Marvell demonstrates industry leadership in the innovation and development of transceiver solutions for the broadband communications industry; continuously providing advanced products to networking OEMs that deliver reliable performance, faster throughput, higher density and a simple plug-and-play functionality.
The Marvell Alaska X 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Alaska Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Physical Layer (PHY) families of transceivers provide a range of solutions to meet the unique configurations and requirements of your communications systems; enabling you to build optimized form, efficient power consumption and multiple port and cable options into your customer solutions.
10 Gigabit Ethernet Solutions
The most widely-used 10 Gigabit transceivers in the industry, the Marvell Alaska X family is targeted for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and backplane and stacking applications that demand low power, high performance and a small form factor. Optimized for 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN and WAN implementations, the Marvell Alaska X transceivers provide unprecedented functionality to optimize a variety of 10 Gigabit physical layer applications.
Devices include single and dual-port XGMII to XAUI and serial 10 Gigabit transceivers. The devices feature IEEE 802.3ae compliant PCS, PMA, WIS, and XGXS functionality, while supporting industrial standard management interface through their MDIO ports. The device’s small form factor and low power consumption make it ideal for XENPAK, XPAK, X2, and XFP fiber optic modules.
Marvell Semiconductor’s 10G portfolio includes:
• XAUI – XFI Physical Layer Devices in both LAN only and LAN/WAN (integrated WIS) support
• XGMII – XFI Physical Layer Devices in both LAN only and LAN/WAN (integrated WIS) support
• Single and Dual-Port XGMII < -- > XAUI XGXS devices
FEATURES:
10 Gigabit Ethernet PHYs:
- Selectable WAN interface sub-layer
- IEEE 802.3ae XAUI parallel interface
- XFI compliant serial 10 G interface
- 9.953 Gbps data rate
- On-chip clock generation and clock recovery
- On chip 64B/66B encoder/decoder
- IEEE 802.3ae MDIO interface
- IEEE 1149.1 JTAG test interface
- Small 256-pin TFBGA package (17mm x 17mm)
- 0.13-micron CMOS process
Gigabit Ethernet Solutions
 The Marvell Alaska family of Gigabit Ethernet over copper transceivers offers the industry’s lowest power, smallest form factor, highest performance, and highest port density solutions, all available in high volume production. Additionally, the devices support unique value-add features such as Virtual Cable Tester™ (VCT) technology used to diagnose the attached cable plant.
The Marvell Alaska Quad Fiber transceiver is the industry’s first and lowest power device to support the Ethernet GMII interface for Gigabit Ethernet over fiber applications. The Alaska QuadFiber transceiver is a single-chip device containing four independent Gigabit Ethernet fiber transceivers and supports a variety of applications, including Gigabit Ethernet over fiber, and high-speed serial backplanes.
Marvell also provides the industry’s only pin compatible Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet PHYs; allowing an pin-upgradeable path from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet seamlessly.
FEATURES:
Gigabit Ethernet PHYs:
• Ultra low power
• 10/100/1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3 compliant
• Support for GMII/RGMII/SGMII interfaces
• Advanced Virtual Cable Tester (VCT) feature
• Integrated 1.25 GHz SERDES
• Media Detect feature automatically detects and configures to either copper or fiber media
• GBIC/SFP mode
• Automatic support for 2-pair CAT 5 cable
• Power management modes
• Four RGMII timing modes
• Auto-MDI/MDIX crossover for all modes of operation
• Support IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG)
• IEEE 802.3u compliant Auto-Negotiation
• Direct drive LED support
• Software configurable LED support
• User programmable PHY address
• Multiple Loopback modes
Fast Ethernet Solutions
The Marvell Fast Ethernet PHY transceiver family offers the industry’s lowest power dissipation, smallest form factor, highest performance, and the most advanced feature set. The latest members of the Fast Ethernet PHY family significantly lead the industry with the lowest power consumption (130 mWatts per port), enabling network systems manufacturers to decrease system cost by reducing both power supply and fan requirements. Additionally, the devices support unique value-add features such as Virtual Cable Tester (VCT) technology used to diagnose the attached cable plant.
FEATURES:
Fast Ethernet PHYs:
• IEEE 802.3 compliant 100Base-TX and 10Base-T ports
• Ultra low power
• MII, SMII, RMII, RGMII interface support
• Pin upgradeable to Marvell Gigabit Ethernet Solutions
• VCT (Virtual Cable tester) Technology
• Energy Detect – power management modes
• IEEE 802.3u compliant Auto-Negotiation
• Software configurable LED support |
