ETC 88X2012

Transceiver
Solutions
Alaska® X
10 Gigabit Serial to XGMII Transceiver
88X2012
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
TXD[31:0]
TXC[3:0]
TX_CLK
RXD[31:0]
RXC[3:0]
RX_CLK
FIFO
64B/66B
Encoder
Serializer
FIFO
64B/66B
Decoder
Deserializer
TBG/Clock
Synthesizer
MDC
MDIO
INTn
Management
Interface
Registers
S_OP
S_ON
XFP_CLKP
XFP_CLKN
S_IP
S_IN
XFI Interface
XGMII Interface
The Marvell¨ Alaska¨ X device (88X2012) is a CMOS 10 Gigabit serial interface transceiver. The 88X2012 transceiver
provides dedicated 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel (GFC) LAN PHY serial operation. This
transceiver performs all of the necessary serial to XGMII functions, while achieving a very low power dissipation of
1.0 Watt. The parallel and serial interfaces on the device are IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Media Independent
Interface (XGMII) and PMA serial interface (XFI compliant), respectively.
The Alaska X device incorporates on-chip clock generation and recovery. The parallel interface is implemented
with XGMII HSTL I/O. The 88X2012 device eliminates the XAUI interface thereby improving power consumption
and data latency. The device supports industry standard management interface through its MDIO port. The highspeed serial interface allows direct interface with XFP MSA serial fiber optic modules, or can be directly interfaced
with optical drivers and receivers.
Clock and
Data
Recovery
LEDs
JTAG
TRSTn
TCK
TDI
TMS
TDO
Fig 1. Alaska X 10 Gigabit Transceiver (88X2012) Block Diagram
FEATURES
¥ IEEE 802.3ae XGMII parallel interface
¥ XFI compliant serial 10 G interface
¥ 10.3125 to 10.51875 Gbps data rates
¥ On-chip clock generation and clock recovery
¥ On-chip 64B/66B encoder/decoder
¥ Internal CRPAT, CJPAT and PRBS test pattern generator
¥ Independent clock generator and CDR per channel
¥ On-chip serial terminations (50 ohms)
¥ Low power dissipation: 1.0 Watt
¥ 1.5V or 1.8V XGMII HSTL I/O
¥ IEEE 802.3ae MDIO interface
¥ IEEE 1149.1 JTAG test interface
¥ Small 256-pin TFBGA package (17mm x 17mm)
¥ 0.13-micron CMOS process
BENEFITS
¥ IEEE compliant interface ensures interoperability
¥ XFP MSA interoperability
¥ Supports 10 GbE and 10 GFC
¥ Simplifies system timing requirements
¥ Provides standards compliant coding
¥ Assists testing and diagnostics
¥ Provides robust performance
¥ Allow for fewer external components
¥ Lowers overall system power
¥ Provides interface flexibility
¥ Eases programmability
¥ Allows for superior manufacturability
¥ Occupies less board space
¥ State-of-the-art production process
Alaska® X 10 Gigabit Serial to XGMII Transceiver
APPLICATIONS
The Marvell Alaska X transceiver operates as the XFI to XGMII converter between XFP MSA optical modules and switch devices in
10 GbE and 10 GFC applications. The device connects to serial interface optical modules using the XFI interface and to the switch
devices using the XGMII interface.
The Alaska X supports a simplified architecture for 10 GbE and 10 GFC applications using an XFP MSA or similar serial optical
module. Serial data is converted directly to XGMII format without using unnecessary interfaces and coding, such as XSBI and
XAUI/XGXS. This results in a low power solution with minimal latency.
The device is also well-suited for use with discrete optics and physical media semiconductor devices. Manufacturers can optimize
fiber optic connections to achieve lower cost or optimize the optics for the application.
The 88X2012 device is ideally suited for the following applications:
1. 10 GbE links: XGMII to 10.3125 Gbps serial interface
2. 10 GFC: XGMII to 10.51875 Gbps serial interface 3. 10 Gigabit performance monitor: receive only
The 88X2012 product seamlessly interfaces with the following:
1. XFP optical modules
2. Laser diode drivers/electro-absorption modulator drivers
3. Transimpedance amplifiers
4. Transmitter and receiver optical sub-assemblies
XGMII
Switch
Fabric
XFI
Alaska X
10 Gigabit
Transceiver
(88X2012)
10 Gbps
Fiber
XFP
10 Gbps
Optical Module
XFI
XFP
10 Gbps
Optical Module
XGMII
Alaska X
10 Gigabit
Transceiver
(88X2012)
10 Gbps
Switch
Fabric
Fig 2. Alaska X 10 Gigabit Transceiver (88X2012) Applications Diagram
The Marvell Alaska X 10 Gigabit serial to XGMII transceiver comes with a complete set of hardware and
software development tools to assist network hardware engineers with product evaluation. MarvellÕs worldwide field applications engineers
collaborate closely with network equipment vendors to develop and deliver new competitive products to market on time. Marvell utilizes
recognized world-leading semiconductor foundry and packaging services to reliably deliver high-volume and low cost total solutions.
THE MARVELL ADVANTAGE:
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Phone 408.222.2500
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