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DP83848-EP: Frequency Divider for Clock Generation in MII Mode

Part Number: DP83848-EP

The datasheet for DP83848 indicates in Table 3-4, that the pin XI expects a 25MHz external clock source in MII Mode.

Further, the Functional Block Diagram in Section 1.4 depicts a "Clock Generation" block and a 25MHz Clock Source for both 10/100Mbps.

The assumption that I am making from this is that in 100Mbps-MII Mode, the PHY essentially sends the 25MHz Clock Input as TX_CLK and RX_CLK to the EMAC. In 10Mbps-MII Mode, the PHY has a frequency divider (/10) to generate TX_CLK and RX_CLK of 2.5MHz from the same 25MHz Clock Input. This frequency divider operation seems to be reflected by Bits 11-15 in BMSR (Basic Mode Status Register). 

Is the above assumption (of generating 2.5MHz or 25MHz from same 25MHz clock source) correct ? If yes, is there any documentation of this frequency divider and/or some system description of the frequency divider outputs being controlled by Strap Option Pins (AN_EN, AN_1, AN_0 and MII_MODE) ?

  • Hello 

    Thank you for the query.

    Please see below on the reference clock and your statement matches with the below.

    MII TRANSMIT CLOCK: 25-MHz transmit clock output in 100-Mbps mode or 2.5 MHz in 10-Mbps mode derived from the 25-MHz reference clock.

    This is an internal implementation and the explanation in the datasheet is all that is available for customer.

    Regards,

    sreenivasa