D A T A S H E E T
WRITE OPERATION STATUS
The device provides several bits to determine the
status of a program or erase operation: DQ2, DQ3,
DQ5, DQ6, DQ7, and RY/BY#. Table 13, on page 30
and the following subsections describe the functions of
these bits. DQ7 and DQ6 each offer a method for deter-
mining whether a program or erase operation is
complete or in progress. The device also provides a
hardware-based output signal, RY/BY#, to determine
whether an embedded program or erase operation is in
progress or is completed.
page 41, Data# Polling Timings (During Embedded
Algorithms), in the “AC Characteristics” section illus-
trates this.
Table 13, on page 30 shows the outputs for Data#
Polling on DQ7. Figure 5, on page 27 shows the Data#
Polling algorithm.
START
DQ7: Data# Polling
The Data# Polling bit, DQ7, indicates to the host
system whether an Embedded Algorithm is in progress
or completed, or whether the device is in Erase Sus-
pend. Data# Polling is valid after the rising edge of the
final WE# pulse in the program or erase command
sequence.
Read DQ7–DQ0
Addr = VA
Yes
During the Embedded Program algorithm, the device
outputs on DQ7 the complement of the datum pro-
grammed to DQ7. This DQ7 status also applies to
programming during Erase Suspend. When the
Embedded Program algorithm is complete, the device
outputs the datum programmed to DQ7. The system
must provide the program address to read valid status
information on DQ7. If a program address falls within a
protected sector, Data# Polling on DQ7 is active for
approximately 1 µs, then the device returns to reading
array data.
DQ7 = Data?
No
No
DQ5 = 1?
Yes
Read DQ7–DQ0
Addr = VA
During the Embedded Erase algorithm, Data# Polling
produces a “0” on DQ7. When the Embedded Erase
algorithm is complete, or if the device enters the Erase
Suspend mode, Data# Polling produces a “1” on DQ7.
This is analogous to the complement/true datum output
described for the Embedded Program algorithm: the
erase function changes all the bits in a sector to “1”;
prior to this, the device outputs the “complement,” or
“0.” The system must provide an address within any of
the sectors selected for erasure to read valid status
information on DQ7.
Yes
DQ7 = Data?
No
PASS
FAIL
After an erase command sequence is written, if all
sectors selected for erasing are protected, Data#
Polling on DQ7 is active for approximately 100 µs, then
the device returns to reading array data. If not all
selected sectors are protected, the Embedded Erase
algorithm erases the unprotected sectors, and ignores
the selected sectors that are protected.
Notes:
1. VA = Valid address for programming. During a sector
erase operation, a valid address is an address within any
sector selected for erasure. During chip erase, a valid
address is any non-protected sector address.
2. DQ7 should be rechecked even if DQꢀ = “1” because
DQ7 may change simultaneously with DQꢀ.
When the system detects DQ7 changes from the com-
plement to true data, it can read valid data at DQ7–
DQ0 on the following read cycles. This is because DQ7
may change asynchronously with DQ0–DQ6 while
Output Enable (OE#) is asserted low. Figure 19, on
Figure 5. Data# Polling Algorithm
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