
AMIC Technology
General Description
The A29L160 is a 16Mbit, 3.0 volt-only Flash memory organized as 2,097,152 bytes of 8 bits or 1,048,576 words of 16 bits each. The 8 bits of data appear on I/O0 - I/O7; the 16 bits of data appear on I/O0~I/O15. The A29L160 is offered in 48-ball FBGA, 44-pin SOP and 48-Pin TSOP packages. This device is designed to be programmed in-system with the standard system 3.0 volt VCC supply. Additional 12.0 volt VPP is not required for in-system write or erase operations. However, the A29L160 can also be programmed in standard EPROM programmers.
FEATUREs
■ Single power supply operation
- Full voltage range: 2.7 to 3.6 volt read and write operations for battery-powered applications
- Regulated voltage range: 3.0 to 3.6 volt read and write operations for compatibility with high performance 3.3 volt microprocessors
■ Access times:
- 70/90/120 (max.)
■ Current:
- 9 mA typical active read current
- 20 mA typical program/erase current
- 200 nA typical CMOS standby
- 200 nA Automatic Sleep Mode current
■ Flexible sector architecture
- 16 Kbyte/ 8 KbyteX2/ 32 Kbyte/ 64 KbyteX31 sectors
- 8 Kword/ 4 KwordX2/ 16 Kword/ 32 KwordX31 sectors
- Any combination of sectors can be erased
- Supports full chip erase
- Sector protection: A hardware method of protecting sectors to prevent any inadvertent program or erase operations within that sector. Temporary Sector Unprotect feature allows code changes in previously locked sectors
■ Unlock Bypass Program Command
- Reduces overall programming time when issuing multiple program command sequence
■ Top or bottom boot block configurations available
■ Embedded Algorithms
- Embedded Erase algorithm will automatically erase the entire chip or any combination of designated sectors and verify the erased sectors
- Embedded Program algorithm automatically writes and verifies data at specified addresses
■ Typical 100,000 program/erase cycles per sector
■ 20-year data retention at 125°C
- Reliable operation for the life of the system
■ CFI (Common Flash Interface) compliant
- Provides device-specific information to the system, allowing host software to easily reconfigure for different Flash devices
■ Compatible with JEDEC-standards
- Pinout and software compatible with single-power-supply Flash memory standard
- Superior inadvertent write protection
■ Data Polling and toggle bits
- Provides a software method of detecting completion of program or erase operations
■ Ready / BUSY pin (RY / BY )
- Provides a hardware method of detecting completion of program or erase operations (not available on 44-pin SOP)
■ Erase Suspend/Erase Resume
- Suspends a sector erase operation to read data from, or program data to, a non-erasing sector, then resumes the erase operation
■ Hardware reset pin (RESET )
- Hardware method to reset the device to reading array data
■ Package options
- 44-pin SOP or 48-pin TSOP (I) or 48-ball TFBGA
- All Pb-free (Lead-free) products are RoHS compliant