RTL8169S-32
INTEGRATED GIGABIT ETHERNET CONTROLLER (NIC)
DATASHEET
Rev. 1.8
20 June 2005
Track ID: JATR-1076-21
RTL8169S-32
Datasheet
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REVISION HISTORY
Revision
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
Release Date
2003/03/20
2003/04/12
2003/06/24
2003/09/23
2003/09/24
2004/01/16
2004/02/26
2004/08/12
2005/06/20
Summary
First release.
Revised pin name and pin assignments.
Minor 233-pin TFBGA pin number corrections.
IEEE 802.3z changed to IEEE 802.3ab in General Description.
Add the voltage variation to DC characteristics.
Remove “JTAG support” from the Features section. The RTL8169S does not
support JTAG.
EEDI/AUX and EEDO description changed in Table 3, page 7.
VDD18 parameters changed in Table 12, page 21, and Table 15, page 22.
Revised Pin 126 (VDD18A) description (see Table 8, page 9, Table 11, page 21,
Table 12, page 21, and Table 15, page 22).
Remove RTL8110S-64 support. The RTL8110S-64 is no longer available.
Add part numbers for Lead Free and Green Package in Table 20, page 37.
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Table of Contents
1.
2.
3.
4.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................................1
FEATURES...........................................................................................................................................................................2
SYSTEM APPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................................2
PIN ASSIGNMENTS ...........................................................................................................................................................3
4.1.
5.
P
ACKAGE
I
DENTIFICATION
...........................................................................................................................................3
PIN DESCRIPTIONS ..........................................................................................................................................................4
5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
5.4.
5.5.
5.6.
5.7.
5.8.
5.9.
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
/I
SOLATION
...............................................................................................................................4
PCI I
NTERFACE
............................................................................................................................................................5
EEPROM ....................................................................................................................................................................7
T
RANSCEIVER
I
NTERFACE
............................................................................................................................................7
C
LOCK
.........................................................................................................................................................................8
R
EGULATOR
& R
EFERENCE
..........................................................................................................................................8
LED
S
...........................................................................................................................................................................8
P
OWER
& G
ROUND
......................................................................................................................................................9
NC (N
OT
C
ONNECTED
) ................................................................................................................................................9
6.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................................................................10
6.1.
6.1.1.
6.1.2.
6.2.
6.3.
6.4.
6.4.1.
6.4.2.
6.5.
6.5.1.
6.5.2.
6.5.3.
6.5.4.
6.5.5.
T
RANSCEIVER
............................................................................................................................................................10
Transmitter ...........................................................................................................................................................10
Receiver ................................................................................................................................................................10
MAC..........................................................................................................................................................................11
N
EXT
P
AGE
................................................................................................................................................................11
MII/GMII I
NTERFACE
................................................................................................................................................12
MII........................................................................................................................................................................12
GMII .....................................................................................................................................................................12
LED
S
.........................................................................................................................................................................12
Link Monitor.........................................................................................................................................................12
RX LED ................................................................................................................................................................13
TX LED.................................................................................................................................................................14
TX/RX LED...........................................................................................................................................................15
LINK/ACT LED ....................................................................................................................................................16
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6.6.
6.7.
7.
F
LASH
/EEPROM I
NTERFACE
.....................................................................................................................................17
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
...............................................................................................................................................18
CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................................................................................21
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.
7.5.
7.6.
7.6.1.
7.7.
7.7.1.
7.7.2.
7.7.3.
A
BSOLUTE
M
AXIMUM
R
ATINGS
.................................................................................................................................21
R
ECOMMENDED
O
PERATING
C
ONDITIONS
.................................................................................................................21
C
RYSTAL
R
EQUIREMENTS
..........................................................................................................................................21
T
HERMAL
C
HARACTERISTICS
.....................................................................................................................................22
DC C
HARACTERISTICS
...............................................................................................................................................22
AC C
HARACTERISTICS
...............................................................................................................................................23
Serial EEPROM Interface Timing ........................................................................................................................23
PCI B
US
O
PERATION
T
IMING
.....................................................................................................................................24
PCI Bus Timing Parameters .................................................................................................................................24
PCI Clock Specification .......................................................................................................................................26
PCI Transactions ..................................................................................................................................................27
8.
MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS .......................................................................................................................................35
8.1.
8.2.
128-P
IN
QFP M
ECHANICAL
D
IMENSIONS
..................................................................................................................35
N
OTES FOR
128-P
IN
QFP D
IMENSIONS
......................................................................................................................36
9.
ORDERING INFORMATION..........................................................................................................................................37
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List of Tables
T
ABLE
1. P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
/I
SOLATION
...............................................................................................................................4
T
ABLE
2. PCI I
NTERFACE
.............................................................................................................................................................5
T
ABLE
3. EEPROM .....................................................................................................................................................................7
T
ABLE
4. T
RANSCEIVER
I
NTERFACE
............................................................................................................................................7
T
ABLE
5. C
LOCK
..........................................................................................................................................................................8
T
ABLE
6. R
EGULATOR
& R
EFERENCE
..........................................................................................................................................8
T
ABLE
7. LED
S
............................................................................................................................................................................8
T
ABLE
8. P
OWER
& G
ROUND
.......................................................................................................................................................9
T
ABLE
9. NC (N
OT
C
ONNECTED
).................................................................................................................................................9
T
ABLE
10. F
LASH
/EEPROM I
NTERFACE
....................................................................................................................................17
T
ABLE
11. A
BSOLUTE
M
AXIMUM
R
ATINGS
................................................................................................................................21
T
ABLE
12. R
ECOMMENDED
O
PERATING
C
ONDITIONS
.................................................................................................................21
T
ABLE
13. C
RYSTAL
R
EQUIREMENTS
..........................................................................................................................................21
T
ABLE
14. T
HERMAL
C
HARACTERISTICS
.....................................................................................................................................22
T
ABLE
15. DC C
HARACTERISTICS
...............................................................................................................................................22
T
ABLE
16. EEPROM A
CCESS
T
IMING
P
ARAMETERS
..................................................................................................................23
T
ABLE
17. PCI B
US
T
IMING
P
ARAMETERS
..................................................................................................................................24
T
ABLE
18. M
EASUREMENT
C
ONDITION
P
ARAMETERS
.................................................................................................................25
T
ABLE
19. C
LOCK AND
R
ESET
S
PECIFICATIONS
..........................................................................................................................26
T
ABLE
20. O
RDERING
I
NFORMATION
..........................................................................................................................................37
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