Section 1
Intr oduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
Features ................................................................................................................................................. 1-2
Reference Documents .............................................................................................................................1- 4
Section 2
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 2-1
External Signals ...................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Pin Assignments ..................................................................................................................................... 2-3
Signal Descriptions ................................................................................................................................. 2-4
Section 3
MII data Interface .................................................................................................................................... 3-1
Management Agent ................................................................................................................................ 3-2
Power Management ................................................................................................................................ 3-2
Auto-Negotiation ..................................................................................................................................... 3-2
100 Base-TX Digital Block ...................................................................................................................... 3-3
10Base-T Digital Block ........................................................................................................................... 3-5
Section 4
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
Description of operation ................................................................................................................. 4-2
4B/5B Encoder, Decoder ............................................................................................................... 4-4
4B/5B Decoder(Receive STM) ....................................................................................................... 4-6
Carrier Sense ................................................................................................................................. 4-9
Scrambling ..................................................................................................................................... 4-10
Link Monitor .................................................................................................................................... 4-12
PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATION
KS8910 100/10 Mbps ETHERNET CONTROLLER
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