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IDT723624/723634/723644 CMOS SyncBiFIFO WITH BUS-MATCHING
256 x 36 x 2, 512 x 36 x 2, 1,024 x 36 x 2
Synchronized
Number of Words in FIFO Memory(1,2)
to CLKA
to CLKB
IDT723624(3)
IDT723634(3)
IDT723644(3)
EFA/ORA
AEA
AFB
FFB/IRB
000
L
H
1 to X2
H
L
H
(X2+1) to [256-(Y2+1)]
(X2+1) to [512-(Y2+1)]
(X2+1) to [1,024-(Y2+1)]
H
(256-Y2) to 255
(512-Y2) to 511
(1,024-Y2) to 1,023
H
L
H
256
512
1,024
H
L
TABLE 4 — FIFO1 FLAG OPERATION (IDT Standard and FWFT modes)
TABLE 5 — FIFO2 FLAG OPERATION (IDT Standard and FWFT modes)
Synchronized
Number of Words in FIFO Memory(1,2)
to CLKB
to CLKA
IDT723624(3)
IDT723634(3)
IDT723644(3)
EFB/ORB
AEB
AFA
FFA/IRA
00
0
L
H
1 to X1
H
L
H
(X1+1) to [256-(Y1+1)]
(X1+1) to [512-(Y1+1)]
(X1+1) to [1,024-(Y1+1)]
H
(256-Y1) to 255
(512-Y1) to 511
(1,024-Y1) to 1,023
H
L
H
256
512
1,024
H
L
EFB/ORB,AEB, FFB/IRB,andAFBaresynchronizedtoCLKB.Tables4and
5 show the relationship of each port flag to FIFO1 and FIFO2.
EMPTY/OUTPUT READY FLAGS (
EFA/ORA, EFB/ORB)
Thesearedualpurposeflags. IntheFWFTmode,theOutputReady(ORA,
ORB) function is selected. When the Output Ready flag is HIGH, new data is
present in the FIFO output register. When the Output Ready flag is LOW, the
previous data word is present in the FIFO output register and attempted FIFO
reads are ignored.
In the IDT Standard mode, the Empty Flag (
EFA,EFB)functionisselected.
When the Empty Flag is HIGH, data is available in the FIFO’s RAM memory
for reading to the output register. When the Empty Flag is LOW, the previous
data word is present in the FIFO output register and attempted FIFO reads are
ignored.
The Empty/Output Ready flag of a FIFO is synchronized to the port clock
that reads data from its array. For both the FWFT and IDT Standard modes,
the FIFO read pointer is incremented each time a new word is clocked to its
outputregister.ThestatemachinethatcontrolsanOutputReadyflagmonitors
a write pointer and read pointer comparator that indicates when the FIFO
memory status is empty, empty+1, or empty+2.
In FWFT mode, from the time a word is written to a FIFO, it can be shifted
to the FIFO output register in a minimum of three cycles of the Output Ready
flag synchronizing clock. Therefore, an Output Ready flag is LOW if a word in
memory is the next data to be sent to the FlFO output register and three cycles
of the port Clock that reads data from the FIFO have not elapsed since the time
the word was written. The Output Ready flag of the FIFO remains LOW until
the third LOW-to-HIGH transition of the synchronizing clock occurs, simulta-
neously forcing the Output Ready flag HIGH and shifting the word to the FIFO
output register.
In IDT Standard mode, from the time a word is written to a FIFO, the Empty
Flagwillindicatethepresenceofdataavailableforreadinginaminimumoftwo
cyclesoftheEmptyFlagsynchronizingclock.Therefore,anEmptyFlagisLOW
if a word in memory is the next data to be sent to the FlFO output register and
two cycles of the port Clock that reads data from the FIFO have not elapsed
since the time the word was written. The Empty Flag of the FIFO remains LOW
until the second LOW-to-HIGH transition of the synchronizing clock occurs,
forcing the Empty Flag HIGH; only then can data be read.
A LOW-to-HIGH transition on an Empty/Output Ready flag synchronizing
clockbeginsthefirstsynchronizationcycleofawriteiftheclocktransitionoccurs
NOTES:
1. When a word loaded to an empty FIFO is shifted to the output register, its previous FIFO memory location is free.
2. Data in the output register does not count as a "word in FIFO memory". Since in FWFT mode, the first word written to an empty FIFO goes unrequested to the output register
(no read operation necessary), it is not included in the FIFO memory count.
3. X1 is the Almost-Empty offset for FIFO1 used by
AEB. Y1 is the Almost-Full offset for FIFO1 used by AFA. Both X1 and Y1 are selected during a FIFO1 reset or port A programming.
4. The ORB and IRA functions are active during FWFT mode; the
EFB and FFA functions are active in IDT Standard mode.
NOTES:
1. When a word loaded to an empty FIFO is shifted to the output register, its previous FIFO memory location is free.
2. Data in the output register does not count as a "word in FIFO memory". Since in FWFT mode, the first word written to an empty FIFO goes unrequested to the output register
(no read operation necessary), it is not included in the FIFO memory count.
3. X2 is the Almost-Empty offset for FIFO2 used by
AEA. Y2 is the Almost-Full offset for FIFO2 used by AFB. Both X2 and Y2 are selected during a FIFO2 reset or port A programming.
4. The ORA and IRB functions are active during FWFT mode; the
EFA and FFB functions are active in IDT Standard mode.