Description and Features
Ethernet PHY is an IEEE 802.3u compliant single-port Ethernet physical layer transceiver, and low power consumption transceiver for 10BASE-Te, 100BASE-TX, operation. Through the Giga Media Independent Interface (GMII), the EPHY connects to the Media Access Control Layer (MAC), and on the media side, it provides a direct interface either to Un-shielded Twisted Pair Category 5 Cable(UTP5) for 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet or UTP5/UTP3 cable for 10BASE-Te Ethernet. The Ethernet PHY employ a low power and high performance CMOS process. It contains the entire physical layer function of 100BASE-TX defined by IEEE802.3u, including the Physical Coding Sub-layer(PCS), Physical Medium Attachment Layer(PMA), Twisted Pair Physical medium Dependent Sub-layer (TP-PMD, 100BASE-TX only). The EPHY also provide a robust auto-negotiation function, utilizing automatic media speed/duplex and protocol selection match. EPHY also support Auto MDI/MDIX function to simplify the network installation.

Features
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Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3 / 802.3u
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10BASE-Te, 100BASE-TX
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Interface available to Compliant with TP-PMD standard: ANSI X3.263-1995
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Compliant with FDDI-PMD standard: ISO/IEC 9314-3: 1990 and ANSI X3.166-1990
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Support GMII interface to the MAC controller.
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Serial management interface compliant with IEEE 802.3u (MDIO)
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Support Full-Duplex or Half-Duplex Operation
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Support Auto-Negotiation Next Page /Parallel Detection function
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Compliant with IEEE 802.3u, and Manual configuration is also supported.
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Automatic Polarity Correction
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Support auto MDI/MDIX crossover function for 10BASE-Te / 100BASE-TX
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High performance baseline wander correction (BLW) Circuit
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High Performance Digital Clock recovery algorithm
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High performance Digital Equalizer for ISI mitigation
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LED Driver for Link, Activity, Duplex, Collision, and Speed Status
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Low Power design, with support 803.2az standard-2010 (EEE)
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Support MAX 300ppm sampling offset
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Silicon Proven in UMC 28HPC, UMC 40LP
Deliverables
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Detailed Datasheet
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Verilog behavior model (A) for simulation
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Liberty (db / .lib) for synthesis, STA, and equivalence checking
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CTL / CTLDB for DFT
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SPF (Standard Test Interface Language (STIL) Procedure File) for ATPG
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LEF for APR
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CDL for LVS connection
Applications
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Network Interface Adapter
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Embedded system with an Ethernet MAC that needs a UTP physical connection
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Such as, STB, IP STB, Fiber IP STB, etc.,
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Ethernet Hub
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LANs (Local Area Networks).
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Sensor and monitoring interfaces.
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Security and surveillance.
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Building automation.
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Transportation systems