Functional Description
DEVICE OPERATION
The six modes of operation of the EPROM are listed in Ta-
ble I. It should be noted that all inputs for the six modes are
at TTL levels. The power supplies required are V
CC
and
V
PP
. The V
PP
power supply must be at 12.75V during the
three programming modes, and must be at 5V in the other
three modes. The V
CC
power supply must be at 6.25V dur-
ing the three programming modes, and at 5V in the other
three modes.
Read Mode
The EPROM has two control functions, both of which must
be logically active in order to obtain data at the outputs.
Chip Enable (CE/PGM) is the power control and should be
used for device selection. Output Enable (OE) is the output
control and should be used to gate data to the output pins,
independent of device selection. Assuming that addresses
are stable, address access time (t
ACC
) is equal to the delay
from CE to output (t
CE
). Data is available at the outputs t
OE
after the falling edge of OE, assuming that CE/PGM has
been low and addresses have been stable for at least t
ACC
–
t
OE
.
Standby Mode
The EPROM has a standby mode which reduces the active
power dissipation by over 99%, from 385 mW to 0.55 mW.
The EPROM is placed in the standby mode by applying a
CMOS high signal to the CE/PGM input. When in standby
mode, the outputs are in a high impedance state, indepen-
dent of the OE input.
Output Disable
The EPROM is placed in output disable by applying a TTL
high signal to the OE input. When in output disable all cir-
cuitry is enabled, except the outputs are in a high imped-
ance state (TRI-STATE).
Output OR-Typing
Because the EPROM is usually used in larger memory ar-
rays, National has provided a 2-line control function that
accommodates this use of multiple memory connections.
The 2-line control function allows for:
a) the lowest possible memory power dissipation, and
b) complete assurance that output bus contention will not
occur.
To most efficiently use these two control lines, it is recom-
mended that CE/PGM be decoded and used as the primary
device selecting function, while OE be made a common
connection to all devices in the array and connected to the
READ line from the system control bus. This assures that all
deselected memory devices are in their low power standby
modes and that the output pins are active only when data is
desired from a particular memory device.
Programming
CAUTION: Exceeding 14V on pin 1 (V
PP
) will damage the
EPROM.
Initially, and after each erasure, all bits of the EPROM are in
the ‘‘1’s’’ state. Data is introduced by selectively program-
ming ‘‘0’s’’ into the desired bit locations. Although only
‘‘0’s’’ will be programmed, both ‘‘1’s’’ and ‘‘0’s’’ can be pre-
sented in the data word. The only way to change a ‘‘0’’ to a
‘‘1’’ is by ultraviolet light erasure.
The EPROM is in the programming mode when the V
PP
power supply is at 12.75V and OE is at V
IH
. It is required
that at least a 0.1
m
F capacitor be placed across V
PP
, V
CC
to ground to suppress spurious voltage transients which
may damage the device. The data to be programmed is
applied 8 bits in parallel to the data output pins. The levels
required for the address and data inputs are TTL.
When the address and data are stable, an active low, TTL
program pulse is applied to the CE/PGM input. A program
pulse must be applied at each address location to be pro-
grammed. The EPROM is programmed with the Fast Pro-
gramming Algorithm shown in Figure 1. Each Address is
programmed with a series of 100
m
s pulses until it verifies
good, up to a maximum of 25 pulses. Most memory cells will
program with a single 100
m
s pulse.
The EPROM must not be programmed with a DC signal ap-
plied to the CE/PGM input.
Programming multiple EPROM in parallel with the same
data can be easily accomplished due to the simplicity of the
programming requirments. Like inputs of the parallel EP-
ROM may be connected together when they are pro-
grammed with the same data. A low level TTL pulse applied
to the CE/PGM input programs the paralleled EPROM.
Program Inhibit
Programming multiple EPROMs in parallel with different
data is also easily accomplished. Except for CE/PGM, all
like inputs (including OE) of the parallel EPROMs may be
common. A TTL low level program pulse applied to an EP-
ROM’s CE/PGM input with V
PP
at 12.75V will program that
EPROM. A TTL high level CE/PGM input inhibits the other
EPROMs from being programmed.
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