Product Summary

The BCM5238BA3KFB is an octal transceiver containing eight independent Fast Ethernet transceivers. Each performs all the physical layer functions for 100BASE-TX full- or half-duplex Ethernet on Category 5 UTP cable and 10BASE-T full- or half-duplex Ethernet on Category 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable. The BCM5238BA3KFB chip performs encoding and decoding, clock and data recovery, digital adaptive equalization, line transmission, carrier sense and link integrity monitoring, autonegotiation and RMII/SMII management functions. The BCM5238BA3KFB is compliant with the IEEE 802.3 standard.

Features

BCM5238BA3KFB features: (1)Single-chip, eight-port Fast Ethernet transceiver; (2)Low-power 1.8V CMOS technology; (3)Serial Media Independent Interface (SMII); (4)Source Synchronous SMII (SSSMII); (5)HP Auto-MDIX automatic crossover; (6)Supports 10BASE-T Polarity Correction; (7)Compatible with 2.5V I/O and 3.3V I/O; (8)Fully integrated digital adaptive equalization; (9)Up to 150 meters of error-free operation; (10)Full-duplex support; (11)Interrupt output capability; (12)128-pin PQFP or 256-ball BGA package; (13)Proven Broadcom proprietary all-DSP Digi-Φ architecture.

Diagrams

BCM5238BA3KFB block diagram

BCM5208
BCM5208

Other


Data Sheet

Negotiable 
BCM5208R
BCM5208R

Other


Data Sheet

Negotiable 
BCM5221
BCM5221

Other


Data Sheet

Negotiable 
BCM5221A2KPTG/ROHS
BCM5221A2KPTG/ROHS

Other


Data Sheet

Negotiable 
BCM5221A4KPTG/ROHS
BCM5221A4KPTG/ROHS

Other


Data Sheet

Negotiable 
BCM5222
BCM5222

Other


Data Sheet

Negotiable