February 2000
NM93C46A
1K-Bit Serial CMOS EEPROM
(MICROWIRE™ Synchronous Bus)
General Description
Features
NM93C46A is a 1024-bit CMOS non-volatile EEPROM organized
as 64 x 16-bit array. This device features MICROWIRE interface
which is a 4-wire serial bus with chipselect (CS), clock (SK), data
input (DI) and data output (DO) signals. This interface is compat-
ible to many of standard Microcontrollers and Microprocessors.
This device offers a pin (ORG), using which, the user can select
the format of the data (16-bit or 8-bit). If ORG is tied to GND, then
8-bit format is selected, while if ORG is tied to VCC, then 16-bit
format is selected. There are 7 instructions implemented on the
NM93C46A for various Read, Write, Erase, and Write Enable/
Disable operations. This device is fabricated using Fairchild
Semiconductor floating-gate CMOS process for high reliability,
high endurance and low power consumption.
I Wide VCC 2.7V - 5.5V
I User selectable organization
x16 (ORG = 1)
x8 (ORG = 0)
I Typical active current of 200µA
10µA standby current typical
1µA standby current typical (L)
0.1µA standby current typical (LZ)
I No Erase instruction required before Write instruction
I Self timed write cycle
I Device status during programming cycles
I 40 year data retention
“LZ” and “L” versions of NM93C46A offer very low standby current
making them suitable for low power applications. This device is
offered in both SO and TSSOP packages for small space consid-
erations.
I Endurance: 1,000,000 data changes
I Packages available: 8-pin SO, 8-pin DIP, 8-pin TSSOP
Functional Diagram
VCC
CS
SK
INSTRUCTION
DECODER
CONTROL LOGIC
AND CLOCK
GENERATORS
INSTRUCTION
REGISTER
DI
HIGH VOLTAGE
GENERATOR
AND
PROGRAM
TIMER
ADDRESS
REGISTER
ORG
DECODER
EEPROM ARRAY
16
READ/WRITE AMPS
16
VSS
DATA IN/OUT REGISTER
16/8 BITS
DO
DATA OUT BUFFER
1
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