ETC AC205

AC205
PRODUCT
Brief
5-PORT ULTRA LOW POWER 10/100 ETHERNET BRIDGED REPEATER
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S U M M A R Y
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is a member of the AC208 product family, with
• AC205
the same architecture and fabrication technology.
highest level of silicon integration achieved for a
• The
five-port 10/100 bridged repeater
• The AC205 integrates:
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• Five transceivers of 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
• 10M repeater
• 100M repeater
• Two-port bridge including:
- 32 KB memory for address table and packet buffer
- Local MAC address filter
- Address table up to 1K entries
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• MII or 7-wire port
• Fully compliant auto-negotiation
• Very small package – 100-pin PQFP
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• 280 sq. mm footprint
• Very low power – typical < 1.2W
• Selectable TX drivers for 1:1 or 1.25:1 transformers to enable
additional power reduction
• Cable detect mode – typical < .20W
• Power down mode – typical < .05W
Other members in the product family include AC208,
AC207, AC206 and AC205i.
Provides easy product migration.
Provides seamless integration for WAN connections
and system expansion.
Provides lowest overall cost and form factor for 10/100
repeater hub design and SOHO gateway and router
design.
Utilizes field-proven, industry-standard 10BASE-T/
100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet transceivers to lower
overall system interoperability and reliability risks.
Integrated memory reduces component cost and
manufacturing and testing costs.
Low power consumption and low heat dissipation
allow high design density and low system cost.
EEPROM-configured system parameter enables costsensitive architecture.
Configurable MII or 7-wire interface allows versatile
application with WAN connectivity.
AC205 Application with AC208 System Block Diagram
CPU
MII
7-wire
AC205
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AC205 Block Diagram
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RAM
• Integrated PHY, Repeater and Bridge
Bridge
MII
100M/5b
MII
• Integrated 1K MAC
10M/1b
R_100
• Integrated Packet Buffer Memory
R_10
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• Programmable LEDs via EEPROM
• MII or Reversed MII or 7-wire Interface
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10M/1b
RBP
100M/5b
MUX
MII
MII/
7-Wire
M
U
X
7 Wire
P
H
P
H
P
H
P
H
P
H
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
(TX0) (TX1) (TX2) (TX3) (TX4)
The Altima AC205 is a highly integrated 0.25u CMOS silicon
solution. It combines all the functions of a 10/100 dual-speed
bridged repeater, including PHY transceivers, an MII or 7-wire
hard-wire configurable interface, two internal repeaters, and a
two-port bridge with 32 KB embedded memory.
Because the AC205 has the smallest footprint and the lowest
power consumption, on a per-port basis, of any micro-LAN
solution, when all system costs are considered — power, heat,
components and real estate — the AC205 provides the lowest
overall system cost and most reliable design.
The AC205 contains five 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Fast
Ethernet transceivers, one of which can be configured into a fullduplex uplink port. The transceivers perform all of the physical
layer interface functions for 10BASE-T Ethernet on Category 3,
4, or 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable and 100BASE-TX
Fast Ethernet on Category 5 UTP cable.
The AC205 is a member of the AC208 Product Family. The
AC208 Product Family includes the AC208, AC207, AC206,
AC205 and AC205-I with the following features and
configurations:
The MII and 7-wire compatible MAC interface allows the
AC205 to be designed into many different applications, reducing
the number of separate devices necessary to meet multiple design
requirements.
The AC205 represents a marked improvement over the previous
generation of the dual-speed bridged repeater family AC108R.
Because the memory is embedded in the silicon, the AC205
offers the obvious advantage of cost savings in the discrete
memory device. Additionally, a 100-pin PQFP package means
savings in manufacturing and testing.
© 2002 by ALTIMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
A Broadcom Company. All rights reserved.
AC205-PB03-R-11.01.02
• AC208: 128-pin PQFP, eight-port TX with cascadable
backplane
• AC207: 128-pin PQFP, eight-port TX with MII or 7-wire
• AC206: 128-pin PQFP, five-port TX with MII or reversed MII
or 7-wire, cascadable repeater backplane
• AC205: 100-pin PQFP, five-port TX with MII or 7-wire
• AC205i: 100-pin PQFP, five-port TX with MII or 7-wire and
single independent TX port for IP phone
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16215 Alton Parkway, P.O. Box 57013
Irvine, California 92619-7013
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