KS8721CL
Micrel, Inc.
KS8721CL
3.3V Single Power Supply 10/100BASE-TX/FX MII Physical Layer Transceiver
Rev. 1.2
Features
General Description
• Single chip 100BASE-TX/100BASE-FX/10BASE-T
physical layer solution
TheKS8721CLisa10BASE-T,100BASE-TX,and100BASE-
FXphysicallayertransceiverprovidingMII/RMIIinterfacesto
MACsandswitches. Usingauniquemixed-signaldesignthat
extends signaling distance while reducing power consump-
tion, the KS8721CL represents Micrel’s fourth generation
single-port Fast Ethernet PHY.
• 2.5V CMOS design; 2.5/3.3V tolerance on I/O
• 3.3V single power supply with built-in voltage regulator;
Power consumption <340mW (including output driver
current)
• Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3u standard
• Supports MII and Reduced MII (RMII)
• Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 100BASE-FX
with far-end-fault (FEF) detection
TheKS8721CLcontains10BASE-Tphysicalmediumattach-
ment (PMA), physical medium dependent (PMD), and physi-
cal coding sub-layer (PCS) functions. It also has on-chip
10BASE-T output filtering. This eliminates the need for
external filters and allows a single set of line magnetics to be
used to meet requirements for both 100BASE-TX and
10BASE-T.
• Supports power-down and power-saving modes
• Configurable through MII serial management ports or via
external control pins
• Supports auto-negotiation and manual selection for
10/100Mbps speed and full-/half-duplex modes
• On-chip, built-in, analog front-end filtering for both
100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T
The KS8721CL automatically configures itself for 100Mbps
or10Mbpsandfull-orhalf-duplexoperation,usinganon-chip
auto-negotiation algorithm. It is the ideal physical layer
transceiver for 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T applications.
• Available in Lead-free and Industrial Temperature
packages.
Functional Diagram
4B/5B Encoder
NRZ/NRZI
Scrambler
TXD3
TXD2
TXD1
TXD0
TXER
MLT3 Encoder
10/100
Pulse
TX+
TX-
Parallel/Serial
Transmitter
Shaper
Parallel/Serial
Manchester Encoder
TXC
TXEN
CRS
COL
MII/RMII
Registers
and
Adaptive EQ
Base Line
4B/5B Decoder
Descrambler
Serial/Parallel
RX+
RX-
Clock
MDIO
MDC
Wander Correction
MLT3 Decoder
NRZI/NRZ
Controller
Interface
Recovery
RXD3
RXD2
RXD1
RXD0
RXER
RXDV
RXC
Auto
Negotiation
10BaseT
Receiver
Manchester Decoder
Serial/Parallel
Power
Down or
Saving
LINK
ACTIVITY
FDX
SPD
LED
XI
XO
Driver
PLL
PWRDWN
Micrel, Inc. • 2180 Fortune Drive • San Jose, CA 95131 • USA • tel + 1 (408) 944-0800 • fax + 1 (408) 474-1000 • http://www.micrel.com
April 2005
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