ICS1893BY-10 - Release
Chapter 6 Functional Blocks
6.6.2.7 Management Frame Turnaround
A valid management frame includes a turn-around field (TA), which is a 2-bit time space between the
REGAD field and the Data field. This time allows an ICS1893BY-10 and an STA to avoid contentions during
read transactions. During an operation that is a:
• Read, an ICS1893BY-10 remains in the high-impedance state during the first bit time and subsequently
drives its MDIO pin to logic zero for the second bit time.
• Write, an ICS1893BY-10 waits while the STA transmits a logic one, followed by a logic zero on its MDIO
pin.
6.6.2.8 Management Frame Data
A valid management frame includes a 16-bit Data field for exchanging the register contents between the
ICS1893BY-10 and the STA. All Management Registers are 16 bits wide, matching the width of the Data
field. During a transaction that is a:
• Read, (OP is 10b) the ICS1893BY-10 obtains the contents of the register identified in the REGAD field
and returns this Data to the STA synchronously with its MDC signal.
• Write, (OP is 01b) the ICS1893BY-10 stores the value of the Data field in the register identified in the
REGAD field.
If the STA attempts to:
• Read from a non-existent ICS1893BY-10 register, the ICS1893BY-10 returns logic one for all bits in the
Data field, FFFFh.
• Write to a non-existant ICS1893BY-10 register, the ICS1893BY-10 isolates the Data field of the
management frame from every reaching the registers.
Note: The first Data bit transmitted and received is the most-significant bit of a Management Register, bit
X.15.
6.6.2.9 Serial Management Interface Idle State
The MDIO signal is in an idle state during the time between STA transactions. When the Serial
Management Interface is in the idle state, the ICS1893BY-10 disables (that is, tri-states) its MDIO pin,
which enters a high-impedance state. The ISO/IEC 8802-3 standard requires that an MDIO signal be idle
for at least one bit time between management transactions. However, the ICS1893BY-10 does not have
this limitation and can support a continual bit stream on its MDIO signals.
ICS1893BY-10 Rev A 3/24/04
March, 2004
Copyright © 2004, Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc.
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