Knowledge Base Article
The Output Enable signal, OE#, is an asynchronous signal which controls the status of the data outputs of the FIFO (Q[0:8]). When OE# is disabled (high), all the data outputs will be in a High Z (high-impedence) state. When OE# is enabled (low), then the data outputs will be driven to a logic high or logic low value, depending on the value of the data being read out of the FIFO.
After a FIFO reset, if OE# is enabled, then the data lines will all go low tRSF after the assertion of the reset signal.
If there is a need for the data outputs to be driven logically high after reset, the only way to work around this behavior is to write a dummy character of all 1's into the FIFO and read that value out. This will keep the data outputs high until the next character is read.