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8793F–DFLASH–11/2017

9.5

Global Protect/Unprotect

The Global Protect and Global Unprotect features can work in conjunction with the Protect Sector and Unprotect Sector

functions.

Example:

A system can globally protect the entire memory array and then use the Unprotect Sector command to

individually unprotect certain sectors and individually reprotect them later by using the Protect Sector

command. Likewise, a system can globally unprotect the entire memory array and then individually protect

certain sectors as needed.

Performing a Global Protect or Global Unprotect is accomplished by writing a certain combination of data to the Status

execution details). The Write Status Register command is also used to modify the SPRL (Sector Protection Registers

Locked) bit to control hardware and software locking.

To perform a Global Protect, the appropriate WP pin and SPRL conditions must be met, and the system must write a

Logical 1 to bits 5, 4, 3, and 2 of the first byte of the Status Register. Conversely, to perform a Global Unprotect, the same

WP and SPRL conditions must be met but the system must write a Logical 0 to bits 5, 4, 3, and 2 of the first byte of the

Status Register. Table 9-2 details the conditions necessary for a Global Protect or Global Unprotect to be performed.

Sectors that have been erase or program suspended must remain in the unprotected state. If a Global Protect operation

is attempted while a sector is erase or program suspended, the protection operation will abort, the protection states of all

sectors in the Flash memory array will not change, and WEL bit in the Status Register will be reset back to a Logical 0.

Essentially, if the SPRL bit of the Status Register is in the Logical 0 state (Sector Protection Registers are not locked),

then writing a 00h to the first byte of the Status Register will perform a Global Unprotect without changing the state of the

SPRL bit. Similarly, writing a 7Fh to the first byte of the Status Register will perform a Global Protect and keep the SPRL

bit in the Logical 0 state. The SPRL bit can, of course, be changed to a Logical 1 by writing an FFh if software-locking or

hardware-locking is desired along with the Global Protect.

If the desire is to only change the SPRL bit without performing a Global Protect or Global Unprotect, then the system can

simply write a 0Fh to the first byte of the Status Register to change the SPRL bit from a Logical 1 to a Logical 0 provided

the WP pin is deasserted. Likewise, the system can write an F0h to change the SPRL bit from a Logical 0 to a Logical 1

without affecting the current sector protection status (no changes will be made to the Sector Protection Registers).

When writing to the first byte of the Status Register, bits 5, 4, 3, and 2 will not actually be modified, but will be decoded by

the device for the purposes of the Global Protect and Global Unprotect functions. Only bit 7, the SPRL bit, will actually be

modified. Therefore, when reading the first byte of the Status Register, bits 5, 4, 3, and 2 will not reflect the values written

to them but will instead indicate the status of the WP pin and the sector protection status. Please see “Read Status

for bits 5, 4, 3, and 2.

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