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  • [FAQ] How can I ensure a successful PCIe Gen5 design?

    3 Tips for a successful PCIe Gen5 design With PCIe datarates increasing to 32Gbps in the latest PCIe Gen5 specification, PCIe has allowed for data higher throughput than ever before. Unfortunately, higher data rates can also mean more signal integrity…

  • [FAQ] DP83867CR: How to generate free-running 125MHz clock from DP83867?

    Part Number: DP83867CR To generate free running clock of 125MHz on the CLKOUT pin of DP83867 (synced with local reference clock on XI pin) : program register 0x0170[12:8] = 01000

  • [FAQ] DP83867CR: How to generate recovered clock using DP83867?

    Part Number: DP83867CR To generate clock in sync with the link-partner (recovered clock of 125MHz or 25MHz) on the CLKOUT pin of DP83867 : program register 0x0170[12:8] = 00000 for 125MHz program register 0x0170[12:8] = 00100 for 25MHz Note…

  • [FAQ] ESD and TVS Protection Devices: All Technical Documentation

    Application Notes Protecting Automotive Can Bus Systems from ESD Overvoltage Events ESD and Surge Protection for USB Interfaces Automotive SerDes ESD Protection MSP430 System-Level ESD Considerations (Rev. B)…

  • [FAQ] DP83TD510E: Can we use a transformer instead of Capacitor for AC coupling on the MDI side for DP83TD510?

    Part Number: DP83TD510E Yes, transformer can be used for filtering out the DC signal when the data is passing through the MDI side. In fact, we use transformer to filter out the AC signal in the Power over Data Line (PoDL) application. Here are the…

  • [FAQ] What is the difference between RMII slave signaling and RMII master signaling?

    RMII slave signaling is connecting 50MHz Crystal to two XI pin of the PHY and/or MAC RMII master signaling is connection 25MHz Crystal to one Master and provide a 50MHz reference lock through REF_CLK pin to the XI pin of the slave side. Slave side does…

  • [FAQ] DP83TC812R-Q1: How can I connect PHYs back to back over RMII?

    Part Number: DP83TC812R-Q1 There are two type of mode that RMII can support: RMII normal mode and RMII Repeater mode: RMII normal mode is also known as MAC to PHY RMII connection. This mode is set as default mode in DP83TC812 so it did not need…

  • [FAQ] DP83TC811S-Q1: Why is Slave/Managed mode PHY linking up with Master/Autonomous PHY link partner?

    Part Number: DP83TC811S-Q1 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DP83TC811R-Q1 When using DP83TC811S-Q1 (or DP83TC811R-Q1), and setting the PHY into managed mode as a slave device via bootstrapping settings, if this device is connected to a master link partner…

  • [FAQ] DS90UH949-Q1: Disable HDCP to work with UB Deserializer

    Part Number: DS90UH949-Q1 Hello, My customer would like to use DS90 UH949 -Q1 devices in place of the DS90 UB949A -Q1 to keep production running. In reviewing the details they have the following questions. Can the HDCP function be disabled? If…

  • [FAQ] Why am I getting "clause-45 not supported" and "error-95" errors with PHY drivers?

    Possible reason can be : - "phy_read_mmd" and "phy_write_mmd" are not supported in your kernel version (if version is old). Possible solution to be evaluated : - Change "phy_write_mmd" to "phy_write_mmd_indirect" function and do the corresponding…

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