CY7C408A
CY7C409A
9
Possible Minimum Pulse Width Violation at the Boundary
Conditions
If the handshaking signals IR and OR are not properly used to
generate the SI and SO signals, it is possible to violate the
minimum (effective) SI and SO positive pulse widths at the full
and empty boundaries.
Cascading the 7C408/9A-35 Above 25 MHz
First, the capacity of N cascaded FIFOs is decreased from N
× 64 to (N × 63) + 1.
If cascaded FIFOs are to be operated with an external clock
rate greater than 25 MHz, the interface IR signal must be in-
verted before being fed back to the interface SO pin (
Figure
3). Two things should be noted when this configuration is im-
plemented.
Secondly, the frequency at the cascade interface is less than
the 35 MHz rate at which the external clocks may operate.
Therefore, the first device has its data shifted in faster than it
is shifted out, and eventually this device becomes momentarily
full. When this occurs, the maximum sustainable external
clock frequency changes from 35 MHz to the cascade inter-
face frequency.[28]
When data packets[29] are transmitted, this phenomenon does
not occur unless more than three FIFOs are depth cascaded.
For example, if two FIFOs are cascaded, a packet of 127 (=2
× 63 + 1) words may be shifted in at up to 35 MHz and then
the entire packet may be shifted out at up to 35 MHz.
Figure 2. Shifting Words Out.
C408A–18
SHIFT OUT
HF
AFE
64
63
FULL
56
55
54
30
9
8
7
32
31
1
EMPTY
Figure 3. Cascaded Configuration Above 25 MHz.
Figure 4. Cascaded Configuration at or below 25 MHz [22,23,24,25,26].
C408A–19
IR
SI
SO
OR
B
IR
SI
SO
OR
A
IR
SI
SO
OR
C
IR
SI
DIN
2
1
N
UPSTREAM
DOWNSTREAM
IRX
SIX
DINX
SOX
ORX
DOUTX
SO
OR
128 x 9 Configuration
SI
IR
DI0
DI1
DI2
DI3
DO0
DO1
DO2
DO3
MR
SO
OR
SI
IR
DI0
DI1
DI2
DI3
DO0
DO1
DO2
DO3
MR
OUTPUT READY
SHIFT IN
SHIFT OUT
INPUT READY
DATA IN
DATA OUT
MR
C408A–20
HF/AFE
HF/AFE
DI4
DI5
DI6
DI7
DO4
DO5
DO6
DO7
DI4
DI5
DI6
DI7
DO4
DO5
DO6
DO7
DI8
DO8
DI8
DO8