Pair FDDI Magnetics Overview and Recommendations 1 0 INTRODUCTION The use of twisted pair cable for high speed LAN signalling necessitates the inclusion of transmit and receive magnetics to couple the transmission signal to and from the copper media The choice of magnetics in a given implementation can have a significant effect on the integrity of the transmission signal Several important factors must be considered when choosing the magnetics for FDDI twisted pair PMDs This application note discusses key performance parameters of magnetics suitable for use within a PMD designed for ANSI X3T9 5 FDDI Twisted Pair Draft Proposal compliance Although magnetics are required for both shielded and unshielded twisted pair media this note focuses specifically on magnetics suitable for FDDI signalling over Category 5 Unshielded Twisted Pair This note includes layout recommendations for a typical PMD transceiver implementation employing the National Semiconductor DP83223 TWISTER transceiver and suggests the use of some readily available magnetics 2 0 WHAT ARE MAGNETICS In the case of Twisted pair FDDI signal transmission the term ‘‘magnetics’’ refers to the one-to-one isolation transformers and common mode choke transformers which couple the signal to and from the twisted pair media These elements couple the serial data stream from one FDDI node to the twisted pair media and again from the twisted pair media to another FDDI node It is also possible that these transformers may coexist with other filter elements such as resistors or capacitors which attempt to enhance the integrity of the transmitted and or received FDDI data stream These additional filter elements may or may not be described as part of the magnetics depending on the individual vendor’s perspective As a point of clarification ferrite beads or inductors sometimes used to decouple sensitive power and ground pins from potential noise sources on transceiver ICs may also be referred to as magnetics This application note is only intended to report on the media coupling magnetics 3 0 WHY ARE MAGNETICS REQUIRED In most electrical signal transmission systems the data moving between two nodes is AC coupled in order to isolate potential system ground differences between the transmitter and receiver which could interfere with proper signal transfer A one-to-one isolation transformer is a convenient component for use in signal transfer for several reasons DC current blocking (system ground differences are isolated from one another) end stations protection from static charges that may build up on the cable inherent differential signal coupling and common mode rejection National Semiconductor Application Note 902 Todd Vafiades July 1993 When using the DP83223 Twisted Pair Transceiver it is not necessary to employ complex multiple pole LC filters which are commonly found in many 10BASE-T Token Ring and FDDI implementations Due to the controlled output transition times of the DP83223 simple networks which include only the termination resistors isolation transformers and common mode chokes may be all that are required Some designers may choose to add simple filtering at the receive end of a system in order to reduce the susceptibility to transient or continuous noise injected onto the media from outside sources This note contains example schematics detailing components and interconnection 4 0 KEY PARAMETERS Magnetics play an essential role in ensuring signal integrity within a transmission system Parameters such as Insertion Loss Crosstalk and Transition Time contribute greatly to the performance of the magnetics within a system This application note briefly examines several important parameters which contribute to the effectiveness of a given magnetics design 4 1 Insertion Loss This is the loss introduced by the insertion of the magnetics and can be generally expressed as VIN VOUT where VIN is the voltage across the input of the magnetics while VOUT represents the voltage across the output of the magnetics in an appropriately configured system Some factors which may contribute to loss include DC resistance of the windings variation from a true one-to-one (primary to secondary) winding relationship resulting in a ‘‘step-down’’ effect core loss as well as the inherent loss of additional filtering It is important to consider insertion loss when setting specified transmit amplitudes for standard compliant Twisted Pair FDDI signalling IL(dB) e 20 Log 4 2 Return Loss This is a measure of the match between the two impedances on either side of a junction point defined by Z1 a Z2 Z1 b Z2 where Z1 and Z2 are the complex impedances of the two halves of the circuit If an impedance mismatch does exist signal reflections will measurably decrease the performance of a given system