MU9C RCP Family
Register Descriptions
The conditions of the Device Select register, the /CS1 and
/CS2 lines are sampled at the time of the falling edge of /E.
In a particular MU9C RCP within a system, that CAM will
be selected under the following conditions:
There is a small propagation delay per device in the daisy
chain. Alternatively, vertical cascading can be done with
external logic that provides prioritization and select lines
back into each device. The MU9C RCP architecture
supports external prioritization for cases where the daisy
chain overhead is not acceptable. Figure 4 shows a system
in which a number of MU9C RCPs are vertically
cascaded.
(/CS1=LOW) OR (/CS2=LOW)
OR ((DS8 = LOW) AND (DS3-0 = PA3-0))
Therefore, the /CS1 lines of all devices are tied together
for global cycles that broadcast control states to all devices
within the system; then, for local cycles, an individual
device is selected by loading all the Device Select
Registers bit DS8 LOW and bits DS3-0 with the Page
Address value of the device to be selected. On a
subsequent cycle, /CS1 and /CS2 remain HIGH, and only
the device whose Page Address value matches with its
DS3-0 will respond. After an individual device has been
selected, a global Write cycle to the Device Select register
using /CS1 line is executed to select another device, or to
disable the software chip select mechanism altogether.
“1”
“0”
+3.3V
/MI
/FI
BT-CAM
/FF
Highest Priority
/MF
/MI
/MM
/FI
BT-CAM
/FF
Vertical Cascading
/MF
/MM
A system of any practical depth can be designed by
vertically cascading MU9C RCPs. The scheme uses a
daisy chain to provide system level prioritization as well
as Match, Multiple Match, and Full flags. There are three
daisy chains: Match, Multiple Match, and Full.
/MI
/FI
When a control state is broadcasted that accesses the
highest-priority matching location or Status register, the
daisy chain ensures that only the device that responds is
the one with the highest-priority match in the system. All
other devices will have their DQ31-0 lines and PA:AA bus
outputs held in high-impedance. Therefore, the Match
Flag daisy chain controls access to the system resources
for control states that are conditional on the results of the
previous Compare cycle.
BTCAM
/FF
Lowest Priority
/MF
/MM
Match
Full
Multiple-match
Figure 4: Vertically Cascading MU9C RCP’s
During a Comparison cycle, the Match and Multiple
Match flags will not change until /E goes HIGH during
that cycle. At this time, the daisy chain starts to resolve
system-level prioritization. Once sufficient time has
elapsed for the daisy chain to be resolved, the PA:AA bus
can be enabled with /OE, and Status Register Read cycles
will access only the highest-priority matching device.
Note that the daisy chain resolves system-level
prioritization combinatorially once initiated by /E going
HIGH. Other cycles that do not affect the daisy chain or
match results can take place in the MU9C RCP while the
daisy chain is resolving, for example, WR CR, allowing
some degree of pipelining. During a Write cycle, the Full
flag will not change until /E goes HIGH during that cycle.
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