SN74ACT3641

1024

× 36

CLOCKED FIRST-IN, FIRST-OUT MEMORY

SCAS338C – JANUARY 1994 – REVISED OCTOBER 1997

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Asynchronous or Coincident

to Port B

Almost-Empty Flags

Synchronized by CLKA

Synchronized by CLKB

Technology

SN74ACT3631 and SN74ACT3651

Quad Flat (PCB) and 132-Pin Plastic Quad

Flat (PQ) Packages

description

The SN74ACT3641 is a high-speed, low-power, CMOS clocked FIFO memory. It supports clock frequencies

up to 67 MHz and has read access times as fast as 12 ns. The 1024

× 36 dual-port SRAM FIFO buffers data

from port A to port B. The FIFO memory has retransmit capability, which allows previously read data to be

accessed again. The FIFO has flags to indicate empty and full conditions and two programmable flags (almost

full and almost empty) to indicate when a selected number of words is stored in memory. Communication

between each port takes place with two 36-bit mailbox registers. Each mailbox register has a flag to signal when

new mail has been stored. Two or more devices are used in parallel to create wider datapaths. Expansion is

also possible in word depth.

The SN74ACT3641 is a clocked FIFO, which means each port employs a synchronous interface. All data

transfers through a port are gated to the low-to-high transition of a continuous (free-running) port clock by enable

signals. The continuous clocks for each port are independent of one another and can be asynchronous or

coincident. The enables for each port are arranged to provide a simple interface between microprocessors

and/or buses with synchronous control.

The input-ready (IR) flag and almost-full (AF) flag of the FIFO are two-stage synchronized to CLKA. The

output-ready (OR) flag and almost-empty (AE) flag of the FIFO are two-stage synchronized to CLKB. Offset

values for the AF and AE flags of the FIFO can be programmed from port A or through a serial input.

The SN74ACT3641 is characterized for operation from 0

°C to 70°C.

For more information on this device family, see the following application reports:

(literature number SCAA009)

(literature number SCAA007)

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