ESS Technolog y, Inc. SAM0387-080801 1
ESS Technology, Inc.
ES2841/ES2840
PCI Integrated LAN V.90/V.92 Modem
Product Brief
DESCRIPTION
The ES2841/ES2840, ESS Technology’s first LAN plus host-
based TeleDrive=modem ch ip fo r th e PC I b us , p rov id e s desk t op
and note book com puters with greater co nnect ivity to b oth pa cket
networks and telephone networks. The ES2841/ ES2840
solution uses a solid-state DAA instead of a traditional
transformer DAA. The chipset consists of the ES2841 LAN
modem controller chip and the ES2840, its accompanying high-
voltage, solid-state DAA device. The ES2841 maximizes
integration and reduces the external component BOM cost to a
minimum.
The ES2841 device combines into a single-chip a host-based
V.90/V .9 2 modem, modem control buff ers, modem code c, and an
IEE E 802.3-compatible Et hernet media ac cess controller (MAC)
with an ana lo g ph one lin e interfac e an d a PCI b us int erface. Thi s
advanced high-level device integration allows the ES2841 to be
used as a host-based modem and LAN solution for desktop and
notebook syste m s requiring either a modem connection or a 10/
100 Ethernet connection. The ES2841 is also capable of
providing a home network connection that complies with the
Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) 1-Mb/s
(HPNA1.0) specification.
The ES2841 LAN feature supports 100BASE-TX (100-Mb/s
mode) and 10BASE-T (10-Mb/s mode) full-duplex operations.
The ES2841 includes a media independent interface (MII) and
reduced MII (RMII ) , enab li ng it to in terf ace wi th an ex ter nal PHY
transceiver used for either a LAN or HPNA-based chipset.
The ES2841 modem sends and receives data and fax
information and supports the telephone answering machine
(TAM) feature. With its built-in ACPI D3cold wake on-LAN and
wake on-ring s upport, th e ES2841 is an id eal mod em solu tion for
notebooks and battery-operated devices. The ES2841 modem
provi des the inter face and contro l logic needed to trans fer data
between its serial I/O terminals and the PCI interface.
The ES2841 delivers a high modem connectivity rate and high
throughput without the need of a dedicated DSP. It also
integrates a low-voltage, solid-state DAA that supports both
worldwide homologation and data/fax/voice call discrimination.
With the addition of an external high-voltage, solid-state DAA,
the ES2841 provides a very cost-effective modem/LAN solution
for add-on card, motherboard, and mini-PCI card
implementations.
The ES2840 high-voltage DAA device handles the line
monitoring and filtering functions, while also protecting the
signaling characteristics, performing all of the AC and DC
functions and interfacing with the line side of tip and ring
operations.
The ES2841 is available in a 128-pin low-profile quad flat pack
(LQFP) package. The ES2840 is available in an industry
standard 20-pin super small outline pack (SSOP ) packa ge.
FEATURES
• V.90/V.92 analog data/fax/TAM modem
• Data mode capabilities:
—– V.90/V.92: 56 kbps
—– ITU-T V.34: 33.6 kbps and fallbacks
• Fax mode capabilities:
—– ITU-T V.17, V.29, V.27ter, and V.21ch2
—– Group 3 (TIA/EIA-578 Class 1 and Class 2)
• Requires minimum 166-MHz Pentium with MMX technology
• Integrated modem codec and analog front end
• 16-bit ADC and DAC with built-in anti-aliasing and
reconstruction filters
• Integrated low-voltage DAA circuit
• Interface to the ES2840 high-voltage DAA
• 10/100-Mb/s LAN or 1-Mb/s HPNA networking capability
• Integrated on-chip 1/10/100-Mbps MAC controller capable of
interfacing with 10Base-T PHY transceiver and with 100Base-
TX PHY transceiver
• MII for connecting to external 10/100-Mbps PHY transceiver
• RMII for connecting to external 10/100-Mbps PHY transceiver
• Full-duplex operation supported in MII and RMII ports with
independent transmit (TX) and receive (RX) channels
• Support for IEEE 802.3x flow control and IEEE 802.3u
autonegotiation for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX
• EEPROM interface for subsystem ID and subsystem vendor ID
• ACPI and PCI power management standard-compliant
• Wake-on-ring and wake-on-LAN capability
• On-chip FIFOs for PCI bus and both RX and TX state machines
• Supports both RJ-11 tip and ring connection and RJ-45 LAN/
Ethernet connection
• PC99/PC2001-compliant with support for V.250, V.251, and
V.253 commands
• Worldwide homologation
MODEM DRIVER SUPPORT
• Microsoft Windows 98/SE/ME/2000
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
LAN DRIVER SUPPORT
• NIC drivers for Netware 3.x and 4.x networks (16-bit and
32-bit ODI)
• Microsoft Windows networks (NDIS 2.0, 4.0, and 5.0)
• Packet driver