QCA7500 IEEE 1901 and HomePlug®
AV2 Compliant MAC/PHY Transceiver
Preliminary Data Sheet
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Revision History
Rev. C
Description
Date
June 2013
August 2013
Revision
Rev. A
Rev. B
November 2013 PL41 (QCA7500) ES Release
QCA7500 Preliminary Data Sheet
Updated QCA7500 Block Diagram and GPIO content throughout the
document. Updated Package Dimensions.
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1 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2
Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3
1.4
Conventions used in this Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Pin Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1 QCA7500 Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1.1 QCA7500 Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2
Signal-to-Pin Relationships and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 QCA7500 Configuration Straps and Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.1.1 QCA7500 On-board System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.1.2 Simple Wall Adapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.2.1 Power Management Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.3
External Memory Interface (DDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4 GPIO Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Serial Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5
3.5.1 Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface (RGMII) and Reduced Media Independent
Interface (RMII) 27
System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.7.1 Powerline Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Core Voltage Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4 Electrical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.2
Recommended Operating Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.3 QCA7500 Power Supply Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.4 DC Switching Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.5
Crystal Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.6 Oscillator CMOS Inverter Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.8
3.6
3.7
3.2
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5 Ethernet Management Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ethernet PHY Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1
5.2
Ethernet PHY MII Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.3 OUI Register (LSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.4 OUI Register (MSB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.5 Auto-negotiate Advertize Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.6 Auto-negotiate Link Partner Ability Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.7 Auto-Negotiation Expansion Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.8 Next Page Transmit Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.9
Link Partner Received Next Page Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.10 THOUSAND BASE-T Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.11 THOUSANDBASE-T Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.12 Extended Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6 Timing Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
System Clock and Reset Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.1
Zero Crossing Detector Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.2
RGMII Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.3
RGMII MDIO Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4
6.5
SPI (Boot FLASH) Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.6 DDR Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7 Package Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
8 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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1.1 Applications
1 General Description
The QCA7500 HPAV2 Compliant MAC/PHY Transceiver is a System-on-Chip (SoC) designed to
bridge multi-stream Ethernet content from a powerline network to an Ethernet 802.3 network.
Examples include high and standard definition television (HDTV, SDTV), and other digital
multimedia file sharing and data applications. The powerline communications (PLC) specific
MAC manages network admission and service flows to maximize the quality of service (QoS)
over the powerline network.
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High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) video distribution
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) distribution
Home networking backbone for Hy-Fi, Wi-Fi, and Wireless USB
High speed broadband sharing
Audio and video streaming and internet downloading
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
PC files and applications sharing
Printer and peripheral sharing
Network and interactive online gaming
SecurityHy-Fi cameras
IEEE 1901, IEEE 1905.1 and HomePlug AV Compliant
Coexistence with HomePlug 1.0/Turbo nodes
Integrated MAC/PHY, analog front end and line driver
Supports RGMII/RMII Ethernet with both MAC and PHY mode
Supports DDR2/3 Memory
Powered from a single 3.3VDC rail with an integrated power management unit
1.2 Features
HomePlug® AV2 Compliant
AV2 30MHz and 67MHz MIMO profiles
AV2 30MHz and 67MHz SISO profiles
Power Save Mode
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General
HomePlug AV2 Compliant PHY:
Supports OFDM 4096/1024/256/64/16/8-QAM, QPSK, BPSK, ROBO, HS-ROBO, Mini-
ROBO
Number
Supports IGMP managed multicast sessions
HomePlug AV2 Compliant MAC:
1.3 Block Diagram
techniques improves data integrity in noisy conditions
Dynamic channel adaptation and channel estimation
Advanced Turbo Code Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Turbo Decoder Rates: 1/2, 16/21, 8/9
RoHS Compliant: 12 x 12 mm, 148 DRQFN Package
Supports Line-Neutral/Line-Ground 2x2 MIMO with beam-forming
128-bit AES Link Encryption with key management
Windowed OFDM with noise mitigation based on patented line synchronization
Priority-based CSMA/CA channel access schemes maximize efficiency and throughput
Integrated Quality of Service (QoS) Enhancements
Hardware Packet Classifiers for Type of Service (ToS), Class of Service (CoS) and IP Port
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1.4 Conventions used in this Data Sheet
Unit or
Abbreviation
Definition
Kilo-
Hexadecimal
Binary
Comment
1,000
1,000,000
Samples per second
Thousandth of an inch
0.001”
Meg(a)-
bit(s)
Byte(s)
Bits per second
Micro-inches
Pico-second
Nano-second
Micro-second
Milli-second
k
M
b
B
0x
0b
sps
ps
ns
us
ms
bps
uin
mil
mm
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2 Pin Descriptions
DNC
_L
P
N
GND
I
I/O
IA
IH
The following nomenclature is used for signal names:
This section contains both a package pinout (see Figure 2-1, Table 2-1and Table 2-2) and tabular
listings of the signal descriptions.
No connection should be made to this pin
At the end of the signal name, indicates active low signals
At the end of the signal name, indicates the positive side of a differential signal
At the end of the signal name indicates the negative side of a differential signal
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A ground signal
Digital input signal
A digital bidirectional signal
Analog input signal
Input signals with weak internal pull-up, to prevent signals from floating when left
open
Input signals with weak internal pull-down, to prevent signals from floating when left
open
Power Input
A digital output signal
An analog output signal
Power Output
A power signal
The following nomenclature is used for signal types:
IL
IP
O
OA
OP
P
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