
Data Sheet M14837EJ3V0DS00
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μ
PD488448 for Rev. P
Figure 10-3 shows examples of the PRER-to-PRER (RR13, RR14) and PRER-to-ACT (RR9, RR10) command
spacings from Table 6-1. The RR15 and RR16 cases (PRER-to-PRER to same or adjacent banks) are not shown,
but are similar to RR14. In general, the commands in ROW packets may be spaced an interval t
PACKET
apart unless
they are directed to the same or adjacent banks or unless they are a similar command type (both PRER or both ACT)
directed to the same device.
Figure 10-3 Row Packet Example
CTM/CFM
DQA7..0
DQB7..0
COL4
..COL0
ROW2
..ROW0
T
0
T
4
T
8
T
12
T
1
T
5
T
9
T
13
T
2
T
6
T
10
T
14
T
3
T
7
T
11
T
15
T
16
T
20
T
24
T
28
T
17
T
21
T
25
T
29
T
18
T
22
T
26
T
30
T
19
T
23
T
27
T
31
T
32
T
36
T
40
T
44
T
33
T
37
T
41
T
45
T
34
T
38
T
42
T
46
T
35
T
39
T
43
T
47
PRER a0
ACT b0
t
PACKET
PRER c0
t
PP
a0 = {Da,Ba,Ra}
b0 = {Db,Bb,Rb}
c0 = {Da,Bc,Rc}
c0 = {Da,Ba,Rc}
c0 = {Da,Ba+1Rc}
Different Device
Same Device
Same Device
Same Device
Any Bank
Non-adjacent Bank
Ajacent Bank
Same Bank
RR13
RR14
RR15
RR16
PRER a0
PRER a0
PRER b0
ACT c0
t
PACKET
t
PACKET
b0 = {Db,Bb,Rb}
c0 = {Da,Bc,Rc}
Different Device
Same Device
Any Bank
Non-adjacent Bank
RR9
RR10
PRER a0
11. Row and Column Cycle Description
Activate:
A row cycle begins with the activate (ACT) operation. The activation process is destructive; the act of
sensing the value of a bit in a bank’s storage cell transfers the bit to the sense amp, but leaves the original bit in the
storage cell with an incorrect value.
Restore:
Because the activation process is destructive, a hidden operation called restore is automatically performed.
The restore operation rewrites the bits in the sense amp back into the storage cells of the activated row of the bank.
Read/Write:
While the restore operation takes place, the sense amp may be read (RD) and written (WR) using
column operations. If new data is written into the sense amp, it is automatically forwarded to the storage cells of the
bank so the data in the activated row and the data in the sense amp remain identical.
Precharge:
When both the restore operation and the column operations are completed, the sense amp and bank are
precharged (PRE). This leaves them in the proper state to begin another activate operation.
Intervals:
The activate operation requires the interval t
RCD,MIN
to complete. The hidden restore operation requires the
interval t
RAS,MIN
- t
RCD,MIN
to complete. Column read and write operations are also performed during the t
RAS,MIN
-
t
RCD,MIN
interval (if more than about four column operations are performed, this interval must be increased). The
precharge operation requires the interval t
RP,MIN
to complete.
Adjacent Banks:
An RDRAM with a “s” designation (256K
x
16 x
32s) indicates it contains “split banks”. This means
the sense amps are shared between two adjacent banks. The only exception is that sense amp 0, 15, 16, and 31 are
not shared. When a row in a bank is activated, the two adjacent sense amps are connected to (associated with) that
bank and are not available for use by the two adjacent banks. These two adjacent banks must remain precharged
while the selected bank goes through its activate, restore, read/write, and precharge operations.
For example (referring to the block diagram), if bank 5 is accessed, sense amp 4/5 and sense amp 5/6 will both be
loaded with one of the 512 rows (with 512 bytes loaded into each sense amp from the 1K
byte row – 256 bytes to the
DQA side and 256 bytes to the DQB side). While this row from bank 5 is being accessed, no rows may be accessed
in banks 4 or 6 because of the sense amp sharing.