
DS21Q50 
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3. INTRODUCTION  
The DS21Q50 is optimized for high-density termination of E1 lines.  Two significant features are included for this 
type of application, Interleave Bus Option and a System Clock Synthesizer feature.  The Interleave Bus Option 
allows up to 8 E1 data streams to be multiplexed onto a single high-speed PCM bus without additional external 
logic.  The System Clock Synthesizer feature allows any of the E1 lines to be selected as the master source of 
clock for the system and for all the transmitters.  This is also accomplished without the need of external logic.  
Each of the 4 transceivers has a clock and data jitter attenuator that can be assigned to either the transmit or 
receive path.  In addition there is a single, undedicated clock jitter attenuator that can be hardware configured as 
the user needs.  Each transceiver also contains a PRBS pattern generator and detector. Figure 21-1 shows a 
simplified typical application which terminates 8 E1 lines (transmit and receive pairs) and combines the data into a 
single 16.384MHz PCM bus.  The 16.384MHz system clock is derived and phased locked to one of the 8 E1 
lines.  On the receive side of each port, an elastic store provides logical management of any slip conditions due to 
the asynchronous relationship of the 8 E1 lines.  In this application all 8 transmitters are timed to the selected E1 
line. 
4. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 
The analog AMI/HDB3 waveform off of the E1 line is transformer coupled into the RRING and RTIP pins of the 
DS21Q50. The device recovers clock and data from the analog signal and passes it through the jitter attenuation 
mux to the receive framer where the digital serial stream is analyzed to locate the framing/multi-frame pattern. The 
DS21Q50 contains an active filter that reconstructs the analog received signal for the nonlinear losses that occur 
in transmission. The device has a usable receive sensitivity of 0 dB to –43 dB which allows the device to operate 
on cables over 2km in length.  The receive framer locates FAS frame and CRC and CAS multiframe boundaries 
as well as detects incoming alarms including, carrier loss, loss of synchronization, AIS and Remote Alarm. If 
needed, the receive elastic store can be enabled in order to absorb the phase and frequency differences between 
the recovered E1 data stream and an asynchronous backplane clock which is provided at the SYSCLK input. 
The clock applied at the SYSCLK input can be either a 2.048/4.096/8.192 or 16.384MHz clock. The transmit 
framer is independent from the receive in both the clock requirements and characteristics. The transmit formatter 
will provide the necessary frame/multiframe data overhead for E1 transmission.  
Reader’s Note:
 This data sheet assumes a particular nomenclature of the E1 operating environment. In each 
125 us frame, there are 32 eight–bit timeslots numbered 0 to 31. Timeslot 0 is transmitted first and received first. 
These 32 timeslots are also referred to as channels with a numbering scheme of 1 to 32. Timeslot 0 is identical to 
channel 1, timeslot 1 is identical to Channel 2, and so on. Each timeslot (or channel) is made up of eight bits 
which are numbered 1 to 8. Bit number 1 is the MSB and is transmitted first. Bit number 8 is the LSB and is 
transmitted last. The term “l(fā)ocked” is used to refer to two clock signals that are phase or frequency locked or 
derived from a common clock (i.e., a 8.192MHz clock may be locked to a 2.048MHz clock if they share the 
same 8KHz component).  Throughout this data sheet, the following abbreviations will be used: