switch function鈥?/div>
It is design for low cost dumb HUB application. The AX88872 directly supports up-to eight
10/100Mbps automatic links RMII interfaces. Maximum up-to 96 repeater ports can be constructed by stacking 1
AX88872 and 2 AX88873 chips horizontally and then cascading 4 horizontal boards vertically. About the build in
4-port switch: The switch port3 is fixed to 10Mbps speed and connects to 10Mbps repeater segment, The switch port2
is fixed to 100Mbps and connects to 100M repeater segment. The switch ports 0 and 1 are connected to external MII
or RMII interfaces for various applications. For example, one port is used for down link and the other is used for up
link to extend the network topology. The other case is one port for up link and the other port for server. The AX88872
is designed base on IEEE 802.3u clause 27 鈥?Repeater for 100Mb/s base-band networks鈥?It is fully compatible with
IEEE 802.3u standard. Please refer Ax873-12.doc to get more information about AX88873.
System Block Diagram
10Mbps and 100Mbps Vertical cascade up to 4 stacks
Buffer
10Mbps horizontal cascade
100Mbps horizontal cascade
AX88873 #1
Repeater Controller
AX88873 #0
Repeater Controller
AX88872 #0
Swipeater Controller
PHY for Up-link
2 Quad RMII PHY
2 Quad RMII PHY
2 Quad RMII PHY
PHY for Down-link or Server
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