DS1251 Datasheet, PDF (4/22 Pages) Dallas Semiconductor – 4096k NV SRAM with Phantom Clock

DS1251/DS1251P
CE and OE control of the phantom clock starts the pattern recognition sequence by moving a pointer to
the first bit of the 64-bit comparison register. Next, 64 consecutive write cycles are executed using the
CE and WE control of the SmartWatch. These 64 write cycles are used only to gain access to the
phantom clock. Therefore, any address to the memory in the socket is acceptable. However, the write
cycles generated to gain access to the phantom clock are also writing data to a location in the mated
RAM. The preferred way to manage this requirement is to set aside just one address location in RAM as a
phantom clock scratch pad. When the first write cycle is executed, it is compared to bit 0 of the 64-bit
comparison register. If a match is found, the pointer increments to the next location of the comparison
register and awaits the next write cycle. If a match is not found, the pointer does not advance and all
subsequent write cycles are ignored. If a read cycle occurs at any time during pattern recognition, the
present sequence is aborted and the comparison register pointer is reset. Pattern recognition continues for
a total of 64 write cycles as described above until all the bits in the comparison register have been
matched (Figure 1). With a correct match for 64 bits, the phantom clock is enabled and data transfer to or
from the timekeeping registers can proceed. The next 64 cycles will cause the phantom clock to either
receive or transmit data on DQ0, depending on the level of the OE pin or the WE pin. Cycles to other
locations outside the memory block can be interleaved with CE cycles without interrupting the pattern
recognition sequence or data transfer sequence to the phantom clock.
PHANTOM CLOCK REGISTER INFORMATION
The phantom clock information is contained in eight registers of 8 bits, each of which is sequentially
accessed 1 bit at a time after the 64-bit pattern recognition sequence has been completed. When updating
the phantom clock registers, each register must be handled in groups of 8 bits. Writing and reading
individual bits within a register could produce erroneous results. These read/write registers are defined in
Figure 2.
Data contained in the phantom clock register is in binary-coded decimal format (BCD). Reading and
writing the registers is always accomplished by stepping through all eight registers, starting with bit 0 of
register 0 and ending with bit 7 of register 7.
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