
ASIX ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
2F, NO.13, Industry East Rd. II, Science-based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
TEL: 886-3-579-9500
Frist Released Date: Dec/20/2001
FAX: 886-3-579-9558
http://www.asix.com.tw
AX88172 L
USB to Fast Ethernet/HomePNA Controller
USB to Fast Ethernet/HomePNA Controller
Document No.: AX172-4/ V1.4 / DEC, 20/02
Features
Single chip USB to 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet and
1/10Mbps HomePNA and HomePlug Network
Controller
Compliant with USB specification 1.0 and 1.1 and
2.0
Full/High
Speed USB Device with bus power
capability
Support 4 endpoints on USB
IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-T, TX, and T4 Compatible
Embedded 7K*16 bit SRAM, 256*16 bit SRAM
and 8 FIFOs
Support both full-duplex or half-duplex operation
on Fast Ethernet
Provides a MII port for both Ethernet and
HomePNA/ HomePlug PHY interface
Supports suspended mode and remote wakeup
(link_up or magic packet
or external pin)
Optional PHY power down mode for power saving
Support (94c56/93c66) 256/512 bytes serial
EEPROM (used for saving USB Descriptors)
Support automatic loading of Ethernet ID, USB
Descriptors and Adapter Configuration from
EEPROM on power-on initialization
External PHY loop-back diagnostic capability
Small form factor with 80-pin LQFP package
Single 12MHz clock input, pure 3.3V operation
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Product description
The AX88172 USB to Fast Ethernet/HomePNA/HomePlug Controller is a high performance and highly integrated
Controller with embedded 7K*16 bit SRAM. The AX88172 contains a USB interface to host CPU and compliant with
USB Standard V1.0, V1.1 and V2.0. The AX88172 could be used for both 10M/100Mbps Fast Ethernet function based on
IEEE802.3 / IEEE802.3u LAN standard and 1M/10M HomePNA standard. The AX88172 supports media-independent
interface (MII) to simplify the design on implementing Fast Ethernet and HomePNA functions.
System Block Diagram
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AX88172
10/100 Mbps Ethernet
PHY/TxRx
MAGNETIC
RJ45
USB I/F
EEPROM
1/10 Mbps
Home LAN PHY
MAGNETIC
RJ11