Bus Multiplexing

The EBI offers a complete set of control signals that share the 16-bit data lines, the address lines of up to 24 bits and the control signals through a multiplex logic operating in function of the memory area requests.

Multiplexing is specifically organized in order to guarantee the maintenance of the address and output control lines at a stable state while no external access is being performed. Multiplexing is also designed to respect the data float times defined in the Memory Controllers. Furthermore, refresh cycles of the SDR-SDRAM are executed independently by the SDR Controller without delaying the other external Memory Controller accesses.