
Contents
General Description ................................................................................................................................................................1
Functional Diagram.................................................................................................................................................................2
Features..................................................................................................................................................................................3
Management Capabilities....................................................................................................................................................3
Robust PHY Ports ...............................................................................................................................................................3
MAC Ports ...........................................................................................................................................................................3
Advanced Switch Capabilities .............................................................................................................................................3
Comprehensive Configuration Registers Access................................................................................................................3
Host Interface ......................................................................................................................................................................3
Power and Power Management..........................................................................................................................................4
Additional Features..............................................................................................................................................................4
Packaging............................................................................................................................................................................4
Target Applications..............................................................................................................................................................4
Ordering Information...............................................................................................................................................................5
Revision History ......................................................................................................................................................................5
Contents..................................................................................................................................................................................6
List of Figures........................................................................................................................................................................13
List of Tables.........................................................................................................................................................................14
Acronyms ..............................................................................................................................................................................15
Pin Configuration...................................................................................................................................................................17
Pin Description......................................................................................................................................................................18
Strapping Options .................................................................................................................................................................23
Functional Description...........................................................................................................................................................24
Direction Terminology...........................................................................................................................................................24
Physical (PHY) Block............................................................................................................................................................25
100BASE-TX Transmit......................................................................................................................................................25
100BASE−TX Receive ......................................................................................................................................................25
Scrambler/De−Scrambler (100BASE−TX Only)................................................................................................................25
PLL Clock Synthesizer (Recovery)....................................................................................................................................25
10BASE-T Receive............................................................................................................................................................25
MDI/MDI−X Auto Crossover..................................................................................................................................................26
Straight Cable................................................................................................................................................................26
Crossover Cable............................................................................................................................................................27
Auto Negotiation....................................................................................................................................................................28
LinkMD®Cable Diagnostics..................................................................................................................................................29
Access............................................................................................................................................................................29
Usage.............................................................................................................................................................................29
On−Chip Termination Resistors ........................................................................................................................................29
Loopback Support .............................................................................................................................................................30
Far-End Loopback .........................................................................................................................................................30
Near−End (Remote) Loopback......................................................................................................................................30
Media Access Controller (MAC) Block..................................................................................................................................31
Mac Operation...................................................................................................................................................................31
Address Lookup.................................................................................................................................................................31
Learning.............................................................................................................................................................................31
Migration............................................................................................................................................................................31
Aging..................................................................................................................................................................................31
Forwarding.........................................................................................................................................................................31
Inter Packet Gap (IPG)......................................................................................................................................................34
Back-Off Algorithm ............................................................................................................................................................34
Late Collision.....................................................................................................................................................................34
Legal Packet Size..............................................................................................................................................................34
Flow Control.......................................................................................................................................................................34
Half-Duplex Backpressure.................................................................................................................................................34
Broadcast Storm Protection...............................................................................................................................................35
Port Individual MAC Address and Source Port Filtering ...................................................................................................35
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