ICS1893BY-10 - Release
Chapter 4 Operating Modes Overview
4.1.2.3 Software Reset
Entering Software Reset
Initiation of a software reset occurs when a management entity writes a logic one to Control Register bit
0.15. When this write occurs, the ICS1893BY-10 enters the reset state for two REF_IN clock cycles.
Note: Entering a software reset is nearly identical to entering a hardware reset or a power-on reset,
except that during a software-initiated reset, the ICS1893BY-10 does not enter the power-down
state.
Exiting Software Reset
At the completion of a reset (either hardware, power-on, or software), the ICS1893BY-10 sets all registers
to their default values. This action automatically clears (that is, sets equal to logic zero) Control Register bit
0.15, the software reset bit. Therefore, for a software reset (only), bit 0.15 is a self-clearing bit that indicates
the completion of the reset process.
Note:
1. The RESETn pin is active low but Control Register bit 0.15 is active high.
2. Exiting a software reset is nearly identical to exiting a hardware reset or a power-on reset, except that
upon exiting a software-initiated reset, the ICS1893BY-10 does not re-latch its Serial Management Port
Address into the Extended Control Register. [For information on the Serial Management Port Address,
see Section 7.11.3, “PHY Address (bits 16.10:6)”.]
3. The Control Register bit 0.15 does not represent the status of a hardware reset. It is a self-clearing bit
that is used to initiate a software reset. During a hardware or power-on reset, Control Register bit 0.15
does not get set to logic one. As a result, this bit 0.15 cannot be used to indicate the completion of the
reset process for hardware or power-on resets.
4.2 Power-Down Operations
The ICS1893BY-10 enters the power-down state whenever either (1) the RESETn pin is low or (2) Control
Register bit 0.11 (the Power-Down bit) is logic one. In the power-down state, the ICS1893BY-10 disables all
internal functions and drives all MAC/Repeater Interface output pins to logic zero except for those that
support the MII Serial Management Port. In addition, the ICS1893BY-10 tri-states its Twisted-Pair Transmit
pins (TP_TXP and TP_TXN) to achieve an additional reduction in power.
There is one significant difference between entering the power-down state by setting Control Register bit
0.11 as opposed to entering the power-down state during a reset. When the ICS1893BY-10 enters the
power-down state:
• By setting Control Register bit 0.11, the ICS1893BY-10 maintains the value of all Management Register
bits except for the latching low (LL), latching high (LH), and latching maximum (LMX) status bits. Instead,
these LL, LH, and LMX Management Register bits are re-initialized to their default values.
• During a reset, the ICS1893BY-10 sets all of its Management Register bits to their default values. It does
not maintain the state of any Management Register bit.
For more information on power-down operations, see the following:
• Section 7.14, “Register 19: Extended Control Register 2”
• Section 9.4, “DC Operating Characteristics”, which has tables that specify the ICS1893BY-10 power
consumption while in the power-down state
ICS1893BY-10 Rev A 3/24/04
March, 2004
Copyright © 2004, Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc.
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