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Summary
The TCM38C17 is very well suited for line-card applications
and can interface with various different types of SLICs. This
report gives a brief description of how to interface the
TCM38C17 with two different SLICs. It also provides
frequency domain plots to give an estimate of the signal
compared with the noise. The noise floor can be lowered
further with better board design. The noise figures are
greater than would be expected because of a microcontroller
of the TCM38C17 test board. Active components can also
be used in the design of the transhybrid balance to improve
its performance further.
References
[1] CCITT ITU-T G.711, G.712, G.714 Recommendations.
[2] PCM CODEC/Filter Combo Family: Device Design-In
and Application Data, Texas Instruments Incorporated,
1996 (SLWA006).
[3] Wireless and Telecommunications Products Data Book,
Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1996 (SLWD001).
[4] Understanding Telephone Electronics, Stephen J.
Bigelow, SAMS Publishing.
[5] TCM4207A and TCM29C13 Telephone Line Card
Application Report, Texas Instruments Incorporated.
[6] LSSGR Technical Reference TR-TSY-000064, Section
7, Bell Communications Research.
[7]
AN9736 Application Note
, Intersil Corporation,
“Operation of the HC5503EVAL Evaluation Board”,
AnswerFAX Doc. No. 99736.
[8]
AN9813 Application Note
, Intersil Corporation,
“HC5518XEVAL Evaluation Board User’s Guide”,
AnswerFAX Doc. No. 99813.
About the Author
Ziad Asghar, (MSEE), of Texas Instruments, Inc., Data
Communications Group, is an Applications/Systems
Engineer working on Wireline Communications Systems.
FIGURE 14. BLOCK DIAGRAM OF A CARD FOR E1 APPLICATIONS
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
TCM38C17
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
4 SLICs
TIME SLOTS: 1, 9, 17, 25
TIME SLOTS: 2, 10, 18, 26
TIME SLOTS: 3, 11, 19, 27
TIME SLOTS: 4, 12, 20, 28
TIME SLOTS: 5, 13, 21, 29
TIME SLOTS: 6, 14, 22, 30
TIME SLOTS: 7, 15, 23, 31
TIME SLOTS: 8, 16, 24, 32
MICROCONTROLLER
TRANSIENT VOLTAGE
SUPPRESSOR
VOLTAGE
REGULATORS
Application Note 9852