The effects of Return Loss are significantly reduced by the controlled output transition times of the DP83223 These controlled transition times basically eliminate the need for additional filtering which can increase the potential for a mismatch in transmit and receive impedances RL(dB) e 20 Log AN-902 C1995 National Semiconductor Corporation TL F 11894 RRD-B30M105 Printed in U S A 43 Common Mode Rejection This is the ability of the magnetics either transmit or receive to reject common mode energy which may exist in the transmission signal Also the ability of the magnetics to not impart any common mode energy to the signal Common Mode Energy can be described as some potential existing equally (in phase) on each side of a differential pair with respect to some fixed potential such as ground As an example some twisted pair conductors are routed through typical office locations which contain significant ambient energy This can inject as much as 30V AC (in some cases even higher) of common mode potential to the twisted pair If this common mode voltage is not blocked the line receiver which may be powered by a single 5V rail will fail to receive a signal that is well outside of its specified operating range 4 4 Crosstalk This is the amount of energy coupled from the transmit channel to the receive channel within the magnetics The effects of this type of crosstalk are virtually eliminated due to the physical isolation between transmit and receive magnetics as shown in subsequent connection diagrams 4 5 Output Transition Time This is the standard ‘‘rise and fall time’’ as measured from 10% to 90% of full amplitude With MLT-3 it is important to measure both rise times and both fall times of the three level signal Again due to the controlled output transition time of the DP83223 additional wave shaping filters required by some implementations are unnecessary 4 6 Overshoot Given a square wave overshoot may be defined as the amount of energy above or below the intended final high or low voltage level(s) as expressed in percent Overshoot may result from unintentional emphasis of some high frequency harmonics and or transitions coincident with reflections Due to the controlled transmit transition times of the DP83223 the potential for overshoot is reduced by the inherent decrease in high frequency energy of the transmitted transition times 4 7 Baseline Wander In an AC coupled digital transmission system baseline wander is the variation in the DC content of the transmitted datastream at any point in time This phenomenon is dependent on the digital content of a given data stream and the low frequency cutoff of the magnetics The scrambled FDDI line code generated by a twisted pair FDDI PMD can result in run lengths (no transitions) of up to 480 ns If the magnetics low frequency pole is not sufficiently low to allow without attenuation a 480 ns static condition then the attenuation at the critical frequencies will result in a ‘‘droop’’ or ‘‘tilt’’ of the waveform during the run length This droop will effectively offset the baseline reference of the datastream result- ing in baseline wander An increase in baseline wander contributes directly to increased jitter In general the higher the OCL (open circuit inductance) the lower the low frequency pole for the magnetics bandpass region and the less severe the Baseline Wander 4 8 Conducted Power Spectrum This is the power spectrum of a properly terminated PMD transmitter (including the magnetics) as measured by direct connection into a spectrum analyzer This spectrum analysis is a convenient method of comparing the results of different signalling techniques The degree of randomness within the data stream as well as the differences between binary and MLT-3 are easily compared via conducted emissions 4 9 Radiated Emissions This is the radiated power spectrum of a properly terminated PMD transmitter (including the magnetics) as measured by a near field antenna within a strictly controlled environment Although this application note does not report on the radiated emissions results of the recommended magnetics it remains a very important parameter It is the responsibility of the systems vendor to ensure that the performance lies within mandated limits set forth by the various and appropriate regulatory agencies 4 10 EMI Susceptibility This is a measure of the tolerance of a working TP-PMD receiver to a controlled ambient field of radiation imposed on the twisted pair cable carrying the scrambled FDDI line code The receive-end magnetics can be supplemented with some degree of high frequency filtering to afford greater immunity to susceptibility 5 0 RECOMMENDED MAGNETICS This application note highlights specific magnetics from four vendors It is important to understand that this