Small Footprint RMII 10/100 Ethernet Transceiver with HP Auto-MDIX Support
Datasheet
Revision 1.0 (05-28-09)
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SMSC LAN8720/LAN8720i
DATASHEET
CRS_DV toggles at 25 MHz in 100Mb/s mode and 2.5 MHz in 10Mb/s mode when CRS ends before
RXDV (i.e. the FIFO still has bits to transfer when the carrier event ends.) Therefore, the MAC can
accurately recover RXDV and CRS.
During a false carrier event, CRS_DV shall remain asserted for the duration of carrier activity. The data
on RXD[1:0] is considered valid once CRS_DV is asserted. However, since the assertion of CRS_DV
is asynchronous relative to REF_CLK, the data on RXD[1:0] shall be “00” until proper receive signal
decoding takes place.
4.7
Reference Clock
The LAN8720 is designed to operate in one of two available modes as shown in
During start-up, the LAN8720 monitors the
LED2/nINTSEL
pin to determine which mode has been
configured as described in
In the first mode, the 50MHz REF_CLK is driven on the
XTAL1/CLKIN
pin. This is the traditional
system configuration when using RMII, and is described in
. In the second mode, an
advanced feature of the LAN8720 allows a low-cost 25MHz crystal to be used as the reference for
REF_CLK. This configuration may result in reduced system cost and is described in
Table 4.2 REFCLK Modes
MODE
REF_CLK DESCRIPTION
REF_CLK In Mode
Sourced externally, driven on the
XTAL1/CLKIN
pin
REF_CLK Out Mode
Sourced by
LAN8720/LAN8720i
at the
REFCLKO
pin
