READ Operation
READ burst operations are initiated with a READ command, as shown in
Figure 10(page 37). The starting column and bank addresses are provided with the READ com-
mand, and auto precharge is either enabled or disabled for that burst access. If auto
precharge is enabled, the row being accessed is precharged at the completion of the
burst. For the READ commands used in the following illustrations, auto precharge is
disabled.
During READ bursts, the valid data-out element from the starting column address will
be available following the CL after the READ command. Each subsequent data-out ele-
ment will be valid nominally at the next positive or negative clock edge.
Figure 22(page 60) shows general timing for each possible CL setting.
DQS is driven by the device along with output data. The initial LOW state on DQS is
known as the read preamble; the LOW state coincident with the last data-out element is
known as the read postamble. The READ burst is considered complete when the read
postamble is satisfied.
Upon completion of a burst, assuming no other commands have been initiated, the DQ
will go to High-Z. A detailed explanation of tDQSQ (valid data-out skew), tQH (data-out
Data from any READ burst can be truncated by a READ or WRITE command to the
same or alternate bank, by a BURST TERMINATE command, or by a PRECHARGE com-
mand to the same bank, provided that the auto precharge mode was not activated.
Data from any READ burst can be concatenated with or truncated with data from a sub-
sequent READ command. In either case, a continuous flow of data can be maintained.
The first data element from the new burst either follows the last element of a completed
burst or the last desired data element of a longer burst that is being truncated. The new
READ command should be issued x cycles after the first READ command, where x
equals the number of desired data element pairs (pairs are required by the 2n-prefetch
A READ command can be initiated on any clock cycle following a previous READ com-
read accesses within a page (or pages) can be performed as shown in
Figure 25Data from any READ burst can be truncated with a BURST TERMINATE command, as
(CAS) latency; for example, the BURST TERMINATE command should be issued x cy-
cles after the READ command, where x equals the number of desired data element pairs
(pairs are required by the 2n-prefetch architecture).
Data from any READ burst must be completed or truncated before a subsequent WRITE
command can be issued. If truncation is necessary, the BURST TERMINATE command
truncated with, a PRECHARGE command to the same bank, provided that auto pre-
charge was not activated. The PRECHARGE command should be issued x cycles after
the READ command, where x equals the number of desired data element pairs. This is
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