Small Footprint RMII 10/100 Ethernet Transceiver with HP Auto-MDIX Support

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10/100

 

 

 

MDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

 

 

 

 

Transformer

 

 

 

RJ45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC

 

LAN8720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RMII

Ethernet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transceiver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODE

LED Status

 

Crystal or
Clock Osc
Figure 1.1 LAN8720/LAN8720i System Block Diagram

1.3Architectural Overview

The LAN8720/LAN8720i is compliant with IEEE 802.3-2005 standards (RMII Pins tolerant to 3.6V) and supports both IEEE 802.3-2005 compliant and vendor-specific register functions. It contains a full- duplex 10-BASE-T/100BASE-TX transceiver and supports 10-Mbps (10BASE-T) operation, and 100- Mbps (100BASE-TX) operation. The LAN8720/LAN8720i can be configured to operate on a single 3.3V supply utilizing an integrated 3.3V to 1.2V linear regulator. An option is available to disable the linear regulator to optimize system designs that have a 1.2V power supply available. This allows for the use of a high efficiency external regulator for lower system power dissipation.

1.3.1Configuration

The LAN8720 will begin normal operation following reset, and no register access is required. The initial configuration may be selected with configuration pins as described in Section 5.3.9. In addition, register-selectable configuration options may be used to further define the functionality of the transceiver. For example, the device can be set to 10BASE-T only. The LAN8720 supports both IEEE 802.3-2005 compliant and vendor-specific register functions.

Revision 1.0 (05-28-09)

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SMSC LAN8720/LAN8720i

 

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