Preliminary
FM25P16
16Kb Ultra Low Power Serial SPI F-RAM
Features
Low Power Operation
16K bit Ferroelectric Nonvolatile RAM
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1.8 - 3.6V Wide Operating Voltage
3.2 μA (typ.) Active Current @ 100 kHz
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Organized as 2044 x 8 bits
Unlimited Read/Write Cycles
10 Year Data Retention
NoDelay™ Writes
Member of a New Family of Low Energy
Memory Devices
Applications
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Solar Powered
Small Capacity Coin Cells
Energy Harvesting
Serial Peripheral Interface - SPI
Industry Standard Configuration
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Up to 1 MHz Frequency
Direct Hardware Replacement for EEPROM
SPI Mode 0 & 3 (CPOL, CPHA=0,0 & 1,1)
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Industrial Temperature -40° C to +85° C
“Green”/RoHS 8-pin SOIC Package
DESCRIPTION
PIN CONFIGURATION
The FM25P16 is a 16-kilobit nonvolatile memory
employing an advanced ferroelectric process. A
ferroelectric random access memory or F-RAM is
nonvolatile and performs reads and writes like a
RAM. It provides reliable data retention for 10 years
while eliminating the complexities, overhead, and
system level reliability problems caused by
EEPROM and other nonvolatile memories.
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2
3
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8
CS
SO
VDD
HOLD
SCK
SI
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5
WP
VSS
F-RAM technology uses less energy to perform
memory writes and completes those writes faster.
The FM25P16 is a member of a new family of low
energy memory products that take advantage of these
features to produce a nonvolatile memory that
requires very little energy to operate.
Pin Name
/CS
/WP
/HOLD
SCK
SI
SO
VDD
VSS
Function
Chip Select
Write Protect
Hold
Serial Clock
Serial Data Input
Serial Data Output
Supply Voltage
Ground
Unlike serial EEPROMs, the FM25P16 performs
write operations at bus speed. Data is written to the
memory array immediately after each byte has been
transferred to the device. The next bus cycle may
commence without the need for data polling. The
product offers virtually unlimited write endurance,
orders of magnitude more endurance than EEPROM.
Ordering Information
FM25P16-G
“Green”/RoHS 8-pin SOIC
These capabilities make the FM25P16 ideal for
nonvolatile memory applications requiring frequent
or rapid writes. Examples range from data logging
where the number of write cycles may be critical, to
applications where the long write time of EEPROM
would otherwise cause data loss.
The FM25P16 provides substantial benefits to users
of serial EEPROM as
a
hardware drop-in
replacement by using a standard SPI interface.
Device specifications are guaranteed over an
industrial temperature range of -40°C to +85°C.
This is a product that has fixed target specifications but are subject
to change pending characterization results.
Ramtron International Corporation
1850 Ramtron Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80921
(800) 545-FRAM, (719) 481-7000
www.ramtron.com
Rev. 1.0
Dec. 2011
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