Realization of an 8-bit High Performance Network Microcontroller

Author

Liang, Ke ; Li, Guo-Feng ; Ma, Shi-Liang ; Li, Nan ; Shi, Peng ; Qin, Shi-Cai

Author_Institution

Coll. of Inf. Tech. Sci., Nankai Univ., Tianjin

fYear

2006

fDate

2006

Abstract

This article introduces the implementation of an 8-bit high performance network microcontroller. This chip is mainly composed of an 8-bit embedded MCU integrated with a 10M Ethernet MAC. A two-stage pipeline and ESFR (external special function register) method are adopted to design a high performance MCU. The architecture, features and main modules realization of the chip are discussed in the paper. The chip is fabricated using 0.25 mum CMOS technology and the die size is 2.6 times 2.6mm². Some successfully developed applications based on this network microcontroller are also presented in this article

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; embedded systems; integrated circuit design; microcontrollers; 0.25 micron; 10M Ethernet MAC; 8 bit; CMOS technology; embedded MCU; external special function register; network microcontroller; two-stage pipeline; Access control; Application software; CMOS technology; Clocks; Costs; Ethernet networks; Microcontrollers; Pipelines; Registers; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2006. ICSICT '06. 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0160-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0160-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306245

Filename

4098449