AR8035

Data Sheet March 2012 Ver. 2.1 AR8035 Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Transceiver General Description The AR8035 is part of the Arctic family of devices - which includes the AR8031, AR8033, and the AR8035. It is Atheros’ 4th generation, single port 10/100/1000 Mbps Tri-speed Ethernet PHY. It supports RGMII interface to the MAC.™ The AR8035 provides a low power, low BOM (Bill of Materials) cost solution for comprehensive applications including consumer, enterprise, carrier and home networks such as PC, HDTV, Gaming machines, Blue-ray players, IPTV STB, Media Players, IP Cameras, NAS, Printers, Digital Photo Frames, MoCA/Homeplug (Powerline)/EoC/ adapters and Home Router & Gateways, etc. The AR8035 integrates Atheros latest Green Ethos® power saving technologies and significantly saves power not only during work time, but also during overtime. Atheros Green Ethos® power savings include ultra-low power in cable unplugged mode or port power down mode, and automatic optimized power saving based on cable length. Furthermore, the AR8035 supports Wake-on-LAN (WoL) feature to be able to help manage and regulate total system power requirements. The AR8035 embeds CDT (Cable Diagnostics Test) technology on-chip which allows customers to measure cable length, detect the cable status, and identify remote and local PHY malfunctions, bad or marginal patch cord segments or connectors. Some of the possible problems that can be detected include opens, shorts, cable impedance mismatch, bad...