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Preliminary Product Brief
Skyhawk
10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN/WAN PHY
Overview
The Skyhawk is a highly integrated, ultra-low-power
frame processing solution for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10
GbE) physical layer applications. The device provides
complete PCS-R, PCS-W, and WIS functionality and
can operate as a 10 GbE LAN or WAN PHY.
WIS functions include WIS framing, pointer process-
ing, and X7 scrambling and descrambling, as well as
error rate monitoring and alarm processing per ANSI
T1-416 – 1999.
For device control and configuration, the Skyhawk pro-
vides a standard 32-bit processor interface, as well as a
Management Data I/O (MDIO) interface and MDIO
registers. The device conforms to the IEEE serial
LAN-PHY and WAN-PHY proposals.
In 10 GbE WAN PHY mode, the line-side supports a
standard 16-bit, 622.08 MHz XSBI / SFI-4 interface. In
10 GbE LAN PHY mode, the line-side supports a
standard 16-bit, 644.53 MHz XSBI interface. The
system-side interface is a selectable standard HSTL
XGMII or SSTL-2 XGMII interface.
A key application for the device is to facilitate
cost-effective interfacing between standard 10 Gbps
optical modules with XSBI interfaces and link layer
PCS layer functions include 64b/66b encoding and
decoding, X58 scrambling and descrambing, gear box- devices with XGMII interfaces. Other applications
ing, and rate matching. Block-lock detection and
remote and local fault handling are also supported.
include optical core routers, enterprise switches, and
Ethernet line terminating equipment.
Block Diagram
XGMII (HSTL)
TX
XSBI /
TX
TX
XGMII
I/F
SFI-4
10 GbE
Data
WIS
Optical
I/F
Framer
XGMII (SSTL-2)
Engine
WIS Bypass for LAN PHY
WIS Bypass for LAN PHY
Optical
WIS
PCS
Loopback
System
Loopback
Loopback Loopback
XGMII (HSTL)
XGMII (SSTL)
RX
XSBI /
SFI-4
RX
Optical
I/F
RX
10 GbE
Data
WIS
XGMII
I/F
Framer
Engine
CPU I/F
Confidential and Proprietary
Ample Communications
4034 Clipper Court • Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: 510-657-1500 • Email: info@amplecomm.com
7/8/02