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I N FO RMAT I O N
or whether that sector is erase-suspended. Toggle Bit
II is valid after the rising edge of the final WE# pulse in
the command sequence.
DQ2 toggles when the system reads at addresses
within those sectors that have been selected for era-
sure. But DQ2 cannot distinguish whether the sector is
actively erasing or is erase-suspended. DQ6, by com-
parison, indicates whether the device is actively eras-
ing, or is in Erase Suspend, but cannot distinguish
which sectors are selected for erasure. Thus, both sta-
tus bits are required for sector and mode information.
Refer to
Table 14 to compare outputs for DQ2 and
DQ6.
See the following for additional information:
Figure 5,Table 14.
DQ6 and DQ2 Indications
Reading Toggle Bits DQ6/DQ2
Refer to Figure 4 for the following discussion. When-
ever the system initially begins reading toggle bit sta-
tus, it must read DQ7–DQ0 at least twice in a row to
determine whether a toggle bit is toggling. Typically,
the system would note and store the value of the tog-
gle bit after the first read. After the second read, the
system would compare the new value of the toggle bit
with the first. If the toggle bit is not toggling, the device
has completed the program or erase operation. The
system can read array data on DQ7–DQ0 on the fol-
lowing read cycle.
However, if after the initial two read cycles, the system
determines that the toggle bit is still toggling, the sys-
tem also should note whether the value of DQ5 is high
(see the section on DQ5). If it is, the system should
then determine again whether the toggle bit is tog-
gling, since the toggle bit may have stopped toggling
just as DQ5 went high. If the toggle bit is no longer
toggling, the device has successfully completed the
program or erase operation. If it is still toggling, the de-
vice did not completed the operation successfully, and
the system must write the reset command to return to
reading array data.
The remaining scenario is that the system initially de-
termines that the toggle bit is toggling and DQ5 has
not gone high. The system may continue to monitor
the toggle bit and DQ5 through successive read cy-
cles, determining the status as described in the previ-
ous paragraph. Alternatively, it may choose to perform
other system tasks. In this case, the system must start
at the beginning of the algorithm when it returns to de-
termine the status of the operation (top of Figure 4).
DQ5: Exceeded Timing Limits
DQ5 indicates whether the program or erase time has
exceeded a specified internal pulse count limit. Under
these conditions DQ5 produces a “1,” indicating that
the program or erase cycle was not successfully com-
pleted.
The device may output a “1” on DQ5 if the system tries
to program a “1” to a location that was previously pro-
grammed to “0.” Only an erase operation can change
a “0” back to a “1.” Under this condition, the device
halts the operation, and when the timing limit has been
exceeded, DQ5 produces a “1.”
Under both these conditions, the system must write
the reset command to return to the read mode (or to
the erase-suspend-read mode if a bank was previ-
ously in the erase-suspend-program mode).
DQ3: Sector Erase Timer
After writing a sector erase command sequence, the
system may read DQ3 to determine whether or not
erasure has begun. (The sector erase timer does not
apply to the chip erase command.) If additional sec-
tors are selected for erasure, the entire time-out also
applies after each additional sector erase command.
When the time-out period is complete, DQ3 switches
If device is
and the system reads
then DQ6
and DQ2
programming,
at any address,
toggles,
does not toggle.
actively erasing,
at an address within a sector
selected for erasure,
toggles,
also toggles.
at an address within sectors not
selected for erasure,
toggles,
does not toggle.
erase suspended,
at an address within a sector
selected for erasure,
does not toggle,
toggles.
at an address within sectors not
selected for erasure,
returns array data,
returns array data. The system can read
from any sector not selected for erasure.
programming in
erase suspend
at any address,
toggles,
is not applicable.