Am27C2048 5
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Device Erasure
In order to clear all locations of their programmed contents, the device m ust be exp osed to an ultra violet light
source. A dosage of 15 W seconds/cm
2
is required to
completely erase the device. This dosage can be ob-
tained by exposure to an ultraviolet lamp—wavelength
of 2537 Å—with intensity of 12,000 µW/cm
2
for 15 to 20
minutes. The device shoul d be directly under and about
one inch from the source, and all filters should be removed from the UV light source prior to erasure.
Note that all UV erasable devices will erase with light
sources having wav elengths shorter than 4000 Å, such
as fluorescent light and sunlight. Although the erasure
process happens over a much longer time period, exposure to any light source should be prevented for
maximum system reliability. Simply cover the package
window with an opaque label or substance.
Device Programming
Upon delivery, or after each erasure, the device has
all of its bits in t he “ONE”, or HIGH s tate . “ZER Os” are
loaded into the device through the programming procedure.
The device enters the programming mode when 12.75
V ± 0.25 V is applied to the V
PP
pin, and CE# and
PGM# are at V
IL
.
For programming, the data to be programmed is applied 16 bits in parallel to the data pins.
The flowchart in the Programming section (Section 5,
Figure 5-1) shows AMD’s Flashrite algorithm. The
Flashrite algorithm reduces pro gramming time by using
a 100 µs programming pulse and by giving each address
only as many pulses to reliably program the data. After
each pulse is applied to a given address, the data in that
address is verified. If the data does not verify, additional
pulses are given until it verifies or the maximum pulses
allowed is reached. This process i s repeated while sequencing through each address of the device. This part
of the algorithm is done at V
CC
= 6.25 V to assure that
each EPROM bit is programmed to a sufficiently high
threshold voltage. After the final address is completed,
the entire EPROM memory is verified at V
CC
= VPP =
5.25 V.
Please refer to Section 5 f or additional progr amming in-
formation and specifications.
Program Inhibit
Programming different data to multiple devices in parallel is easily accomplished. Except for CE#, all like inputs of the devices may be common. A TTL low-level
program pulse applied to one device’s CE# input with
V
PP
= 12.75 V ± 0.25 V and PGM# LOW will program
that particular device. A high-level CE# input inhibits
the other devices from being programmed.
Program Verify
A verification should be performed on the programmed
bits to determine that they were correctly progr ammed.
The verify should be performed with OE# and CE#, at
V
IL
, PGM# at VIH, and VPP between 12.5 V and 13.0 V.
Autoselect Mode
The autosel ect mode provides ma nufacturer and device identification through iden tifier codes on DQ0–
DQ7. This mode is primarily intended for programming
equipment to automatically match a device to be programmed with its correspo nding programming algorithm. This mode is functional in the 25°C ± 5°C
ambient temperature range that is required when programming the device.
To activate this mode, the programming equipment
must force V
H
on address line A9. Two identifier bytes
may then be sequenced from the de vice outputs b y toggling address line A0 from V
IL
to V
IH
(that is, changing
the address from 00h to 01h). All other address lines
must be held at V
IL
during the autoselect mode.
Byte 0 (A0 = VIL) represents the manufacturer code,
and Byte 1 (A0 = V
IH
), the device identifier code. Both
codes have odd parity, with DQ7 as the parity bit.
Read Mode
T o obtain dat a at the device o utputs, Chip Enable ( CE#)
and Output Enable (OE#) must be driven lo w . CE# controls the power to the de vice and is typically used t o select the device . OE# ena b l es the device to output data,
independent of device selection. Addresses must be
stable for at least t
ACC–tOE.
Refer to the Switching
Waveforms section for the timing diagr am.
Standby Mode
The device enters the CMOS standby mode when CE#
is at V
CC
± 0.3 V. Maximum V
CC
current is reduced to
100 µA. The device enters the TTL-standby mode
when CE# is at V
IH
. Maximum V
CC
current is reduced
to 1.0 mA. When in either standby mode, the device
places its outputs in a high-impedance state, independent of the OE# input.
Output OR-Tieing
To accommodate multiple memor y connections, a
two-line control function provides:
■ low memory power dissipation, and
■ assurance that output bus contention will not occur .
CE# should be decoded and used as the primary device-selecting function, while OE# be made a common
connection to all devices in the array and connected to