
AMIC Technology
General Description
The A29L008 is an 8Mbit, 3.0 volt-only Flash memory organized as 1,048,576 bytes. The data appear on I/O0 - I/O7. The A29L008 is offered in 40-pin TSOP package. 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 A29L008 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
■ Access times:
- 70/90 (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 KbyteX15 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
■ Extended operating temperature range: -40°C ~ +85°C
for -U series
■ 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
■ Compatible with JEDEC-standards
- Pinout and software compatible with single-powersupply 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
■ 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
- 40-pin TSOP (I)