note does not suggest preference to any one vendor or magnetics solution The results herein are made available strictly as a means of objective comparison intended to assist the system designer in making the best possible choice for a given implementation Due to the relative immaturity of Twisted Pair FDDI this application note reports on only a limited number of magnetics solutions Future updates or addendums to this application note will include a larger selection of magnetics suggested for use with National Semiconductor PMD solutions The four magnetics solutions are listed in alphabetical order by company name followed by product number (Contact information for each of the vendors is located at the end of this applications note ) Bel Fuse 0556-3899-04 Coilcraft Q3950-C Pulse Engineering PE-65620M Valor ST6021 Please contact each individual magnetics vendor for the latest product information and part numbers 2 60 PARAMETER MEASUREMENT 65 Output Transition Time This section summarizes pertinent data as measured from some of the key parameters mentioned previously All tests were performed using the same specially designed evaluation platform This platform consists of a multi-layer ‘‘ODL replacement’’ emulation board fitted with a DP83223 transceiver in order to duplicate as closely as possible the performance of a true TP-PMD application Each of the four magnetics solutions were tested against the same DP83223 transceiver in the same environment to ensure comparable conditions All tests were performed identically on each of the magnetics solutions for both binary and MLT-3 encoded data transmission unless otherwise noted Again it is very important to understand that any data reported herein is preliminary and is provided for reference Each magnetics vendor should be contacted for the latest performance information 6 1 Insertion Loss Insertion loss is measured in two steps First the magnetics under test are replaced by shorting wires which DC couple the transmitted signal to the digitizing oscilloscope and the transmit waveform is calibrated to exactly 2V peak-peak differential Second the magnetics under test are reinserted and a second peak-peak differential measurement is performed The Insertion Loss resulting from scrambled FDDI code is tabulated below Insertion Loss (dB) Scrambled FDDI The rise and fall times of a transmitted signal are a direct indication of the bandwidth of the transmit channel The transition time specification depends somewhat on results of EMI radiation testing and other performance tests Slower transition times can be achieved using different magnetics components To test the rise and fall times of the magnetics the input of the magnetics were presented with the 2 0 ns transition times generated by the DP83223 TWISTER The output of each magnetics solution was then measured to determine the transition time performance Transition (ns) Binary Rise Binary Fall MLT-3 Rise (b1 to 0) MLT-3 Rise (0 to 1) MLT-3 Fall (1 to 0) MLT-3 Fall (0 to b1) (Refer to Figures 1 and 2 ) Bel Fuse Coilcraft Pulse Valor 2 41 2 63 2 40 2 67 2 48 2 76 3 25 3 12 3 16 3 32 3 08 3 32 2 37 2 29 2 37 2 59 2 25 2 49 2 34 2 18 2 38 2 43 2 19 2 36 Bel Fuse b 0 26 Coilcraft b 0 67 Pulse b 0 26 Valor b 0 35 6 2 Return Loss Although this parameter was not measured the return loss due to the magnetics alone should be minimal because complex filtering is not required Potential return loss may be inferred by examining the magnetics vendor’s manufacturing tolerances 6 3 Common Mode Rejection This parameter was not tested Refer to each vendor’s datasheet for performance specifications 6 4 Crosstalk The virtual absence of Interchannel crosstalk between the transmit and receive magnetics is due to sufficient physical separation of the components as specified by National Semiconductor There will be some degree of crosstalk that occurs between the transmit and receive channel outside of the magnetics which will most likely occur within the media connector and within the media itself This effect can be minimized by observing good high speed layout practices and will not be increased by the use of the magnetics solutions outlined herein 6 6 Overshoot Overshoot especially in MLT-3 mode will decrease the noise margin of the transmitted signal Serious overshoot may also contribute to unwanted bit errors in the received signal The overshoot at the output of the magnetics is minimized because the input signal to the magnetics includes the controlled transition times generated by the DP83223 TWISTER Overshoot of less than 2% can be considered negligible Overshoot (%) Binary MLT-3 (Refer to Figures 3 and 4 ) Bel Fuse k2 0 k2 0 Coilcraft k2 0 k2 0 Pulse k2 0 k2 0 Valor k2 0 k2 0 6 7 Baseline Wander The effects of baseline wander can be