Product Overview
The Aquantia® GEN2 AQrate PHYs are low-power, high-performance, multi-gigabit 10GBASE-T/5GBASE-
T/2.5GBASE-T/1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX transceivers. AQrate technology enables broad-based market
adoption of multi-gigabit network connectivity through a wide range of cable types including Cat 5e, Cat 6,
and Cat 6a or above. AQrate bridges the bandwidth gap between legacy cabling infrastructure designed
for 1 Gbps data rates and new applications that demand bandwidth in excess of 1 Gbps with zero
changes to legacy cabling or infrastructure, enabling the unabated roll-out of higher-speed connectivity
solutions for Enterprise, Data Center, SMB/SOHO, Carrier, Automotive, and ISM (Industrial, Scientic,
Medical) markets.
AQrate PHYs are compliant with both the IEEE® 802.3an/bz standard and the NBASE-TTM Alliance
PHY Specication to perform all the physical layer functions required to implement 10GBASE-
T/5GBASE-T/2.5GBASE-T/1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX transmission over 100 meters of twisted pair
cabling. The AQrate PHY family integrates such features as Energy Ecient Ethernet (EEE), Precision
Time Protocol (PTP)/1588v2, IEEE MAC Security (MACsec), supports all PoE standards up to 100W,
and supports jumbo packets up to 16KB in all operating modes.
Quad: The AQR407/AQR408/AQR409 are pin-compatible, multi-gigabit, quad-port PHYs housed in
19 mm ip-chip BGA packages enabling ecient, high-density design for high port-count and compact
switches across a range of speed requirements.
Single: The AQR107/AQR108/AQR109 are pin-compatible, multi-gigabit, single-port PHYs that
address multiple network connectivity applications and speed requirements. These devices are
available in compact 7 mm x 11 mm ip-chip BGA packages featuring the Industrial (-40°C to +108°C)
temperature operating range.
AQrate™ Gen2 Ethernet PHYs
10GBASE-T | 5GBASE-T | 2.5GBASE-T | 1000BASE-T | 100BASE-TX Ethernet PHYs
Applications
Aquantia’s GEN2 AQrate multi-gigabit
PHYs are a game changing technology
enabling Enterprise, Data Center, SMB/
SOHO, Carrier, Automotive, and ISM
(Industrial, Scientic, Medical) markets to
evolve beyond 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps and 2.5
Gbps data rates. The single-port product
family is ideally suited for wireless access
point backhaul, residential gateways/
routers, client computing, and a myriad of
networked device applications while the
quad-port family permits ecient high-port
density and compact switch design.
Device Name Speeds Package
AQR407/AQR107 5-speed 10 Gbps/5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/ 100 Mbps
AQR408/AQR108 4-speed 5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/ 100 Mbps
AQR409/AQR109 3-speed 2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/ 100 Mbps
1 Minimum specication is ambient temperature, and the maximum is junction temperature.
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Features Benets
• IEEE 802.3an/bz and NBASE-T featuring AQrate technology
– 10GBASE-T: 100 meters over Augmented Cat 6 (Cat 6A) and Cat 7,
55 meters over Cat 6, and best eort over Cat 5e
– 5GBASE-T, 2.5GBASE-T: over 100 meters of Cat 5e or better cabling
•
Ability to support highest data rate possible with a given cable
environment while reducing power and latency
•
5G and 2.5G operation over legacy infrastructure, while delivering
backward compatibility with existing equipment
• Energy-Ecient Ethernet (EEE)
• MACsec (IEEE 802.1ae, MAC security standard)
- Full support for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) and stand-
alone operation
• PTP/1588v2
• Synchronous Ethernet (Sync-E), ITU-T standard in cooperation with IEEE
•
EEE lowers overall power consumption and lowers equipment operating costs
•
MACsec provides for secure, encrypted data communications across networks
•
PTP/1588v2 provides for timing accuracy across the network
•
Sync-E synchronizes clock signals on the PCB
• Integrated Wake-on-LAN (WoL) Support
- Compliant to Microsoft Network Device Class specication
• Integrated packet ltering enables sub-1W support in 100BASE-TX mode
• Built-in Thermal Management
- On-chip thermal sensor with alarm and warning thresholds
• Enables deployment in thermally constrained environments
• Advanced Cable Diagnostics
- On-chip high-resolution cable analyzer
•
Enables the deployment of meaningful cable analysis tools for debugging
installation problems
• High-Performance full KR (with autonegotiation)/
• XFI/USXGMII/2500BASE-X/SGMII I/F w/ AC-JTAC
- Capable of rate adapting all rates into KR/XFI via PAUSE and 100M/1G
into 2500BASE-X
• Ensures trouble-free operation over a range of interconnect scenarios
• Comprehensive interface support
- Supports legacy and next generation MACs/switches/processors
• Advance Loopback and Diagnostic Capability
- Flexible on-chip BERT
- Full 1-second packet counters and CRC-32 checkers
• Enables extensive system test and debug with remote loopback control
• Integrated MDI Filter and Advanced RFI Cancellation
- Eliminates external lter components
• Robust Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) performance
- Resilient operation when exposed to RFI
AQRATE PHY BLOCK DIAGRAM (PER-PORT)
DSP
ENCODER/
DECODER
SERDES
I/F
ANALOG
D/A & A/D Line
XFI, USGXMII,
2500BASE-X,
SGMII