am49lv128bm Meet Spansion Inc., am49lv128bm Datasheet - Page 33

• Manufacturer Part Number: am49lv128bm
• Description: Stacked Multi-chip Package Mcp ,128 Megabit 8 M ? 16-bit ,uniform Sector Flash Memory And 32 Mbit 2 M ? 16-bit Pseudo-static Ram With Page Mode Featuring Mirrorbit Technology,supplemental Datasheet
• Manufacturer: Meet Spansion Inc.

Erase Suspend/Erase Resume
Commands
The Erase Suspend command, B0h, allows the sys-
tem to interrupt a sector erase operation and then read
data from, or program data to, any sector not selected
for erasure. This command is valid only during the
sector erase operation, including the 50 µs time-out
period during the sector erase command sequence.
The Erase Suspend command is ignored if written dur-
ing the chip erase operation or Embedded Program
algorithm.
June 17, 2004
Notes:
1. See Tables 9 for erase command sequence.
2. See the section on DQ3 for information on the sector
erase timer.
No
Command Sequence
Figure 6. Erase Operation
Data Poll to Erasing
Erasure Completed
Bank from System
Write Erase
Data = FFh?
(Notes 1, 2)
START
Yes
Embedded
Erase
algorithm
in progress
Am49LV128BM
When the Erase Suspend command is written during
the sector erase operation, the device requires a typi-
cal of 5 µs (maximum of 20 µs) to suspend the erase
operation. However, when the Erase Suspend com-
mand is written during the sector erase time-out, the
device immediately terminates the time-out period and
suspends the erase operation.
After the erase operation has been suspended, the
device enters the erase-suspend-read mode. The sys-
tem can read data from or program data to any sector
not selected for erasure. (The device “erase sus-
pends” all sectors selected for erasure.) Reading at
any address within erase-suspended sectors pro-
duces status information on DQ7–DQ0. The system
can use DQ7, or DQ6 and DQ2 together, to determine
if a sector is actively erasing or is erase-suspended.
Refer to the Write Operation Status section for infor-
mation on these status bits.
After an erase-suspended program operation is com-
plete, the device returns to the erase-suspend-read
mode. The system can determine the status of the
program operation using the DQ7 or DQ6 status bits,
just as in the standard word program operation.
Refer to the Write Operation Status section for more
information.
In the erase-suspend-read mode, the system can also
issue the autoselect command sequence. Refer to the
Autoselect Mode and Autoselect Command Sequence
sections for details.
To resume the sector erase operation, the system
must write the Erase Resume command. The address
of the erase-suspended sector is required when writ-
ing this command. Further writes of the Resume com-
mand are ignored. Another Erase Suspend command
can be written after the chip has resumed erasing.
There is no time-out limit for the Erase Suspend com-
mand. After the Erase Suspend command is written,
the device will stay in Erase Suspend mode until the
Erase Resume command or the RESET command/op-
eration is written.
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