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COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
TEMPERATURE RANGES
IDT72V36100/72V36110 3.3V HIGH DENSITY SUPERSYNC IITM 36-BIT FIFO
65,536 x 36 and 131,072 x 36
OCTOBER 22, 2008
SERIAL PROGRAMMING MODE
If Serial Programming mode has been selected, as described above, then
programming of PAE and PAF values can be achieved by using a combination
of the LD, SEN, WCLK and SI input pins. Programming PAE and PAF proceeds
as follows: when LD and SEN are set LOW, data on the SI input are written,
one bit for each WCLK rising edge, starting with the Empty Offset LSB and ending
with the Full Offset MSB. A total of 32 bits for the IDT72V36100 and 34 bits for
the IDT72V36110. See Figure 15, Serial Loading of Programmable Flag
Registers, for the timing diagram for this mode.
Using the serial method, individual registers cannot be programmed
selectively. PAE and PAF can show a valid status only after the complete set
of bits (for all offset registers) has been entered. The registers can be
reprogrammed as long as the complete set of new offset bits is entered. When
LD is LOW and SEN is HIGH, no serial write to the registers can occur.
Write operations to the FIFO are allowed before and during the serial
programming sequence. In this case, the programming of all offset bits does
not have to occur at once. A select number of bits can be written to the SI input
and then, by bringing LD and SEN HIGH, data can be written to FIFO memory
via Dn by toggling WEN. When WEN is brought HIGH with LD and SEN
restored to a LOW, the next offset bit in sequence is written to the registers via
SI. If an interruption of serial programming is desired, it is sufficient either to set
LD LOW and deactivate SEN or to set SEN LOW and deactivate LD. Once LD
and SEN are both restored to a LOW level, serial offset programming continues.
From the time serial programming has begun, neither programmable flag
will be valid until the full set of bits required to fill all the offset registers has been
written. Measuring from the rising WCLK edge that achieves the above criteria;
PAF will be valid after two more rising WCLK edges plus tPAF, PAE will be valid
after the next two rising RCLK edges plus tPAE plus tSKEW2.
It is only possible to read the flag offset values via the parallel output port Qn.
PARALLEL MODE
If Parallel Programming mode has been selected, as described above, then
programming of PAE and PAF values can be achieved by using a combination
of the LD, WCLK , WEN and Dn input pins. Programming PAE and PAF
proceeds as follows: LD and WEN must be set LOW. For x36 bit input bus width,
data on the inputs Dn are written into the Empty Offset Register on the first LOW-
to-HIGH transition of WCLK. Upon the second LOW-to-HIGH transition of
WCLK, data are written into the Full Offset Register. The third transition of WCLK
writes, once again, to the Empty Offset Register. For x18 bit input bus width,
data on the inputs Dn are written into the Empty Offset Register LSB on the first
LOW-to-HIGH transition of WCLK. Upon the 2nd LOW-to-HIGH transition of
WCLK data are written into the Empty Offset Register MSB. The third transition
of WCLK writes to the Full Offset Register LSB, the fourth transition of WCLK then
writes to the Full Offset Register MSB. The fifth transition of WCLK writes once
again to the Empty Offset Register LSB. A total of four writes to the offset registers
is required to load values using a x18 input bus width. For an input bus width
of x9 bits, a total of six write cycles to the offset registers is required to load values.
See Figure 3, Programmable Flag Offset Programming Sequence. See
Figure 16, Parallel Loading of Programmable Flag Registers, for the timing
diagram for this mode.
The act of writing offsets in parallel employs a dedicated write offset register
pointer. The act of reading offsets employs a dedicated read offset register
pointer. The two pointers operate independently; however, a read and a write
should not be performed simultaneously to the offset registers. A Master Reset
initializes both pointers to the Empty Offset (LSB) register. A Partial Reset has
no effect on the position of these pointers.
Write operations to the FIFO are allowed before and during the parallel
programming sequence. In this case, the programming of all offset registers
does not have to occur at one time. One, two or more offset registers can be
written and then by bringing LD HIGH, write operations can be redirected to
the FIFO memory. When LD is set LOW again, and WEN is LOW, the next offset
register in sequence is written to. As an alternative to holding WEN LOW and
toggling LD, parallel programming can also be interrupted by setting LD LOW
and toggling WEN.
Note that the status of a programmable flag (PAE or PAF) output is invalid
during the programming process. From the time parallel programming has
begun, a programmable flag output will not be valid until the appropriate offset
word has been written to the register(s) pertaining to that flag. Measuring from
the rising WCLK edge that achieves the above criteria; PAF will be valid after
two more rising WCLK edges plus tPAF, PAE will be valid after the next two rising
RCLK edges plus tPAE plus tSKEW2.
The act of reading the offset registers employs a dedicated read offset
register pointer. The contents of the offset registers can be read on the Q0-Qn
pins when LD is set LOW and REN is set LOW. For x36 output bus width, data
are read via Qn from the Empty Offset Register on the first LOW-to-HIGH
transition of RCLK. Upon the second LOW-to-HIGH transition of RCLK, data are
read from the Full Offset Register. The third transition of RCLK reads, once
again, from the Empty Offset Register. For x18 output bus width, a total of four
read cycles are required to obtain the values of the offset registers. Starting with
the Empty Offset Register LSB and finishing with the Full Offset Register MSB.
For x9 output bus width, a total of six read cycles must be performed on the offset
registers. See Figure 3, Programmable Flag Offset Programming Sequence.
See Figure 17, Parallel Read of Programmable Flag Registers, for the timing
diagram for this mode.
It is permissible to interrupt the offset register read sequence with reads or
writes to the FIFO. The interruption is accomplished by deasserting REN, LD,
or both together. When REN and LD are restored to a LOW level, reading of
the offset registers continues where it left off. It should be noted, and care should
be taken from the fact that when a parallel read of the flag offsets is performed,
the data word that was present on the output lines Qn will be overwritten.
Parallel reading of the offset registers is always permitted regardless of
which timing mode (IDT Standard or FWFT modes) has been selected.
RETRANSMIT OPERATION
The Retransmit operation allows data that has already been read to be
accessed again. There are 2 modes of Retransmit operation, normal latency
and zero latency. There are two stages to Retransmit: first, a setup procedure
that resets the read pointer to the first location of memory, then the actual
retransmit, which consists of reading out the memory contents, starting at the
beginning of memory.
Retransmit setup is initiated by holding RT LOW during a rising RCLK edge.
REN and WEN must be HIGH before bringing RT LOW. When zero latency is
utilized, REN does not need to be HIGH before bringing RT LOW. At least two words,
but no more than D - 2 words should have been written into the FIFO, and read
from the FIFO, between Reset (Master or Partial) and the time of Retransmit
setup. D = 65,537 for the IDT72V36100 and 131,073 for the IDT72V36110.
If IDT Standard mode is selected, the FIFO will mark the beginning of the
Retransmit setup by setting EF LOW. The change in level will only be noticeable
if EF was HIGH before setup. During this period, the internal read pointer is
initialized to the first location of the RAM array.
When EF goes HIGH, Retransmit setup is complete and read operations
may begin starting with the first location in memory. Since IDT Standard mode
is selected, every word read including the first word following Retransmit setup
requires a LOW on REN to enable the rising edge of RCLK. See Figure 11,
Retransmit Timing (IDT Standard Mode), for the relevant timing diagram.