TNETE211
ThunderLAN TO IEEE 802.12 PHYSICAL MEDIA DEPENDENT INTERFACE FOR
100VG-AnyLAN
SPWS019 – MAY 1995
The PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.0,
should be used as a reference with this
document.
Supports Packet Data Transmission and
Reception by Providing a 4-Channel Stream
Structure at the MII
The TNETE211 Interfaces the ThunderLAN
(TNETE100) Media Independent Interface
(MII) to a 100VG-AnyLAN IEEE 802.12
Physical Media Dependent (PMD) Interface
Device
Supports Power Management With
Microsoft Advanced Power Management
†
IEEE Standard 1149.1 Test-Access Port
(JTAG)
Single 5-V Supply
0.8-µm CMOS Technology
Single Consistent Driver Interface for
100VG Architectures
PCMCIA-Compatible, Small-Footprint
Surface-Mount Package
Industry-Standard Interface to Multiple
IEEE 802.12-Compliant PMD Devices
80-Pin JEDEC Plastic Quad Flatpack
(PN Suffix)
Supports the Control Signaling Between
the Medium Access Control (MAC) or
Repeater MAC (RMAC) and the PMD Device
Operating Temperature Range:
0 C to 70 C
TNETE211
Physical Media
100VG-
TNETE100
ThunderLAN
Physical Media
Independent
(PMI) Device
PCI
Bus
Dependent Device
AnyLAN
(PMD)
Figure 1. Typical Application
description
The TNETE211 interfaces the ThunderLAN TNETE100’s IEEE 802.3u media independent interface to an
IEEE 802.12 physical media-dependent device for 100VG-AnyLAN operation. The TNETE211 is responsible
for quartet channeling, scrambling the transmission data into five-bit data quintets, and encoding the resulting
quintets into six-bit (5B6B) symbols. The TNETE211 also adds the preamble, start-frame delimiter, and
end-frame delimiter to each channel.
Quartet channeling refers to the process of dividing the MAC frame data octets into five-bit data quintets and
alloting them sequentially among the four transmission pair channels. The data scrambler alters the five-bit
quintet into a randomized bit pattern which is helpful in reducing radio-frequency interference and signal cross
talk between channels. The 5B6B symbol encoding transforms the five-bit randomized pattern into
predetermined six-bit symbols. This provides a balanced data pattern with an equal number of zeroes and ones
for clock transition synchronization for receive circuitry. This symbol encoding also has the added benefit of
being an error-checking mechanism.
Compliant with IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 (JTAG), the TNETE211 provides a five-pin test-access port that is
used for boundary-scan testing.
The TNETE211 is available in an 80-pin plastic quad flat package.
†
IEEE Standard 1149.1–1990, IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture
ThunderLAN is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated.
Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Copyright 1995, Texas Instruments Incorporated
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preproduction phase of development. Characteristic data and other
specifications are subject to change without notice.
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