Product Brief
Marvell® 88E1780 Octal-Port 1GbE copper PHY
Integrated Octal Ports 10/100/1000 Mbps Energy Efficient Ethernet Transceiver with USGMII
Interface
Overview
The latest generation Alaska® family of single-chip devices
contains eight independent Gigabit Ethernet transceivers on a
single monolithic IC. Each transceiver performs all the physical
layer functions for 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX full or
half-duplex Ethernet on CAT5 twisted pair cable, and 10BASE-T
full or half-duplex Ethernet on CAT 3, 4, and 5 cable.
The device integrates MDI interface termination resistors and
capacitors into the PHY. This resistor integration simplifies
board layout and lowers board cost by reducing the number of
external components. The new Marvell calibrated resistor
scheme will achieve and exceed the accuracy requirements of
the IEEE 802.3 return loss specifications. The device consumes
ultra-low power. This reduces the overall system cost by
eliminating heat-sink and reducing air-flow requirements.
The Alaska device supports the Universal Serial Gigabit Media
Independent Interface (USGMII) for direct connection to a MAC/
Switch port. The USGMII combines eight ports of SGMII running
at 1.25 Gbps onto a single differential-pair of signals operating
at 10 Gbps. USGMII primarily decreases the number of I/O pins
on the MAC interface compared to SGMII and lowers the overall
power consumption. The device supports one USGMII port to
connect the eight copper ports to the MAC device.
The device supports Auto-MDI/MDIX at all three speeds to
enable easier installation and reduces installation costs.
The device also supports integrated Advanced Virtual Cable
Tester® (VCT™) enabling fault detection and advanced cable
performance monitoring.
The device supports IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet
(EEE) and is IEEE 802.3az compliant.
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