
CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT/ADVANCE
SLDRAM HYSL8M18D600A
CONSORTIUM 8 MEG x 18 SLDRAM
8M x 18 SLDRAM 4 HYUNDAI Electronics Confidential
Rev. 12/20/97 ¨¸1997, SLDRAM Consortium
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The specific SLDRAM described in this data
sheet is an octal 256K×72 DRAM which operates at
2.5V and includes a high speed, packet-oriented,
synchronous 18-bit interface, and a pipelined
architecture. Each of the 256K×72 bit banks is
organized as 2048 rows by 128 columns by 72 bits.
Read and write accesses begin with the
application of a request packet, which includes all
necessary address bits. The request packet is
followed, after a specific programmed delay, by a
data packet, to complete the transaction.
Prior to normal operation, the SLDRAM must be
initialized. The following sections provide detailed
information covering device initialization, packet
definition, and device operation.
Initialization
POWER-UP/HARDWARE RESET
SLDRAMs must be powered-up and initialized in
a predefined manner. Operational procedures other
than those specified may result in undefined
operation. Power must be applied to VDD, VREF, and
VDDQ, then after a delay of tVTD, power must be
applied to system VTERM. VTERM must be applied
after VDDQ to avoid device latch-up, which may
cause permanent damage to the device. VREF can
be applied any time after VDDQ, but is expected to
be nominally coincident with VTERM. Inputs are not
recognized as valid until after VREF is applied. Upon
power-up, the SLDRAM DQ and DCLK outputs will
be driven LOW. The RESET# input should be held
active for at least tRST. This hardware reset sets the
internal ID Register to a value of 255, the SUB-ID
Register to a value of 15, and sets programmable
read and write delays to the minimum values.
EXIT SHUTDOWN/CONTROLLER DRIVER ADJUST
A LOW level on LINKON must be applied prior to
deasserting RESET#; then after deasserting
RESET#, continue the initialization sequence as if
existing the Shutdown mode (LISTEN LOW before
LINKON HIGH, bring LINKON HIGH, wait tLHHC for
DLLs to lock, then bring LISTEN HIGH). [Note;
external buffer devices may require that LISTEN be
LOW prior to deasserting RESET#, and that an
additional lock delay must occur between LICKON
going HIGH and LISTEN going HIGH]. After the exit
Shutdown sequence, the device is active, and the
command and write timing synchronization should be
performed.
At some point prior to the start of command and
write timing synchronization, the controller must
perform a self-calibration of VOH and VOL on it’s
SLIO outputs and I/O pins.
COMMAND AND WRITE TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION
For command and write timing synchronization,
the controller transmits the specified pattern on the
FLAG, CA, DQ, and DCLK signals, repetitively, until
a LOW-to-HIGH transition is eventually detected on
it’s SI input (which occurs only after all devices on
the channel are successfully synchronized). The
controller brings it’s SO output HIGH after
transmitting the first cycle of the specified pattern.
The packets are broadcast to all devices connected
directly to the controller and are identified by a two-
tick HIGH level on the Flag input. During this
operation, the SLDRAM devices use the SI/SO
daisy-chain link to communicate to the controller that
command and write timing synchronization has been
completed. This is achieved by passing a LOW-to-
HIGH transition from the controller SO output to the
first SLDRAM SI input, and then from the first
SLDRAM SO output to the second SLDRAM SI input,
etc. through the last SLDRAM SO output driving SI
input of the controller. Each SLDRAM device begins
command and write timing synchronization upon
detecting the specified pattern but does not drive it’s
SO output until both transition at it’s SI input, and the
completion of command and write timing
synchronization have occurred.
The receipt of the special pattern on FLAG with
the LOW-to-HIGH transition on SI differentiates this
activity on the SI/So link from the similar procedure
used during ID assignment. The controller stops
sending the specified patterns after detecting SI
HIGH, and then waits 16 ticks before sending a valid
command. This delay allows the SLDRAM devices to
detect the absence of the special pattern on the
FLAG input and to recognize the next HIGH level on
the FLAG input as being the start of a valid
command packet. The controller also resets the
SI/SO link by bringing it’s SO LOW; HIGH-to-LOW
transitions propagate through the link independent of
device status or operation.
ID ASSIGNMENT
Next, each SLDRAM on the channel(s) is
sequentially assigned a unique ID and SUB-ID
combination. Each SLDRAM individually selected in
turn by using the SI/SO link. This mode of operation
is identified by a LOW-to-HIGH transition on SI
followed by an ID Register Write Request Packet.
Each ID Register Write Request will be followed by a
corresponding SUB-ID Register Packet, and n of
these request pairs will be broadcast,(where n
equals the number of SLDRAM devices in the
system). Only the SLDRAM which has SI HIGH,
ID=255 and SUB-ID=15 will react to any given
request pair. Each SLDRAM in turn, reacts by writing
the ID contained in the first packet to it’s internal ID