BENEFITS:

Eliminates Heatsinks and Fans for Gigabit to the Desktop LAN Switches

Removes 576 Passive Components in 48-port Switch Applications

Compatible with a Wide Variety of Parallel I/F Switch ICs

Simplifies PCB Layout; Eliminates PCB Trombones

Ensures Seamless Deployment Throughout Copper Networks with Industry’s

Highest Tolerance to Noise and Substandard Cable Plants

Provides for Maximum Jumbo Frame Sizes in Custom SAN and LAN Systems

Eliminates External Components and EMI Issues

Provides Maximum System Design Flexibility

Offers Design Engineer a Solution to Fit any Unmanaged or Managed

System Requirement

Simplifies Comprehensive In-system Test to Ensure the Highest Product

Quality

Enables Network Manufacturers to Simplify Deployment and Improve

Network Management Capabilities of Gigabit Ethernet Links

Compatible with 1st Generation 1000BASE-T PHYs; Supports Auto

MDI/MDI-X Even when Autonegotiation is Disabled

Most Cost Effective Technology Eliminates More Expensive Analog

Process Variants

FEA TURES:

Lowest Power Consumption in the Industry at Less Than 640m W/port

(1000BASE-T mode)

Patented, Low EMI Line Driver with Integrated Line Side Termination

Resistors

Supports RGMII v1.3 (2.5V & 3.3V) & v2.0 (1.5V HSTL), 1.8V (SSTL

Compatible)

User-programmable RGMII Timing Compensation

Compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)

Specifications

>10kB Jumbo Frame Support with Programmable Synchronization FIFOs

Five Direct Drive LEDs with On-chip Filtering Interface Option

Serial LED Interface Option

Three User Configuration Options: 1) Optional Serial EEPROM,

2) Hardware Configuration Pins, or 3) Serial Management Interface (SMI)

Full Suite of BIST, MAC, and Far-end Loopback Modes

VeriPHY™ Link Cable Diagnostics Software Suite

Automatic Detection and Correction of Cable Pair Swaps, Pair Skew and

Pair Polarity, Along with HP Auto MDI/MDI-X Crossover Function

Manufactured in Advanced 0.13

µm, 3.3V/1.2V Digital CMOS Process

Quad Port 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY with RGMII / RTBI MAC Interfaces

ETHERNET PRODUCTS

PB-VSC8244-002

VSC8244

APPLICA TIONS:

High Density 10/100/100BASE-T LAN & MAN Switches and Routers

Gigabit Ethernet-based SAN, NAS, and MAN Systems

Workgroup LAN Switches and Routers

High Performance Workstations and Multi-port Server NICs

PICMG 2.16 and 3.0 Backplane Applications

10/100/1000 Mbps

Ethernet MAC

10/100/1000 Mbps

Ethernet MAC

10/100/1000 Mbps

Ethernet MAC

10/100/1000 Mbps

Ethernet MAC

Management

Interface

Optional

EEPROM

MDC, MDIO

MDINT#_n

Serial I/F

Magnetics

RJ-45

RJ-45

RJ-45

RJ-45

Magnetics

Magnetics

Magnetics

VSC8244

Quad

10/100/1000BASE-T

Transceiver

+1.2 V

+3.3 V

RGMII, RTBI

Copper Media