External Memory Interface Handbook Volume 3: Reference Material: For UniPHY-based Device Families

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Date 3/06/2023
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2.5.4. Address and Command Datapath

Implementation of the address and command datapath differs between DDR2/DDR3 and LPDDR2, because of the double data-rate command in LPDDR2.

LPDDR2

For LPDDR2, CA is four bits wide on the AFI interface. The least significant bit of CA is captured by a negative-edge triggered flop, and the most-significant bit of CA is captured by a positive-edge triggered flop, before multiplexing to provide maximum setup and hold margins for the AFI clock-to-MEM clock data transfer.

DDR2/DDR3

For DDR2/DDR3, the full-rate register and MUX architecture is similar to LPDDR2, but both phases are driven with the same signal. The DDR3 address and command signal is not clocked by the write/ADC clock as with LPDDR2, but by the inverted MEM clock, for better address and command margin.

Chip Select

Because the memory controller can drive both phases of cs_n in half-rate, the signal is fully exposed to the AFI side.