APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
LTC2274
AIN+
ANALOG
S/H
INPUT
AMP
AIN–
16-BIT
PIPELINED
ADC CORE
DIGITAL
SUMMATION
8b10b
ENCODER
LTC2274
SERIALIZER
CMLOUT+
CMLOUT–
CLOCK/DUTY
CYCLE
CONTROL
PRECISION
DAC
MULTIBIT DEEP
PSEUDO-RANDOM
NUMBER
GENERATOR
ENC + ENC –
DITH
DITHER ENABLE
HIGH = DITHER ON
LOW = DITHER OFF
2274 F11
Figure 11. Functional Equivalent Block Diagram of Internal Dither Circuit
SERIALIZED DATA FRAME
Prior to serialization, the ADC data is encoded into the
8B/10B format, which is DC balanced, and run-length
limited. The receiver is required to lock onto the data
and recover the clock with the use of a PLL. The 8B/10B
format requires that the ADC data be broken up into 8-bit
blocks (octets), which is encoded into 10-bit code groups
applying the 8B/10B rules (refer to IEEE Std 802.3-2002
Part 3, for a complete 8B/10B description).
Figure 12 illustrates the generation of one complete 8B/10B
frame. The 8 most significant bits of the ADC are assigned
to the first half of the frame, and the remaining 8 bits
to the second half of the frame. Next, the two resulting
octets are optionally scrambled and encoded into their
corresponding 8B/10B code. Finally, the two 10-bit code
groups are serialized and transmitted beginning with Bit
0 of code group 1.
MSB
ADC OUTPUT WORD
LSB
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
15 14 13 12 11 10 9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FIRST OCTET
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
SECOND OCTET
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
FIRST SCRAMBLED OCTET
H
G
F
E
D
C
B
A
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
SECOND SCRAMBLED OCTET
a
b
c
d
e
i
f
g
h
j
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
8B/10B CODE GROUP 1
a
b
c
d
e
i
f
g
h
j
BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT BIT
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
8B/10B CODE GROUP 2
BIT 0 OF CODE GROUP 1 IS TRANSMITTED FIRST
ONE FRAME
SERIAL OUT
2274 F12
Figure 12. Evolution of One Transmitted Frame (Compare to IEEE Std 802.3-2002 Part 3, Figure 36-3)
OCTET
ASSIGNMENT
OPTIONAL
SCRAMBLER
8B/10B
ENCODER
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