Broadcom
B CM8 48 34
Q u ad 10 GBAS E- T
Trans ce i ve r
FOUR-PORT 10GBASE-T TRANSCEIVER
Overview
Highlights
• The BCM84834 is a new member of the Broadcom® 40 nm
10GBASE-T PHY family.
Features
The Broadcom® BCM84834 is a complete quad
100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T/10GBASE-T solution
operating at 100m over CAT6a UTP cable. It is
based on highly advanced digital signal processor
architecture to enable robust operations over
worst case UTP cables. The BCM84834 is a highly
integrated solution combining enhanced analog
front ends with digital adaptive equalizers, ADCs,
phase-locked loops, line drivers, LDPC encoders
and decoders, echo cancellers, crosstalk cancellers,
and all required support circuitry.
• Devices based on the 40 nm process offer an excellent long-term
cost curve, enabling better cost
reduction over time compared
to legacy technologies.
• EEE provides significant power
reduction with AutogrEEEn®
delivering EEE for legacy MACs
• Optimized to enable switch, controller, and other general 10Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity applications.
• Simplified systems design with
only two supplies and with no
external MDI components
• Broadcom enhanced cable diag-
Summary of Benefits
• Simplifies system and board design
– Reduces PCB space.
– Lowers system bill of materials (BOM)
• IEEE standard device interoperability: 100
Mbps, 1000 Mbps, and 10 Gbps.
• Compatible with standard Ethernet MACs.
• Cuts design constraints to meet EMI standards.
• Cable diagnostics identifies cable plant condition to immediately trace cabling issues.
• Operates with larger packets for increasedscale packet protocol support and efficiency.
nostics estimates cable length
and detects cable or termination
anomalies
XFI
• 1588 Precision Time Protocol
(PTP) provides precise and accurate synchronization of nodes in
the network
BCM84834
Service
Provider
OTN/PTN
• Highly integrated four-port 10GBASE-T Ethernet transceiver.
• Supports multiple speeds: 100BASE-TX and
1000BASE-T
• XFI and SGMII MAC interface options
• Compliant with IEEE 802.3™, IEEE 802.3an,
IEEE 802.3ab, and IEEE 802.3u standards.
• AutogrEEEn permits legacy MACs to receive
the power savings of EEE in periods of reduced
link utilization.
• Synchronous Ethernet support
• Low electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions
• Cable plant diagnostics
• IEEE standard 1588-2008 (version 2) support
• Detection and correction of pair-swaps (MDI
crossover), pair skew, and pair polarity.
• Support for jumbo packets up to 18 KB.
• Super-Isolate mode to completely disable
selected port.
• IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) boundary scan
• Extensive selection of both line and network
side loopbacks.
• 676-pin FBGA 27 mm x 27 mm package
XFI
MAC
Controller
or
Switch
XFI
MDI
Transformer
RJ-45
MDI
Transformer
RJ-45
MDI
Transformer
RJ-45
MDI
Transformer
RJ-45
BCM84834
Data Centers
XFI
Enterprise
Supported
Best Choice
BCM84834 [Port 1]
BCM84834 [Port 2]
BCM84834 [Port 3]
SYNC_IN0
IEEE 1588 / SynchE
SYNC_IN1_OUT
INTERR_MLC
RD[1] +
TD[1] +
XFI
Frame
Frame
Scramble
Scramble
LDPC
LDPC
Encode
Encode
4D
4DDSQ
DSQ
128 Map
™
XAUI
™ /SGMII
/SGMII
XFI
SGMII
MAC
interface
MAC
Interface
Deframe
Deframe and
and
Descramble
LDPC
LDPC
Decode
Decode
4D
4DDSQ
DSQ
128
128Soft
Soft
Decisions
Decisions
4D Pre-H
Decode
Decode
Matrix
Matrix
Xtalk
Xtalk
Canceller
Canceller
and
and
Equalizer
Equalizer
4D DAC
4D Clock
Recovery
TRD[1][0:3]
4D
4DADC
ADC
BCM84834 [Port 4]
MDC
MDIO
MDIO
MDIO
Management
Interface
Interface
LED
LED
Controller
Controller
MII Registers
10 LEDs
SI
SCK
CSb
Clock
Clock
Generator
Generator
SPI
SO
+ XTALN
+ XTALP
Shared Functions
BCM84834 Block Diagram for Each Port
Each BCM84834 port contains one XFI
interface to connect to the MAC side.
This quad port enables customers to
design high-density Top of the Rack (ToR)
switches and server NIC controllers for
data center applications.
The 40 nm process offers the best performance, lowest cost, and lowest power
consumption for 10-Gigabit copper applications and enables a highly integrated
solution.
The BCM84834 incorporates various
advanced features. A link quality indicator LED provides instant notification of
Ordering Information
any problems with the wiring plant operating at the desired speed. These problems include physical wiring defects that
the BCM84834 cannot automatically correct and channel conditions such as
excessive cable length and return loss,
crosstalk, echo, and noise.
Part Number
676-pin FBGA (RoHS-compliant)
BCM84834B1KFEBG
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology
innovator and global leader in
semiconductors for wired and wireless
communications. Broadcom® products
enable the delivery of voice, video, data and
multimedia to and throughout the home, the
office and the mobile environment. We
provide the industry's broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and
software solutions to manufacturers of
computing and networking equipment,
digital entertainment and broadband access
products, and mobile devices.
These solutions support our core mission:
Connecting everything®.
Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless
communications semiconductor companies,
with 2010 revenue of $6.82 billion, holds
more than 4,800 U.S. and 2,000 foreign
patents, and has more than 7,800 additional
pending patent applications, and one of the
broadest intellectual property portfolios
addressing both wired and wireless
transmission of voice, video, data and
multimedia.
A FORTUNE 500® company, Broadcom is
headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices
and research facilities in North America, Asia
and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at
+1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.
Broadcom, the pulse logo, Connecting everything, the Connecting everything logo, and AutogrEEEn® are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United
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May 19, 2011 • 84834-PB02-R