directly inferred by measuring the magnetics droop characteristic over a worst case run length period of 480 ns for scrambled FDDI code The baseline wander is arrived at by doubling the percentage droop exhibited by a given magnetics solution Baseline Wander (%) 480 ns Width (Refer to Figure 5 ) Bel Fuse 56 Coilcraft 12 1 Pulse 56 Valor 69 3 68 Conducted Power Spectrum 70 ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS The conducted Power Spectrum offers a convenient method of understanding and comparing the differential power spectrum of a given set of magnetics Due to the similarities between the conducted spectra of each of the magnetics tested herein only typical measurements are presented Of specific interest are the differences between the binary and MLT-3 encoded conducted power spectrum for scrambled line code Although MLT-3 suffers from 6 dB lower noise immunity than binary given equal transmit amplitudes MLT-3 does exhibit an improvement in the reduction of differential conducted power at key frequencies Conducted Power (dBm) 31 25 MHz 62 50 MHz (Refer to Figures 6 and 7 ) Binary b 47 0 b 53 0 MLT-3 b 53 0 b 62 0 6 9 Radiated Emissions Currently no data is provided for this parameter However preliminary data will be available soon Please contact National Semiconductor for information pertaining to the Radiated Emissions of suggested PMD implementations 6 10 EMI Susceptibility Currently no data is provided for this parameter However preliminary data will be available soon Please contact National Semiconductor for information pertaining to the EMI Susceptibility of suggested PMD implementations Ultimately the most important performance factor of Twisted Pair FDDI signaling is long term error free data transmission To ensure that each of the four magnetics solutions tested herein will support error free transmission 16 separate bit error rate (BER) tests were performed Each of the four magnetics were tested against themselves and each other at both the transmit and receive ends of the transmission system Specifically each test was performed using 130 meters of Category 5 cable with scrambled code set at 2 0V peak-to-peak differential transmit voltage These tests were performed for both Binary and MLT-3 signal encoding Each of the 16 BER tests passed proving acceptable interoperability in terms of the magnetics to the TP-PMD standard BER limit of k10E-12 Several additional electrical parameters exist for each of the magnetics solutions presented herein Although these parameters are not included in this analysis they are nonetheless important and may help to further inform the system designer regarding performance Each of the magnetics vendors publish a list of these specifications tolerances and test conditions included where applicable to accompany their solutions It is best to refer to these figures for a more comprehensive understanding of performance Some of the standard parameters associated with magnetics include Turns Ratio OCL (open circuit inductance) LL (leakage inductance) Cw w (interwinding capacitance) DCR (DC resistance) HI POT (high voltage tolerance) CMR (common mode rejection) TL F 11894–1 TL F 11894 – 2 FIGURE 1 Typical Binary Transitions FIGURE 2 Typical MLT-3 Transitions 4 TL F 11894 – 3 TL F 11894 – 4 FIGURE 3 Typical Binary Overshoot FIGURE 4 Typical MLT-3 Overshoot TL F 11894 – 5 FIGURE 5 Typical Binary Droop TL F 11894 – 6 TL F 11894 – 7 FIGURE 6 Typical Binary Conducted Power Spectrum FIGURE 7 Typical MLT-3 Conducted Power Spectrum 5 80 UTP-PMD MAGNETICS CONNECTION This section focuses on suggested interconnection and layout of the magnetics solution within the PMD Due to the high speed nature of Twisted Pair FDDI careful layout practices are advised Maintaining a 50X signal impedance and keeping high speed signal traces as short as possible are important design factors The following design example highlights several key areas of concern and also suggests possibilities for improved overall system performance Figure 8 illustrates a typical magnetics layout using the National Semiconductor DP83223 Twisted Pair Transceiver This layout example assumes the use of four planes to accommodate the required power and signal routing as described in the cross sectional view provided in the Legend (Figure 9 ) Additionally the Legend provides component type and values as well as identification of various signal paths and power planes Circuit details of the layout follow Capacitor C1 optionally helps to ensure that high frequency energy outside of the intended passband across R3 will be attenuated Capacitors C2 C3 and C4 provide power supply decoupling for each of the designated power planes C2 decouples noise from TXVCC to TXGND C3 decouples noise from RXVCC to RXGND Finally C4 