AX88179B

The AX88179B is a USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet controller with integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PHY. AX88179B supports Windows 11/10/8.x, Linux/Android/Chrome OS, Nintendo Switch in-box drivers, and iOS/iPadOS/macOS/Linux native CDC-NCM driver for driverless, Plug & Play.

The AX88179B is an easy-design, small form factor and cost-efficient solution, which adapts to any platforms required to support Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity via USB port and is suitable for Desktop/Notebook/POS, USB Ethernet dongles, docking stations, smart mobile device cradles, game consoles, smart camera/IP STB, 5G/LTE router/gateway, etc. smart home/office applications.

Features

● Single chip USB 3.2 Gen1 to Gigabit Ethernet Controller with Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PHY
● USB Device Controller
-- Integrates on-chip USB Type-C 3.2 Gen1 PHY and controller
-- compliant to USB Spec 3.2 Gen1, 2.0 and 1.1
-- Supports all USB 3.2 Gen1 power saving modes (U0, U1, U2, and U3)
-- Supports USB Super/High/Full Speed ​​modes with Bus-power or Self-power device
● Gigabit Ethernet Controller
-- Integrates 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet MAC/PHY, compliant to IEEE 802.3, 802.3u and 802.3ab
-- Supports CDC-NCM, CDC-ECM
-- Supports IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet, EEE)
-- Supports AUTO-MDIX, flow control (IEEE 802.3 Annex.31B)
-- Supports IPv4/IPv6 Packet Checksum Offload Engine (COE)
-- Supports TCP Large Send Offload V1/V2
-- Supports up to 9K Jumbo Frame
-- Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging and 4096 VLAN ID filtering; received VLAN tag (4 bytes) can be stripped off or preserved
-- Supports IEEE 802.1P L2 Priority Encoding and Decoding
-- Supports manageability L2 filter
-- Supports TCO filter, L3/L4 IP/Port filter
-- Supports Second DA RX filter with bit mask
● Wake-on-LAN Functions
-- Supports suspend mode and remote wakeup via link-change, Magic Packet, Microsoft wakeup frame and external wakeup pin
-- Supports Bonjour Wake-on-Demand
-- Supports Wakeup Packet Indication
-- Supports Microsoft Modern Standby
● Advanced Power Management Features
-- Supports power management offload (ARP & NS)
-- Supports ECMA-393 ProxZzzy® for sleeping hosts
● Precision Time Protocol (PTP)
-- Supports IEEE 1588v2 and 802.1AS
● Supports Windows 11/10/8.x, Linux/Android/Chrome OS, Nintendo Switch in-box drivers, and iOS/iPadOS/macOS/Linux native CDC-NCM driver for driverless, Plug & Play
● Supports embedded eFuse for die identifier and store the USB Device Descriptors, Node-ID, etc.
● Supports SPI Flash for firmware customization
● Single 20 MHz crystal clock source
● Integrates on-chip power-on reset circuit
● 40-pin QFN, 5x5 mm package
● Operating Temperature Range: 0 to +70°C or -40 to +85°