A.3 Bus Phases

Table A.4 Signal delay times definition (1/2)

No.

Item

Time

Definition

 

 

 

 

1

Arbitration

2.4 µs

The minimum time an SCSI device shall wait from asserting

 

delay

 

BSY for arbitration until the DATA BUS can be examined to

 

 

 

see if arbitration has been won. There is no maximum time.

 

 

 

 

2

Assertion

90 ns

The minimum time that a target shall assert REQ (or REQB)

 

period

 

while using synchronous data transfers. Also, the minimum

 

 

 

time that an initiator shall assert ACK while using

 

 

 

synchronous data transfers.

 

 

 

 

3

Bus Clear

800 ns

The maximum time for an SCSI device to stop driving all bus

 

delay

 

signals after:

 

 

 

(1) The BUS FREE phase is detected (BSY and SEL both

 

 

 

false for a bus settle delay)

 

 

 

(2) SEL is received from another SCSI device during the

 

 

 

ARBITRATION phase

 

 

 

(3) The transition of RST to true.

 

 

 

For the first condition listed, the maximum time for an SCSI

 

 

 

device to clear the bus is 1200 nanoseconds from BSY and

 

 

 

SEL first becoming both false. If an SCSI device requires

 

 

 

more than a bus settle delay to detect BUS FREE phase, it

 

 

 

shall clear the bus within a bus clear delay minus the excess

 

 

 

time.

 

 

 

 

4

Bus free delay

800 ns

The minimum time that an SCSI device shall wait from its

 

 

 

detection of the BUS FREE phase (BSY and SEL both false

 

 

 

for a bus settle delay) until its assertion of BSY when going to

 

 

 

the ARBITRATION phase.

 

 

 

 

5

Bus set delay

1.8 µs

The maximum time for an SCSI device to assert BSY and its

 

 

 

SCSI ID bit on the DATA BUS after it detects BUS FREE

 

 

 

phase (BSY and SEL both false for a bus settle delay) for the

 

 

 

purpose of entering the ARBITRATION phase

 

 

 

 

6

Bus settle

400 ns

The minimum time to wait for the bus to settle after changing

 

delay

 

certain control signals as called out in the protocol definitions

 

 

 

 

7

Cable skew

10 ns

The maximum difference in propagation time allowed

 

delay

 

between any two SCSI bus signals measured between any two

 

 

 

SCSI devices

 

 

 

 

8

Data release

400 ns

The maximum time for an initiator to release the DATA BUS

 

delay

 

signals following the transition of the I/O signal from false to

 

 

 

true

 

 

 

 

9

Deskew delay

45 ns

The minimum time required for deskew of certain signals

 

 

 

 

Appendix A-9