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Erase Suspend

The Erase Suspend command allows the user to interrupt a Sector Erase operation and then perform data reads

from or programs to a sector not being erased. This command is applicable ONLY during the Sector Erase

operation which include the time-out period for sector erase. The Erase Suspend command will be ignored if

written during the Chip Erase operation or Embedded Program Algorithm. Writting the Erase Suspend command

during the Sector Erase time-out results in immediate termination of the time-out period and suspension of the

erase operation.

Any other command written during the Erase Suspend mode will be ignored except the Erase Resume command.

Writing the Erase Resume command resumes the erase operation. The addresses are “DON’T CARES” when

writing the Erase Suspend or Erase Resume command.

When the Erase Suspend command is written during the Sector Erase operation, the device will take a maximum

of 10

µs to suspend the erase operation. When the devices have entered the erase-suspended mode, the DQ7

bit will be at logic “1”, and DQ6 will stop toggling. The user must use the address of the erasing sector for reading

DQ6 and DQ7 to determine if the erase operation has been suspended. Further writes of the Erase Suspend

command are ignored.

When the erase operation has been suspended, the devices default to the erase-suspend-read mode. Reading

data in this mode is the same as reading from the standard read mode except that the data must be read from

sectors that have not been erase-suspended. Successively reading from the erase-suspended sector while the

device is in the erase-suspend-read mode will cause DQ2 to toggle. (See the section on DQ2.)

After entering the erase-suspend-read mode, the user can program the device by writing the appropriate

command sequence for Program. This Program mode is known as the erase-suspend-program mode. Again,

programming in this mode is the same as programming in the regular Program mode except that the data must

be programmed to sectors that are not erase-suspended. Successively reading from the erase-suspended sector

while the devices are in the erase-suspend-program mode will cause DQ2 to toggle. The end of the erase-

suspended Program operation is detected by Data polling of DQ7, or by the Toggle Bit I (DQ6) which is the same

as the regular Program operation. Note that DQ7 must be read from the Program address while DQ6 can be read

from any address.

To resume the operation of Sector Erase, the Resume command (30H) should be written. Any further writes of

the Resume command at this point will be ignored. Another Erase Suspend command can be written after the

chip has resumed erasing.

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