CS8952T-CQ Cirrus Logic, CS8952T-CQ Datasheet - Page 25

• Manufacturer Part Number: CS8952T-CQ
• Description: 100BASE E-X AND 10BASE-T TRANSCEIVER
• Manufacturer: Cirrus Logic

MEDIA INDEPENDENT INTERFACE
The Media Independent Interface (MII) provides a
simple interconnect to an external Media Access
Controller (MAC). This connection may be chip to
chip, motherboard to daughterboard, or a connec-
tion between two assemblies attached by a limited
length of shielded cable and an appropriate connec-
tor.
The CS8952T's MII interface is enhanced beyond
IEEE requirements by register extensions and the
addition of pins for MII_IRQ, RX_EN, and ISO-
DEF signals. The MII_IRQ pin provides an inter-
rupt signal to the controller when a change of state
has occurred in the CS8952T, eliminating the need
for the system to poll the CS8952T for state chang-
es. The RX_EN signal allows the receiver outputs
to be electrically isolated. The ISODEF pin con-
trols the value of register bit ISOLATE in the Basic
Mode Control Register (address 00h) which in turn
electrically isolates the CS8952T's MII data path.
The MII interface uses the following pins:
STATUS Pins
SERIAL MANAGEMENT Pins
RECEIVE DATA Pins
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COL - Collision indication, valid only for
half duplex modes.
CRS - Carrier Sense indication
MDIO - a bi-directional serial data path
MDC - clock for MDIO (16.7 MHz max)
MII_IRQ - Interrupt indicating change in
the Interrupt Status Register (address 11h)
RXD[3:0] - Parallel data output path
RX_CLK - Recovered clock output
RX_DV - Indicates when receive data is
present and valid
RX_ER - Indicates presence of error in re-
ceived data
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TRANSMIT DATA Pins
The interface uses TTL signal levels, which are
compatible with devices operating at a nominal
supply voltage of either 5.0 or 3.3 volts. It is capa-
ble of supporting either 10 Mb/s or 100 Mb/s data
rates transparently. That is, all signaling remains
identical at either data rate; only the nominal clock
frequency is changed.
MII Frame Structure
Data frames transmitted through the MII have the
following format:
Each frame is preceded by an inter-frame gap. The
inter-frame gap is an unspecified time during
which no data activity occurs on the media as indi-
cated by the de-assertion of CRS for the receive
path and TX_EN for the transmit path.
The Preamble consists of seven bytes of 10101010.
The Start of Frame Delimiter consists of a single
byte of 10101011.
Data may be any number of bytes.
The End of Frame Delimiter is conveyed by the de-
assertion of RX_DV and TX_EN for receive and
transmit paths, respectively.
Preamble
(7 Bytes)
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RX_EN - Can be used to tri-state receiver
output pins
TXD[3:0] - Parallel data input path
TX_CLK - Transmit clock
TX_EN - Indicates when transmit data is
present and valid
TX_ER - Request to transmit a 100BASE-
T HALT symbol, ignored for 10BASE-T
operation.
Delimiter
(1 Byte)
Start of
Frame
Data
Delimiter
End of
Frame
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