
WRITE EXPANSION INPUT/WRITE ENABLE 2
(WXI/WEN
2
)
WXI
/WEN
2
is a dual-purpose signal. It is one of four
input signals which select the grouping mode in which the
FIFO operates after being reset; the other three of these
input signals are
FL/
RT
, RXI/
REN
2
, and EMODE
. There
are
four
possible grouping modes: standalone,
inter-
locked paralleled
, cascaded ‘master’ or ‘first-load,’ and
cascaded ‘slave.’ The designations ‘master’ and ‘slave’
pertain to IDT-compatible depth cascading. Tables 1 and
2 show the signal encodings which select each grouping
mode.
In standalone operation, WXI/
WEN
2
and RXI/
REN
2
both must be grounded so that the FIFO comes up in the
standalone grouping mode after a reset operation.
In
interlocked-paralleled operation, WXI/WEN
2
is tied to
FF of the other paralleled FIFO, and RXI/REN
2
is tied
to EF of that same other FIFO. This interconnection
scheme ensures that both FIFOs will operate
together, and remain coordinated, regardless of tim-
ing skews.
In cascaded operation, WXI/
WEN
2
is connected to the
WXO (Write Expansion Output; actually WXO/HF) output
of the previous FIFO in the cascade. RXI/
REN
2
is likewise
connected to the RXO (Read Expansion Output; actually
RXO/
EF
2
) output of that previous FIFO. A reset operation
forces WXO/HF and RXO/
EF
2
HIGH for each FIFO;
consequently, all FIFOs with their WXI/
WEN
2
and
RXI/
REN
2
inputs thus connected come up in one of the
two cascaded grouping modes, according to whether
their FL/
RT
inputs are grounded or tied HIGH (see Tables
1 and 2).
READ EXPANSION INPUT/READ ENABLE 2
(RXI/REN
2
)
RXI
/REN
2
is a dual-purpose signal. It is one of four
input signals which select the grouping mode in which the
FIFO operates after being reset; the other three of these
input signals are
FL/
RT
, WXI/
WEN
2
, and EMODE
. There
are four possible grouping modes: standalone,
inter-
locked-paralleled
, cascaded ‘master’ or ‘first-load,’ and
cascaded ‘slave.’ The designations ‘master’ and ‘slave’
pertain to IDT-compatible depth cascading. Tables 1 and
2 show the signal encodings which select each grouping
mode.
In standalone operation, WXI/
WEN
2
and RXI/
REN
2
both must be grounded, so that the FIFO comes up in the
standalone grouping mode after a reset operation.
In
interlocked-paralleled operation, WXI/WEN
2
is tied to
FF of the other paralleled FIFO, and RXI/REN
2
is tied
to EF of that same other FIFO. This interconnection
scheme ensures that both FIFOs will operate to-
gether, and remain coordinated, regardless of timing
skews.
In cascaded operation, RXI/
REN
2
is connected to
RXO (Read Expansion Output; actually RXO/
EF
2
)) of the
previous FIFO in the cascade. WXI/
WEN
2
is likewise
connected to WXO (Write Expansion Output; actually
WXO/HF) output of that previous FIFO. A reset operation
forces RXO/
EF
2
and WXO/HF HIGH for each FIFO;
consequently, all FIFOs with their RXI/
REN
2
and
WXI/
WEN
2
inputs thus connected come up in one of the
two IDT-compatible cascaded grouping modes, accord-
ing to whether their FL/
RT
inputs are grounded or tied
HIGH (see again Tables 1 and 2).
Data Outputs
DATA OUT (Q
0
– Q
17
)
Data, programmable-flag-offset values, and
Control-
Register
codes are output from the FIFO as 18-bit words
on Q
0
– Q
17
. Unused bit positions in offset-value words
and
Control-Register
words are zero-filled.
Control/Status Outputs
FULL FLAG (FF)
FF goes LOW whenever the FIFO is completely full.
That is, whenever the FIFO’s internal write pointer has
completely caught up with its internal read pointer; so that,
if another word were to be written, it would have to
overwrite the unread word which is now in position for
reading out by the next requested read operation. Under
these conditions, the FIFO is filled to its nominal capacity,
which is 2048 18-bit words for the LH540235 or 4096
18-bit words for the LH540245 respectively. Write opera-
tions are inhibited whenever FF is LOW, regardless of the
assertion or deassertion of Write Enable (WEN).
If the FIFO has been reset by asserting RS (LOW), FF
initially is HIGH. But, whenever no read operations have
been performed since the completion of the reset opera-
tion, FF goes LOW after 2048 write operations for the
LH540235, or after 4096 write operations for the
LH540245 (see Table 4).
FF gets updated after a LOW-to-HIGH transition of the
Write Clock (WCLK).
PROGRAMMABLE ALMOST-FULL FLAG (PAF)
PAF goes LOW whenever the FIFO is ‘a(chǎn)lmost’ full; that
is, whenever subtracting the value of the FIFO’s internal
read pointer from the value of its internal write pointer
yields a difference which is less than the value of the
Programmable-Almost-Full-Flag Offset ‘p.’ The subtrac-
tion is performed using modular arithmetic, modulo the
total nominal number of 18-bit words in the FIFO’s physi-
cal memory, which is 2048 for the LH540235 or 4096 for
the LH540245 respectively.
BOLD ITALIC = Enhanced Operating Mode
LH540235/45
2048 x 18/4096 x 18 Synchronous FIFOs
18