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- From: etxansk@garbo.ericsson.se
- Subject: Beginners Question: RAS, CAS, and Refresh?
- Message-ID: <etxansk.714131335@garbod20>
- Originator: etxansk@garbod20
- Sender: news@ericsson.se
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- Organization: Ericsson
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 09:48:55 GMT
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- I've been looking at chip descriptions for some common
- memory circuits.
-
- There are pins on them named RAS, CAS, and Refresh. I know
- it's basic knowledge, but I'm not sure where to find good
- documentation on this.
-
- The RAS and CAS signals are probably input signals to the
- chip used during addressing. I've assumed that they're used
- to tell the chip whether it's the most or least significant
- part of the address vector that's currently on the address
- bus. If I'm right about this, how come there are _two_
- addressing control signals?
-
- For the Refresh signal: I can't recall if this one really
- is a pin on the chip or if it's some event that's done with
- other signals. I've heard that certain types of chips need
- this signal in order to work properly. What is the CPU (or
- the main clock, or the addressing logic) supposed to do to
- give the memory chips the refresh?
-
- Anders Skelander
-
-