
VSC8476
F E AT U R E S :
10GbE and Fibre Channel Serial LAN Transceiver
Fully Compliant per IEEE802.3ae and T11 10GFC
XFI compliant 10.5 GbPs High-speed Front-end
Enhanced IO for Long Reach Copper Interconnect
4 x 3.125 & 3.182 Gbps XAUI I/O
XAUI I/O Programmability: Lane Swap, Bit Order Swap, Invert,
Deskew, Amplitude, Emphasis and Equalization
Multiple Loop back Modes and Built in Self Test capabilities
JTAG Access Port
1.8V & 1.2V & 1.5V Supplies
TTL-compatible (1.5V or 1.8V or 3.3V Supply)
1W (Typical) Power
B L O C K D I A G R A M :
XAUI to XFI 10GE & 10GFC Transceiver
A P P L I C AT I O N S :
10 Gbps Ethernet Switches
10 Gbps Ethernet Routers
10 Gbps Ethernet Network Interface Cards
10 Gbps Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
10 Gbps Fibre Channel Switches
B E N E F I T S :
Alternate High Speed Data Output with Emphasis for Copper
Interconnect Applications
Enhanced High Speed Input Equalization to Copper Interconnect
Beyond the XFI Requirements
1mm Ball Pitch for Reduced Assembly Cost
1kV ESD on all Pins for Robust Performance in Assembly and
End User Applications
Lower Cost of Ownership with Low Power, 1W Typical,
Allowing for Higher Density and Operating Without a Heat
Sink in Most Applications
Offering Multiple Loop Backs and Built in Self Test for
Improved Test Capabilities and Reduced System Debug and
Bring Up Time
TRANSPORT PRODUCTS
PB-VSC8476-001
Enterprise
Access
Metro
Core
XFI
Interface
RXIN+
RXIN
XGMII
Extender
Sublayer
(XGXS)
XGMII
(Tx)
1
2
XGMII
(Rx)
Physical
Coding
Sublayer
(PCS)
MDIO
XGMII
Outputs
32 + 4
XGMII
Inputs
32 + 4
VSC8476
JTAG
Physical Media
Attachment
(PMA)
XAUI
Interface
XRX[0]+
XRX[0]
XRX[1]+
XRX[1]
XRX[2]+
XRX[2]
XRX[3]+
XRX[3]
XTX[0]+
XTX[0]
XTX[1]+
XTX[1]
XTX[2]+
XTX[2]
XTX[3]+
XTX[3]
16:1
10.5GHz
CMU
10.5GHz
CRU
3
4
16:1
TXDOUT+
TXDOUT