ACE25C200

2MB Serial Flash Memory

VER 1.2

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Figure 15 Sector erase instruction

Block Erase (BE) (D8h)

The Block Erase instruction sets all memory within a specified block (64K -bytes) to the erased state

of all 1s (FFh). A Write Enable instruction must be executed before the device will accept the Block

Erase Instruction (Status Register bit WEL must equal 1). The instruction is initiated by driving the

CS# pin low and shifting the instruction code “D8h” followed a 24-bit block address A23-A0. The Block

Erase instruction sequence is shown in Figure 16.

The CS# pin must be driven high after the eighth bit of the last byte has been latched. If this is not

done the Block Erase instruction will not be executed. After CS# is driven high, the self -timed Block

While the Block Erase cycle is in progress, the Read Status Register instruction may still be accessed

for checking the status of the WIP bit. The WIP bit is a 1 during the Block Erase cycle and becomes a

0 when the cycle is finished and the device is ready to accept other instructions again. After the Block

Erase cycle has finished the Write Enable Latch (WEL) bit in the Status Register is cleared to 0. The

Block Erase instruction will not be executed if the addressed page is protected by the Block Protect

(BP2, BP1, and BP0) bits (see Table 2 Status Register Memory Protection table).

Figure 16 Block erase instruction