Tektronix Webcam 070-8030-01 User Manual

Theory of Operation

1780R-Series Service Manual

The Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) is a 16-bit wide memory used
by the readout engine for its instructions. The system consists of three major
components; the memory array, an address multiplexer, and a control PAL. The
memory array consists of four 4-bit architecture DRAM chips residing on a
16-bit bus.

The Master MPU accesses each address from IA1 through IA8 (256 values) once
every 4 ms; the least significant bit (IA0) is not used as an address.

Address Multiplexer. The Address Multiplexer consists of two 74ALS158 (Quad
2-to-1 Multiplexers U353 & U357) that produce a combined set of RAS/ CAS
enables for the memory chips. Quad NAND gate U450 is mounted on the circuit
board but is not used in the current memory configuration. The order of
addresses multiplexed is chosen so that the lower order addresses (IA1 etc.) are
used as RAS addresses to allow for DRAM refresh by accessing a 512-word
address space.

DRAM Control PAL. The heart of the DRAM control circuit is a PAL, U361. It
provides all the timing signals for Master MPU and DMA accesses, along with
reshaping the write enable (/PERWR) used by the external interface and the
DRAM chips.