
SMJ55161
262144 BY 16-BIT
MULTIPORT VIDEO RAM
SGMS056D – MAY 1995 – REVISED OCTOBER 1997
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block write (continued)
The fourth quadrant (DQ12–DQ15 ) has DQ12, DQ14, and DQ15 written with bits 12, 14, and 15 from the
color-data register to column 0 and column 2 of its block 0. DQ13 retains its previous data on all columns due
to the write mask. Columns 1 and 3 retain their previous data on all DQs due to the column mask. If the previous
data for the quadrant is all 0s, the fourth quadrant contains the data pattern shown in Figure 12 after the
block-write operation shown in the previous example.
DQ12
Columns 0
1
2
3
4th Quadrant
0
0
0
0
DQ13
0
0
0
0
DQ14
1
0
1
0
DQ15
1
0
1
0
Figure 12. Example of Fourth Quadrant After a Block-Write Operation
load color register
The load-color-register cycle is performed using normal DRAM write-cycle timing except that DSF is held high
on the falling edges of RAS, CASL, and CASU. The color register is loaded from pins DQ0 –DQ15, which are
latched on either the first falling edge of CASx or the falling edge of WE, whichever occurs later. If only one CASx
is low, only the corresponding byte of the color register is loaded. When the color register is loaded, it retains
data until power is lost or until another load-color-register cycle is performed (see Figure 13 and Figure 14).
RAS
CASx
A0–A8
WE
TRG
DSF
DQ0–DQ15
1
2
3
2
3
4
6
5
6
Load-Color-Register Cycle
Block-Write Cycle
(no write mask)
Block-Write Cycle
(load and use write mask)
Legend:
1. Refresh address
2. Row address
3. Block address (A2–A8) is latched on the first falling edge of CASx.
4. Color-register data
5. Write-mask data: DQ0–DQ15 are latched on the falling edge of RAS.
6. Column-mask data: DQi–DQi+3 (i = 0, 4, 8, 12) are latched on either the first falling edge of CASx or the falling edge of WE, whichever
occurs later.
= don’t care
Figure 13. Example of Block Writes