SWITCHING CAPACITY
  • Implements a 64-port memory switch fabric with STS-1/AU-3 switching granularity and scaling capability in a single device.
  • With a set of four devices, implements a 640 G 256-port single-stage switch fabric. With a set of two devices, implements a 320 G 128-port single-stage switch fabric.
  • Supports non-blocking anycast switching in all single stage configurations.
  • Supports fabric capacities greater than 640 G using multi-stage fabrics.
  • Provides two pages of connection memory with software and hardware controlled hitless page swaps at frame boundaries.
  • Supports trunk conditioning on a per port, per egress grain basis for AIS and UNEQ insertion.
  • Propagation of unselected ingress grains in the device can be optionally disabled to reduce device power consumption.
 SWITCH PORT CONFIGURATION
  • Each ingress and egress link can be individually configured to support STS-48 or STS-12 equivalent flows using SONET scrambling over RASIO™ links.
  • Interfaces to industry standard components via 622 Mbit/s or 2.188 Gbit/s configured ports.
  • Interfaces to the TBS 2488 and the ARROW family of framers for di-bit, nibble, or byte switching.
 CENTRALIZED OVERHEAD ACCESSIBILITY
  • Provides a high bandwidth interface with insert and extract access to all TOH bytes from all ports.
  • Provides a clock and data interface where the number of extracted and inserted TOH bytes is limited to 99 bytes per port selected for each ingress port.
 IMPLEMENTS THE ESSI FRAME LAYER
  • Provides in-service link verification via bit interleaved parity (BIP-8) monitoring of the B1 byte.
  • Optionally generates standard B1 byte on egress flows.
  • Provides out of frame alignment status information for each ingress port.
  • Provides per link SONET-framed and unframed PRBS-23 generation and monitoring for offline link verification.
GLOBAL FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION
  • Provides two independent frame alignment planes.
  • Supports frame synchronization using ESSI smart framing or a global frame pulse input signal.
  • Compensates for differences in frame boundary arrival times between ingress ports using FIFOs and device level software configurable delay registers.
I/O AND GENERAL
  • Robust signal integrity over high speed links using PMC-Sierra's RASIO CML I/O for high speed serial ingress, egress, and transport overhead links. RASIO links are E-LVDS comptible.
  • Programmable pre-emphasis on transmit, equalization on receiver, and supports both AC and DC coupling.
  • Low power 1.2V CMOS core with 2.5V or 3.3V CMOS / TTL selectable digital inputs and outputs.
  • Low power consumption.
  • Generic 16-bit microprocessor bus interface for configuration, control, and status monitoring.
  • Standard 5 signal IEEE 1149.1 JTAG test port for boundary scan board testing.
  • 1152-FCBGA package.
  • Includes proprietary Transient Current Demand Management (TCDM)technology that simplifies power supply design.

Typical Applications include:

  • Optical Cross-connects.
  • Multi-service Provisioning Platforms.
  • SONET/SDH Digital Cross-connects.
  • SONET/SDH Add/Drop Multiplexers.
  • SONET/SDH Terminal Multiplexers.
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    Product Brief
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      PDF Document PM5376 TSE-Nx160 Transmission Switch Element Short Form Data Sheet [387 KB] PMC-2020819 3 2012-03-29
    Data Sheet
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    Locked PDF Document TSE-Nx160 ASSP Telecom Standard Product Data Sheet [1.77 MB] PMC-2012687 8 2006-12-07
    Application Note
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    Locked PDF Document Attaching Passive Heat Sinks to Organic Flip Chip Packages [142 KB] PMC-2020246 3 2007-05-02
    Locked Compressed Document Optimizing Pre-emphasis and Receive Equalization for Backplanes [493 kB] PMC-2021098 1 2002-10-31
    White Papers
          Version Issue Date
    Locked PDF Document An Introduction to Transport Networks for Telecommunications [384 KB] PMC-2050808 1 2005-07-20
    Locked PDF Document A Tutorial on SONET/SDH Automatic Protection Switching (APS) [353 KB] PMC-2050248 1 2005-02-15
    Locked PDF Document A Tutorial on SONET/SDH [819 KB] PMC-2030895 3 2005-03-23
    Sales Collateral
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    Locked PDF Document Notice of Change - All FCBGA Packages to be Standardized to the HDBU Substrate Package Outline [695 KB] PMC-2062178 1 2006-10-19
    Symbols/Footprints
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    Locked Compressed Document PM5376-FI TSE Nx160 1152 FCBGA CAD Symbols and Footprints [600 KB] PMC-2052243 2 2006-02-21
    Locked Compressed Document PM5376-FI TSE Nx160 1152 FCBGA CAD Symbols and Footprints [600 KB] PMC-2052243 2 2006-02-21
    Technical Overview
          Version Issue Date
    Locked PDF Document RASIO 3G for SONET/SDH Backplanes Technology Brief [64 kB] PMC-2030933 1 2003-05-29