
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 : Jun/19/2000
FAX: 886-3-579-9558
http://www.asix.com.tw
AX88790 L
3-in-1 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet Controller
10/100BASE 3-in-1 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet Controller
Document No.: AX790-15 / V1.5 / Jan. 24 ’02
Features
Highly integrated with embedded 10/100Mbps
MAC, PHY and Transceiver
Compliant
with
100BASE-TX/FX specification
Single chip PCMCIA bus 10/100Mbps Fast
Ethernet MAC Controller
Embedded 8K * 16 bit SRAM
NE2000 register level compatible instruction
Compliant with 16 bit PC Card Standard -
February 1995
Support both 10Mbps and 100Mbps data rate
Support both full-duplex or half-duplex operation
Provides FAX/MODEM interface for COMBO AP
Provides an extra MII port for supporting other
media. For example, Home-LAN application
IEEE
802.3/802.3u
Support 128/256 bytes EEPROM (used for saving
CIS)
Support automatic loading of Ethernet ID, CIS and
Adapter Configuration from EEPROM on
power-on initialization
External and internal loop-back capability
Support 3 General Purpose Input pins
Low Power Consumption, typical under 100mA
128-pin LQFP low profile package
0.25 Micron low power CMOS process. 25MHz
Operation, Pure 3.3V operation with 5V I/O
tolerance.
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Product description
The AX88790 Fast Ethernet Controller is a high performance and highly integrated PCMCIA bus Ethernet Controller
with embedded 10/100Mbps PHY/Transceiver and 8K*16 bit SRAM. The AX88790 contains a 16 bit PCMCIA
interfaces to host CPU and compliant with PC Card Standard – February 1995. The AX88790 implements both 10Mbps
and 100Mbps Ethernet function based on IEEE802.3 / IEEE802.3u LAN standard. The AX88790 also provides an extra
IEEE802.3u compliant media-independent interface (MII) to support other media applications. Using MII interface,
Home LAN PHY type media can be supported. The AX88790 is built in interface to connect FAX/MODEM chipset with
parallel bus interface.
Typical System Block Diagram
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AX88790 with 10/100 PHY/TxRx
MODEM
DAA
MAGNETIC
RJ45
RJ11
PCMCIA I/F
EEPROM
Home LAN PHY
/TxRx
MAGNETIC
RJ11