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21520D5 October 11, 2006

Am29LV002B

D A TA SH EE T

Sector Protection/Unprotection

The hardware sector protection feature disables both

program and erase operations in any sector. The hard-

ware sector unprotection feature re-enables both

program and erase operations in previously protected

sectors. Sector protection/unprotection can be imple-

mented via two methods.

The primary method requires VID on the RESET# pin

only, and can be implemented either in-system or via

programming equipment. Figure 2 shows the algo-

rithms and Figure 21 shows the timing diagram. This

method uses standard microprocessor bus cycle

timing. For sector unprotect, all unprotected sectors

must first be protected prior to the first sector unprotect

write cycle.

The alternate method intended only for programming

equipment requires VID on address pin A9, OE#, and

RESET#. This method is compatible with programmer

routines written for earlier 3.0 volt-only AMD flash

devices. Publication number 21224 contains further

details; contact an AMD representative to request a

copy.

The device is shipped with all sectors unprotected.

AMD offers the option of programming and protecting

sectors at its factory prior to shipping the device

through AMD’s ExpressFlash™ Service. Contact an

AMD representative for details.

It is possible to determine whether a sector is protected

or unprotected. See “Autoselect Mode” for details.

Temporary Sector Unprotect

This feature allows temporary unprotection of previ-

ously protected sectors to change data in-system. The

Sector Unprotect mode is activated by setting the

RESET# pin to VID. During this mode, formerly pro-

tected sectors can be programmed or erased by

selecting the sector addresses. Once VID is removed

from the RESET# pin, all the previously protected

sectors are protected again. Figure 2 shows the algo-

rithm, and Figure 20 shows the timing diagrams, for this

feature.

Hardware Data Protection

The command sequence requirement of unlock cycles

for programming or erasing provides data protection

against inadver tent writes (refer to Table 5 for

command definitions). In addition, the following hard-

ware data protection measures prevent accidental

erasure or programming, which might otherwise be

caused by spurious system level signals during VCC

power-up and power-down transitions, or from system

noise.

Low VCC Write Inhibit

When VCC is less than VLKO, the device does not

accept any write cycles. This protects data during VCC

power-up and power-down. The command register and

all internal program/erase circuits are disabled, and the

device resets. Subsequent writes are ignored until VCC

is greater than VLKO. The system must provide the

proper signals to the control pins to prevent uninten-

tional writes when VCC is greater than VLKO.

Write Pulse “Glitch” Protection

Noise pulses of less than 5 ns (typical) on OE#, CE# or

WE# do not initiate a write cycle.

Logical Inhibit

Write cycles are inhibited by holding any one of OE# =

VIL, CE# = VIH or WE# = VIH. To initiate a write cycle,

CE# and WE# must be a logical zero while OE# is a

logical one.

Power-Up Write Inhibit

If WE# = CE# = VIL and OE# = VIH during power up, the

device does not accept commands on the rising edge

of WE#. The internal state machine is automatically

reset to reading array data on power-up

START

Perform Erase or

Program Operations

RESET# = VIH

Temporary Sector

Unprotect Completed

(Note 2)

RESET# = VID

(Note 1)

Note:

1. All protected sectors unprotected.

2. All previously protected sectors are protected once

again.

Figure 1.

Temporary Sector Unprotect Operation

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