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AT25SL321

DS-25SL321–112H–2020-10

8.20 Chip Erase (C7h / 60h)

The Chip Erase instruction clears all bits in the device to be FFh (all 1s). Prior to the Chip Erase Instruction, a Write

Enable instruction must be issued. The instruction is initiated by driving the CS pin low and shifting the instruction

code C7h or 60h. (See Figure 8-32). The CS pin must go high after the eighth bit of the last byte has been latched

in, otherwise, the Chip Erase instruction can not be executed. After CS is driven high, the self-timed Chip Erase

instruction commences for a duration of tCE. See Section 9.8, AC Electrical Characteristics.

While the Chip Erase cycle is in progress, the Read Status Register instruction can still be accessed to check the

status of the BUSY bit. The BUSY bit is a 1 during the Chip Erase cycle and becomes a 0 when the cycle is

finished and the device is ready to accept other instructions again. When the BUSY bit is asserted, the Write

Enable Latch (WEL) bit in the Status Register is cleared to 0.

Figure 8-32. Chip Erase Instruction for SPI Mode (left) and QPI Mode (right)

8.21 Erase / Program Suspend (75h)

The Erase/Program Suspend instruction allows the system to interrupt a Block Erase operation or a Page

Program, Quad Data Input Page Program, Quad Page Program operation.

Erase Suspend is valid only during the Block erase operation. The Write Status Register-1 (01h), Write Status

Suspend. During the Chip Erase operation, the Erase Suspend instruction is ignored.

Program Suspend is valid only during the Page Program, Quad Data Input Page Program or Quad Page Program

operation. The Write Status Register-1 (01h), Write Status Register-2 (31h) instruction, Program instructions (02h

and 33h) and Erase Instructions (20h, 52h, D8h, C7h, 60h) are not allowed during Program Suspend.

The Erase/Program Suspend instruction “75h” is accepted by the device only if the SUS bit in the Status Register

equals to 0 and the BUSY bit equals to 1 while a Block Erase or a Page Program operation is on-going. If the

SUS bit equals to 1 or the BUSY bit equals to 0, the Suspend instruction is ignored by the device. A maximum of

time of tSUS (see Section 9.8) is required to suspend the erase or program operation. After Erase/Program

Suspend, the SUS bit in the Status Register is set from 0 to 1 immediately and the BUSY bit in the Status

that the Suspend instruction 75h is not issued earlier than a minimum of time of tSUS following the preceding

Resume instruction 7Ah.

Unexpected power off during the Erase/Program suspend state resets the device and releases the suspend

state. SUS bit in the Status Register is also reset to 0. The data within the page or block that was being suspended

might become corrupted. It is recommended for the user to implement system design techniques against the

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