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Fast Ethernet 10/100 Quad Transceivers — LXT974/LXT975

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2.5.3

100BASE-X Protocol Sublayer Operations

With respect to the 7-layer communications model, the LXT974/975 is a Physical Layer 1 (PHY)

device. The LXT974/975 implements the Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium

Attachment (PMA), and Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayers of the reference model

defined by the IEEE 802.3u specification. The following paragraphs discuss LXT974/975

operation from the reference model point of view.

2.5.4

PCS Sublayer

The Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) provides the MII interface, as well as the 4B/5B encoding/

decoding function.

For 100TX and 100FX operation, the PCS layer provides IDLE symbols to the PMD-layer line

driver as long as TX_EN is de-asserted.

For 10T operation, the PCS layer merely provides a bus interface and serialization/de-serialization

function. 10T operation does not use the 4B/5B encoder.

2.5.4.1

Preamble Handling

When the MAC asserts TX_EN, the PCS substitutes a /J/K symbol pair, also known as the Start of

Stream Delimiter (SSD), for the first two nibbles received across the MII. The PCS layer continues

to encode the remaining MII data, following Table 19 on page 32, until TX_EN is de-asserted. It

then returns to supplying IDLE symbols to the line driver.

In the receive direction, the PCS layer performs the opposite function, substituting two preamble

nibbles for the SSD.

Figure 15. LXT974/975 Protocol Sublayers

Encoder/Decoder

Serializer/De-serializer

Link/Carrier Detect

PCS

Sublayer

PMA

Sublayer

MII Interface

PECL Interface

Fiber Transceiver

LXT974

100BASE-TX

100BASE-FX

Scrambler/

De-scrambler

PMD

Sublayer

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