[SI-LIST] Re: Regarding: Usage of Magnetics...

  • From: steve weir <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "karthick.murugan" <karthick.murugan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:45:05 -0800

There are entire books written on magnetics design.  The oldest well 
known volume is probably Lyman.

Steve.
karthick.murugan wrote:
> what are the parameters desires these functionalities,
> how can we focus on the individual functionality improvement,
> for example if I need to improve the galvanic isolation alone what are the 
> changes we could do with that.
> Is it any possible way there to be isolated improvement of these 
> functionalities.
>
> Karthick.M
>
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> From: "steve weir" <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "karthick.murugan" <karthick.murugan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] Regarding: Usage of Magnetics...
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>> Ethernet magnetics serve five functions:
>>
>> Galvanic isolation
>> Common mode suppression
>> Level matching
>> Transient energy transfer limiting
>> Power feed ( PoE only )
>>
>> If you do not need one or more of those functions, then you may find you 
>> meet your needs with simpler magnetics or no magnetics at all.  You can 
>> for example obtain galvanic isolation and level matching with one properly 
>> chosen transformer.  You will have to do homework with the chips you are 
>> using now and anticipate what you might use in the future to determine 
>> what the minimum is that you can get away with.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>> karthick.murugan wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>> I just need to clarify a small doubt on the usage of magnetics,
>>> Whenever we are using Ethernet switch IC we should provide the magnetics 
>>> to the ports at the chip side.
>>> Due to some reason like signal balancing, common-mode rejection, 
>>> impedance matching, and EMC improvement.
>>> Consider, I am using one processor board and the respective rear board,
>>> In that the magnetics outputs (twisted pair) are coming from the 
>>> processor board, and it could be connected with the Ethernet switch IC 
>>> that one I used in rear board through the rear connectors,
>>> In Ethernet switch datasheet they mentioned all the ports should connect 
>>> with primary side of the magnetics.
>>> My doubt is whether we could provide one more magnetics (because already 
>>> magnetics was given in processor board, that output is coming from the 
>>> processor board to rear board side) to the ports of Ethernet switch IC, 
>>> then connect to the processor side magnectics output, or there is no need 
>>> of magnetics, if the magnetics is not need for that case tell me reason.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Karthick.M
>>>
>>>
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