
IP113F
Preliminary Data Sheet
2.
Functional Description
Data forwarding
IP113F supports three types of data forwarding mode, store & forward mode, modified cut-through mode
and pure converter mode. It can forward a frame despite of its address and CRC error. IP113F begins to
forward the received data when it receives the frame completely. The latency depends on the packet
length.
Modified cut-through mode
IP113F begins to forward the received data when it receives the first 64 bytes of the frame. The latency is
about 512 bits time width. The maximum packet length is up to1600 bytes in this mode. Please refer to pin
description of FAST_FWD for configuration information.
Pure converter mode
IP113F operates with the minimum latency in this mode. The transmission flow does not wait until entire
frame is ready, but instead it forwards the received data immediately after the data being received. Both
transceivers are interconnected via internal MIIs and the internal switch engine and data buffer are not
used. TP port should be forced at 100M in this application. The packet length is not limited at this mode.
Please refer to pin description of DIRECT_WIRE for configuration information.
Fragment forwarding
IP113F forwards CRC error packets but it will filter fragments when it works in modified cut-through mode.
IP113F forwards fragments if user turns on bit 3 of MII register 20.
TP port force mode
The TP port of IP113F can work at auto mode or force mode. The following table shows all of the
combination of its TP port.
TP_FORCE
SPEED_MODE
DUPLEX_MODE
IP113F’s capability
0
1
1
100/10M, Full/Half with auto-negotiation
0
1
0
100/10M, Half with auto-negotiation
0
0
1
10M, Full/Half with auto-negotiation
0
0
0
10M, Half with auto-negotiation
1
1
1
100M, Full with auto-negotiation
1
1
0
100M, Half with auto-negotiation
1
0
1
10M, Full with auto-negotiation
1
0
0
10M, Half with auto-negotiation
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