
2 MEG x 16
ASYNC/PAGE/BURST CellularRAM MEMORY
ADVANCE
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Low-Power Operation
Standby Mode Operation
During standby, the device current consumption is
reduced to the level necessary to perform the DRAM
refresh operation. Standby operation occurs when CE#
is HIGH.
The device will enter a reduced power state upon
completion of a READ or WRITE operation, or when
the address and control inputs remain static for an
extended period of time. This mode will continue until
a change occurs to the address or control inputs.
Temperature Compensated Refresh
Temperature compensated refresh (TCR) allows for
adequate refresh at different temperatures. This
CellularRAM device includes an on-chip temperature
sensor. When the sensor is enabled, it continually
adjusts the refresh rate according to the operating
temperature. The on-chip sensor is enabled by default.
Three fixed refresh rates are also available, corre-
sponding to temperature thresholds of +15°C, +45°C,
and +85°C. The setting selected must be for a tempera-
ture higher than the case temperature of the Cellular-
RAM device. If the case temperature is +35°C, the
system can minimize self-refresh current consump-
tion by selecting the +45°C setting. The +15°C setting
would result in inadequate refreshing and cause data
corruption.
Partial Array Refresh
Partial array refresh (PAR) restricts refresh operation
to a portion of the total memory array. This feature
enables the device to reduce standby current by
refreshing only that part of the memory array required
by the host system. The refresh options are full array,
three-quarters array, one-half array, one-quarter array,
or none of the array. The mapping of these partitions
can start at either the beginning or the end of the
address map (see Table9 on page22). READ and
WRITE operations to address ranges receiving refresh
will not be affected. Data stored in addresses not
receiving refresh will become corrupted. When re-
enabling additional portions of the array, the new por-
tions are available immediately upon writing to the
RCR.
Deep Power-Down Operation
Deep power-down (DPD) operation disables all
refresh-related activity. This mode is used if the system
does not require the storage provided by the Cellular-
RAM device. Any stored data will become corrupted
when DPD is enabled. When refresh activity has been
re-enabled by rewriting the RCR, the CellularRAM
device will require 150µs to perform an initialization
procedure before normal operations can resume. Dur-
ing this 150µs period, the current consumption will be
higher than the specified standby levels, but consider-
ably lower than the active current specification.
DPD cannot be enabled or disabled by writing to
the RCR using the software access sequence; the RCR
should be accessed using CRE instead.
Configuration Registers
Two user-accessible configuration registers define
the device operation. The bus configuration register
(BCR) defines how the CellularRAM interacts with the
system memory bus and is nearly identical to its coun-
terpart on burst mode Flash devices. The refresh config-
uration register (RCR) is used to control how refresh is
performed on the DRAM array. These registers are
automatically loaded with default settings during
power-up, and can be updated any time the devices
are operating in a standby state.
Access Using CRE
The configuration registers are loaded using either a
synchronous or an asynchronous WRITE operation
when the configuration register enable (CRE) input is
HIGH (see Figures 12 and 13 on page 15). When CRE is
LOW, a READ or WRITE operation will access the
memory array. The register values are placed on
address pins A[20:0]. In an asynchronous WRITE, the
values are are latched into the configuration register
on the rising edge of ADV#, CE#, or WE#, whichever
occurs first; LB# and UB# are “Don’t Care.” Access
using CRE is WRITE only. The BCR is accessed when
A[19] is HIGH; the RCR is accessed when A[19] is LOW.