What does "PHY" refer to? - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Oct 20, 2021 · a PHY is a type of Ethernet physical layer (eg. 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T) a PHY is an Ethernet transceiver IC (eg. an IC that converts 100BASE-TX to MII/RMII) a PHY is a …
what is the difference between PHY and MAC chip
Jul 11, 2013 · what is the difference between PHY and MAC chip Ask Question Asked 12 years, 5 months ago Modified 12 years, 5 months ago
microcontroller - Why are Ethernet MAC and PHY separate?
Dec 16, 2022 · The PHY also dissipates a significant amount of power all by itself. And sometimes different media require different PHYs, but the MAC can be the same. For all of …
Ethernet switch IC ports in MAC and PHY mode
Nov 8, 2021 · 1/ for port 2 and 6, the phy is external. Unfortunately though not all phy information is present on an RGMII/GMII and this is sent over MDIO/MDC. The switch needs to know you …
Connecting a PHY to another PHY on a same board
Aug 14, 2022 · Generally, if I'm connecting a PHY to RJ45 connector, I would add center tap capacitors and Bob-Smith termination like below. But if I am connecting a PHY to another …
In USB, what is the difference between a PHY and a transceiver?
Mar 26, 2013 · A Phy is similar to a transceiver in that there is usually different signal standards on "both sides of the chip". With Ethernet it is MII/GMII/etc on one side and, well, Ethernet on …
The SERDES/transceiver design inside the Ethernet MAC controller
Nov 15, 2019 · The 1st and 2nd figures are normal application which transmits the data through copper media with coded information (through PCS/PMD/PMA inside the PHY chip). The …
1000Base-KX PHY - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Mar 10, 2021 · I am having trouble finding an Ethernet PHY that specifically advertises as being compliant with 1000Base-KX (to be sent over a VXP backplane, a single RX pair and a single …
MIPI C-PHY Signal Routing - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Sep 14, 2021 · I've been looking for a good, definitive reference example for MIPI C-PHY signal routing and have come up short. Bear in mind that C-PHY uses a set of 3 signals per lane, …
How to define PHY mode and MAC mode between back to back …
Oct 13, 2023 · When connecting these devices in back to back mode with RGMII interface between then, I need to define which switch is PHY and which would be MAC right? In that …