Am29F200A 9
PRELIMINARY
An erase operation can erase one sect or, multiple sectors, or the entire device. The Sector Address Tables
indicate the address space that each sector occupies.
A “sector address” consists of the address bits required
to uniquely select a sector. See the “Command Definitions” section for details on erasing a sector or the entire chip, or suspending/resuming the erase operation.
After the system writes the autoselect command sequence, the device enters the autoselect mode. The
system can then read autoselect codes from the internal register (which is separate from the memory array)
on DQ7–DQ0. Standard read cycle timings apply in this
mode. Refer to the “Autoselect Mode” and “Autoselect
Command Sequence” sections for more information.
I
CC2
in the DC Characteristics table represents the active current specification for the write mode. The “AC
Characteristics” section contains timing specification
tables and timing diagrams for write operations.
Program and Erase Operation Status
During an erase or program operation, the system ma y
check the status of the operation by reading the status
bits on DQ7–DQ0. Standard read cycle timings and I
CC
read specifications apply. Refer to “Write Operation
Status” for more information, and to each AC Characteristics section in the appropriate data sheet f or t iming
diagrams.
Standby Mode
When the system is not reading or writing to the device ,
it can place the device in the standby mode. In this
mode, current consumption is great ly reduc ed, and the
outputs are placed in the high impedance state, independent of the OE# input.
The device enters the CMOS standb y mode when CE#
and RESET# pins are both held at V
CC
± 0.5 V. (Note
that this is a more restrict ed voltage range than V
IH
.)
The device enters the TTL standby mode when CE#
and RESET# pins are both held at V
IH
. The device re-
quires standard access time (t
CE
) for read access
when the device is in either of these s tandby modes,
before it is ready to read data.
The device also enters the standb y mode when the RESET# pin is driven low. Refer to the next section, “RESET#: Hardware Reset Pin”.
If the device is deselected during erasure or programming, the device draws active current until the
operation is completed.
In the DC Characteristics tables, I
CC3
represents the
standby current specification.
RESET#: Hardware Reset Pin
The RESET# pin provides a hardw are method of resetting the device to readin g arr ay data. When the system
drives the RESET# pin low for at least a period of t
RP
,
the device immediately terminates any operation in
progress, tristates all data output pins, and ignores all
read/write attempts for the duration o f the RESET#
pulse. The device also resets the inter nal state machine to reading array data. The operation that was interrupted should be reinitiated once the device is ready
to accept another command sequence, to ensure data
integrity.
Current is reduced for the duration of the RESET#
pulse. When RESET# is held at V
IL
, the device enters
the TTL standby mode; if RESET# is held at V
SS
±
0.5 V, the device enters the CMOS standby mode.
The RESET# pin may be tied to the system reset cir-
cuitry. A system reset would thus also reset the Flash
memory, enabling the system to read the boot-up firmware from the Flash memory.
If RESET# is asserted during a program or erase operation, the RY/BY# pin remains a “0” (busy) until the internal reset operatio n is complete, which requires a
time of t
READY
(during Embedded Algorithms). The
system can thus monitor RY/BY# to determine whether
the reset operation is complete. If RESET# is asserted
when a program or erase operation is not executing
(RY/BY# pin is “1”), the reset operation is completed
within a time of t
READY
(not during Embe dded Algo-
rithms). The system can read data t
RH
after the RE-
SET# pin returns to V
IH
.
Refer to the AC Characteristics tables for RESET# parameters and timing diagram.
Output Disable Mode
When the OE# input is at VIH, output from the device is
disabled. The output pins are placed in t he high impedance state.