AM79C901A Description
The Am79C901A HomePHY is a single-chip device that contains both a physical layer (PHY) for 1 Mbps data networking over existing residential telephone wiring based on the specification published by HomePNA and a physical layer for supporting the IEEE 802.3 standard for 10BASE-T. The HomePHY is targeted at embedded applications and has both GPSI and MII-patible interfaces. The integrated HomePNA transceiver is a...
AM79C901A Key Features
- Register programmable features: Power control Speed control Performance registers Optional control of Squelch algorithm
- any1Home™ link detection: Indicates to the MAC that a valid home networking node has been detected
- prehensive Auto-Negotiation implementation
- IEEE 802.3u-pliant MII
- Full-duplex operation supported on the MII port with independent Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX) channels
- Optimized for 10BASE-T
AM79C901A Applications
- Media Independent Interface (MII)-patible for connecting external Media Access Controller (MAC)
- In-band control features: Adjustable power and speed levels 32 bits of reserved in-band messaging piggybacked on Ethernet packet