decouples noise from ECLVCC to ECLGND Ferrite Beads FB1 through FB4 provide good isolation between unique supply islands and planes FB1 isolates the RXGND (Receive Ground) island from the ECLGND plane FB2 isolates the RXVCC (Receive Power) island from the ECLVCC plane FB3 isolates the TXGND (Transmit Ground) island from the ECLGND plane And F4 isolates the TXVCC (Transmit Power) island from the ECLVCC plane While many implementations employ standard inductors of various values for power supply isolation National Semiconductor recommends the use of Ferrite beads for improved isolation and enhanced performance Ferrite beads provide damping of high frequency noise while not creating problems caused by high Q inductors Resistors R1 R2 and R3 form a voltage divider in which the receive signal as presented to the DP83223 is attenuated relative to the full receive amplitude This amplitude reduction is a good method of ensuring maximum operational headroom of the embedded adaptive equalizer and associated circuitry within the DP83223 In addition this attenuation can be adjusted to accommodate for magnetics insertion loss Resistors R4 and R5 form the back termination for the transmit signal path These resistors are terminated directly to the TXGND (Transmit Ground) plane Since the DP83223 TWISTER allows these back termination resistors to be referenced to ground the noise coupled to the transmitted signal is less than those implementations which reference the output to VCC Resistors R6 through R9 provide the two unused twisted pairs within the 4-pair bundle with 100X differential termination Resistors R10 through R13 provide good common mode termination for each of the four twisted pairs within the bundle More specifically R10 and R11 terminate the two unused twisted pairs while R12 and R13 terminate the two active twisted pairs R12 is connected between the primary center tap of the receive transformer and the common mode common point while R13 is connected between the secondary center tap of the transmit transformer and the common mode common point Within some magnetics the transmit channel isolation transformer primary and receive channel isolation transformer secondary center taps are pinned out The example shown in Figure 8 assumes these pins float Although the common mode termination design presented here is a viable option other designs may potentially provide improved performance as well An additional point of clarification to date the ANSI subcommittee on Twisted Pair FDDI has not yet defined common mode termination of any kind However data has been presented that indicates a significant enhancement in EMC performance for Category 5 cable fitted with common mode termination 6 TL F 11894 – 8 FIGURE 8 Typical Magnetics Layout Using DP83223 Transceiver TL F 11894 – 9 FIGURE 9 Legend 7 90 MAGNETICS PACKAGING Pulse Engineering Product PE-65620M Package type information includes package encasement footprint and pinout for each of the three vendor’s products For precise mechanical information on each of the magnetics please refer to the appropriate vendor’s datasheet The order of description is alphabetical by vendor name Please contact each vendor for the latest package information Bel Fuse Product 0556-3899-04 One 0556-3899-04 required for transmit channel One 0556-3899-04 required for receive channel Through-hole 6-pin SIP 100 mil pin spacing One PE-65620M required for transmit channel One PE-65620M required for receive channel Plastic surface mount 16-pin DIP 50 mil pin spacing 300 mil device width TL F 11894 – 14 TL F 11894 – 15 Undesignated pins are no-connects TL F 11894 – 11 TL F 11894–10 Valor Product ST6021 One ST6021 required for transmit channel One ST6021 required for receive channel Plastic surface mount 16-pin DIP 50 mil pin spacing 300 mil device width Undesignated pins are no-connects Coilcraft Product Q3950-D One Q3950-C required for transmit channel One Q3950-C required for receive channel Through-hole 6-pin SIP 100 mil pin spacing TL F 11894 – 16 TL F 11894 – 17 Undesignated pins are no-connects TL F 11894 – 13 TL F 11894–12 8 VENDOR INFORMATION Bel Fuse Inc 5362 W 78th St Indianapolis IN 46268-4147 (317) 876-0044 Coilcraft Inc 1102 Silver Lake Rd Cary Illinois 60013 (708) 639-6400 Pulse Engineering Inc P O Box 12235 San Diego CA 92112 (619) 674-8100 Valor Electronics Inc 9715 Business Park Ave San Diego CA 92131 (619) 537-2619 REFERENCES 1 National Semiconductor DP83223 device specification 2 FDDI TWISTED PAIR PHYSICAL LAYER MEDIUM DEPENDENT (TP-PMD) Working Draft Proposed American National Standard Rev 0 3 dated 2 17 93 3 Bell David A Solid State Pulse Circuits Reston Publishing (1981) 4 Various Reference Data For Radio Engineers Sams 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