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VPPD-02123. 1.1. 4/16
Best-in-Class Power Consumption
• Lowest power GbE PHY in the industry, using Microsemi’s
65nm SimpliPHY™ technology
• Green energy effi ciency modes including ActiPHY™, Perfect-
Reach™, and Draft IEEE 802.3az
• Programmable direct drive LEDs with adjustable brightness
levels
• Optimal power consumption for all link speeds
Features
• 12 integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T full and half duplex
Ethernet transceivers with VeriPHY™ cable diagnostics
• SGMII and QSGMII SerDes MAC interfaces
• Four dual media copper/fi ber ports with unidirectional
IEEE802.3ah support
• Patented line driver with low EMI voltage mode and integrated
line side termination resistors
• Integrated quad I2C mux to control SFP and PoE modules
• Recovered clock outputs with programmable clock squelch
control and fast link failure indication (<1 ms) for G.8261 SyncE
applications
• Jumbo frame support up to 16 kB with programmable
synchronization FIFOs
• Integrated AC-coupling capacitors on the MAC interface
• Extensive test features including loopbacks, packet generators,
and CRC counters
• HP auto-MDIX support
Key Specifi cations
• 1.0 V core power supply
• 2.5 V I/O power supplies
• 3.3 V-tolerant 2.5 V inputs
• 27 mm × 27 mm ball grid array package
• Supports SGMII v1.9 and QSGMII v1.3, 1000BASE-X MACs,
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary scan, and IEEE 1149.6 AC-JTAG
• Compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T, 10BASE-Te, 100BASE-
TX, 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-FX, and 1000BASE-X)
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VSC8512
12-Port 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY with SGMII and QSGMII MAC Interface