Microchip Technology, Inc. 1 Port GbE Cu/Fiber PHY with (G/RG/S)MII VSC8211

The VSC8211 is ideal for Media Converter and 100BASE-FX applications. Its low power consumption and patented line driver technology reduce the cost and complexity of Gigabit Ethernet (GE) system designs. The VSC8211's integrated 1.25 G SerDes and Auto-Media Sense™ feature allow system designers to support Category-5 twisted pair, fiber optic, and backplane interfaces from a single device. Microchip's mixed signal and DSP architecture yields robust performance, supporting both full and half duplex 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T over >140m of Category 5, unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable, with industry leading tolerance to NEXT, FEXT, Echo, and system noise. Additional Features Very low power consumption: less than 700 mW Patented, low EMI line driver with integrated line side termination resistors Automatic media sensing detects and configures to support either copper or fiber media Full suite of BIST, MAC, far-end, and connector loopback modes Over 150 m of Category-5 reach with the industry's highest noise tolerance VeriPHY™ cable diagnostics software suite