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311 MBITS/SEC TURBO PRODUCT CODE ENCODER/DECODER

The AHA4541 device is a single-chip Turbo Product Code (TPC) Forward Error Correction (FEC) Encoder/Decoder capable of 311 Mbit/sec data rates (up to 360 Mbit/sec channel rates). This device integrates both a TPC encoder and decoder, and can be operated in a full duplex mode. In addition to TPC coding, support is included for helical interleaving, synchronization mark insertion and detection, CRC computation, scrambling, and higher order modulation symbol mapping. Figure 1 shows the functional block diagram.

FEATURES
PERFORMANCE:
• Maximum 360 Mbit/sec channel rate
• Payload data rates of at least 311 Mbit/sec for code rates >0.86
• Symbol rates up to 90 MSym/sec
• Encode Latency of less than 10 clocks
• Integrated encoder/decoder; scrambler/descrambler; and interleaver/deinterleaver for full duplex operation
• Supports enhanced Turbo Product Codes (eTPCs)
• Corrections count and averaging for channel SNR estimation

FLEXIBILITY:
• Code Rates from .25 to 0.98
• Variable iterations up to 256 per block
• Block Sizes from 256 bits to 16 Kbits
• Programmable code shortening supports exact block sizes
• 32 bit CRC Insertion and Checking with programmable packet length

CHANNEL INTERFACE:
• Accepts in-phase and quadrature (I & Q) inputs, up to 8 bits each
• Supports soft metric inputs at up to 4 soft metrics of 4 bits each
• Soft metric computation for BPSK, QPSK, 8- PSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, and 256-QAM
• Supports additional modulation formats with external logic
• Encoder and decoder pass through modes
• Programmable packet and block level synchronization
• Automatic phase ambiguity resolution
• Supports insertion and detection of sync marks up to 32 bits in length
• 8-bit Parallel Data Input/Output
• Support for external VCO to generate data clocks

OTHERS:
• Intel or Motorola microprocessor interface
• 3.3V I/O, 1.8V core operation
• Commercial or Industrial temperature rating