Intel® IXF1104 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller

5.2.2.6SPHY Logical Timing

SPI3 interface AC timing for SPHY can be found in Section 7.2, “SPI3 AC Timing Specifications” on page 137. Logical timing in the following diagrams illustrates all signals associated with SPHY mode. SPHY mode is similar to MPHY mode except the following signals are not used:

TMOD[1:0]

RMOD[1:0]

TSX

RSX

Address Data appearing on the data bus

5.2.2.7Transmit Timing (SPHY)

Packet transmission starts when TENB and TSOP indicate present data on the bus is the first word in the packet. All subsequent clocks will contain valid data as long as TENB is active or until TEOP is asserted. Data transmission can be temporally halted when TENB goes high then resumed when TENB is low.

Figure 14. SPHY Transmit Logical Timing

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TSOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDAT

B0

B1

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B60

B61

B62

B63

B0

B1

B2

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5.2.2.8Receive Timing (SPHY)

A packet is received when RSOP is asserted to indicate the data bus contains the first word of the packet. All subsequent data is valid only while RVAL is high and until REOP is asserted. Receive data can be temporarily halted when RENB is de-asserted and starts again on the second rising edge of RFCLK following the assertion of RENB. When REOP is asserted RMOD indicates the number of valid bytes in the last transfer.

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IXF1104 specifications

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