The MAX2982 powerline transceiver utilizes state-of-theartCMOS design techniques to deliver the highest levelof performance, flexibility, and operational temperaturerange at reduced cost. This highly integrated designcombines the media access control (MAC) and the physical(PHY) layers in a single device. The MAX2982 digitalbaseband and its companion device, the MAX2981analog front-end (AFE) with integrated line driver, offer acomplete high-speed powerline communication solutionfully compliant with HomePlugM 1.0 Powerline AllianceSpecification.