for cAS before RAS: CAS goes low, wait, RAS goes low, wait a bit longer, RAS goes high, CAS goes high. The DRAM has internal refresh counters, and doing the cas, ras sequence triggers the refresh cycle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Nixon" > Hi all, > > Has anyone got some knowledge of CAS before RAS refresh? > > Does CAS go LOW, then RAS gets cycled for each ROM address, then CAS > goes HIGH again? I think that is a hidden refresh, and not all dram supports it. -- Jon Baker -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu