What does "PHY" refer to? - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
Oct 20, 2021 · a PHY is a type of Ethernet physical layer (eg. 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T) a PHY is an Ethernet transceiver IC (eg. an IC that converts 100BASE-TX to MII/RMII) a PHY is a physical layer …
what is the difference between PHY and MAC chip
Jul 11, 2013 · what is the difference between PHY and MAC chip Ask Question Asked 12 years, 5 months ago Modified 12 years, 5 months ago
Connecting a PHY to another PHY on a same board
Aug 14, 2022 · Generally, if I'm connecting a PHY to RJ45 connector, I would add center tap capacitors and Bob-Smith termination like below. But if I am connecting a PHY to another PHY, do I still need …
microcontroller - Why are Ethernet MAC and PHY separate? - Electrical ...
Dec 16, 2022 · The PHY also dissipates a significant amount of power all by itself. And sometimes different media require different PHYs, but the MAC can be the same. For all of these reasons, it …
Ethernet switch IC ports in MAC and PHY mode
Nov 8, 2021 · 1/ for port 2 and 6, the phy is external. Unfortunately though not all phy information is present on an RGMII/GMII and this is sent over MDIO/MDC. The switch needs to know you have a …
Why do Ethernet PHY magnetics have a center tap?
May 23, 2023 · I've a question with the Ethernet PHY connection to the RJ45 connector. With either discrete or integrated magnetics, either with voltage mode PHY or current mode PHY, what is the …
In USB, what is the difference between a PHY and a transceiver?
Mar 26, 2013 · A Phy is similar to a transceiver in that there is usually different signal standards on "both sides of the chip". With Ethernet it is MII/GMII/etc on one side and, well, Ethernet on the other.
Ethernet PHY and their corresponding hardware are represented Right …
Jan 24, 2024 · PHY->RJ45 The magnetics also, are always shown on the left of the port, and their pin order, packaging, and the way they are drawn implies that the port is going to be on their right …
stm32 - How to implement OTG FS hardware using embedded PHY on ...
Aug 23, 2025 · The OTG FS for STM32F105/107 (which does not support OTG HS 4) has an internal PHY 5 and a pull-up resistor; thus, I attempted to use section 3.3 of AN4879. Regarding the figure …
The SERDES/transceiver design inside the Ethernet MAC controller
Nov 15, 2019 · The 1st and 2nd figures are normal application which transmits the data through copper media with coded information (through PCS/PMD/PMA inside the PHY chip). The interface between …