AD8155
APPLICATIONS INFORMATION
The main application of the AD8155 is to support redundancy
on both the backplane side and the line interface side of a serial
link. Each port consists of four lanes to support standards such
as RXAUI. Figure 43 illustrates redundancy in an RXAUI
backplane system. Each line card is connected to two switch
fabrics (primary and redundant). The device can be configured
to support either 1 + 1 or 1:1 redundancy. Also, the AD8155 can
enable module redundancy, as shown in Figure 44, and can be
used as a four- or six-lane signal conditioning device to enable
high speed serial communication over long copper links.
PHYSICAL
INTERFACE
MACs
FRAMERS
FABRIC INTERFACE
TRAFFIC MANAGERS
NETWORK PROCESSOR
LINE CARDS
AD8155
PRIMARY
SWITCH
FABRIC
FABRIC CARDS
PHYSICAL
INTERFACE
MACs
FRAMERS
FABRIC INTERFACE
TRAFFIC MANAGERS
NETWORK PROCESSOR
AD8155
BACKPLANE
Figure 43. Using the AD8155 for Switch Redundancy
REDUNDANT
SWITCH
FABRIC
PRIMARY
MODULE
REDUNDANT
MODULE
AD8155
MACs
FRAMERS
FABRIC INTERFACE
TRAFFIC MANAGERS
NETWORK PROCESSOR
LINE CARD
Figure 44. Using the AD8155 for Module Redundancy
Z0
IN 1
EQ
Z0
PE
OUT 1
Z0
Z0
IN 2
EQ
Z0
Z0
PE
OUT 2
ASIC 1
Z0
Z0
Z0
ASIC 2
Z0
OUT 3
PE
Z0
Z0
OUT 4
PE
EQ
IN 3
Z0
Z0
EQ
IN 4
Z0
LOSSY CHANNEL
Z0
LOSSY CHANNEL
Figure 45. Using the AD8155 for Signal Conditioning
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