D A T A S H E E T
DQ5: Exceeded Timing Limits
START
DQ5 indicates whether the program or erase time has ex-
ceeded a specified internal pulse count limit. Under these
conditions DQ5 produces a 1. This is a failure condition that
indicates the program or erase cycle was not successfully
completed.
Read DQ7–DQ0
The DQ5 failure condition may appear if the system tries to
program a 1 to a location that is previously programmed to
“0.” Only an erase operation can change a 0 back to a 1.
Under this condition, the device halts the operation, and
when the operation has exceeded the timing limits, DQ5 pro-
duces a 1.
(Note 1)
Read DQ7–DQ0
Under both these conditions, the system must issue the
reset command to return the device to reading array data.
No
Toggle Bit
= Toggle?
DQ3: Sector Erase Timer
Yes
After writing a sector erase command sequence, the system
may read DQ3 to determine whether or not an erase opera-
tion has begun. (The sector erase timer does not apply to
the chip erase command.) If additional sectors are selected
for erasure, the entire time-out also applies after each addi-
tional sector erase command. When the time-out is com-
plete, DQ3 switches from 0 to 1. If the time between
additional sector erase commands from the system can be
assumed to be less than 50 µs, the system need not monitor
DQ3. See also Sector Erase Command Sequence‚ on
page 16.
No
DQ5 = 1?
Yes
(Notes
1, 2)
Read DQ7–DQ0
Twice
After the sector erase command sequence is written, the
system should read the status on DQ7 (Data# Polling) or
DQ6 (Toggle Bit I) to ensure the device has accepted the
command sequence, and then read DQ3. If DQ3 is 1, the in-
ternally controlled erase cycle has begun; all further com-
mands (other than Erase Suspend) are ignored until the
erase operation is complete. If DQ3 is 1, the device will ac-
cept additional sector erase commands. To ensure the com-
mand has been accepted, the system software should check
the status of DQ3 prior to and following each subsequent
sector erase command. If DQ3 is high on the second status
check, the last command might not have been accepted.
Table 6 on page 22 shows the outputs for DQ3.
Toggle Bit
= Toggle?
No
Yes
Program/Erase
Operation Not
Complete, Write
Reset Command
Program/Erase
Operation Complete
Notes:
1. Read toggle bit twice to determine whether or not it is toggling.
See text.
2. Recheck toggle bit because it may stop toggling as DQ5
changes to 1. See text.
Figure 6. Toggle Bit Algorithm
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