X20C16
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Xicor, Inc. 1991, 1995, 1996 Patents Pending
3826-2.9 7/31/97 T4/C0/D0 SH
Characteristics subject to change without notice
AUTOSTORE NOVRAM is a trademark of Xicor, Inc.
High Speed AUTOSTORE NOVRAM
DESCRIPTION
The Xicor X20C16 is a 2K x 8 NOVRAM featuring a high-
speed static RAM overlaid bit-for-bit with a nonvolatile
electrically erasable PROM (E
2
PROM) and the
AUTOSTORE feature which automatically saves the
RAM contents to E
2
PROM at power-down. The X20C16
is fabricated with advanced CMOS floating gate technol-
ogy to achieve high speed with low power and wide
power-supply margin. The X20C16 features a compat-
ible JEDEC approved pinout for byte-wide memories,
for industry standard RAMs, ROMs, EPROMs, and
E
2
PROMs.
The NOVRAM design allows data to be easily trans-
ferred from RAM to E
2
PROM (store) and E
2
PROM to
RAM (recall). The store operation is completed in 5ms or
less and the recall operation is completed in 10
μ
s or
less. An automatic array recall operation reloads the
contents of the E
2
PROM into RAM upon power-up.
Xicor NOVRAMS are designed for unlimited write
operations to RAM, either from the host or recalls from
E
2
PROM, and a minimum 1,000,000 store operations to
the E
2
PROM. Data retention is specified to be greater
than 100 years.
FEATURES
Fast Access Time: 35ns, 45ns, 55ns
High Reliability
—Endurance: 1,000,000 Nonvolatile Store
Operations
—Retention: 100 Years Minimum
AUTOSTORE NOVRAM
—Automatically Stores RAM Data Into the
E
2
PROM Array When V
CC
Low Threshold is
Detected
—User Enabled Option
—Open Drain AUTOSTORE Status Output Pin
Power-on Recall
—E
2
PROM Data Automatically Recalled Into
RAM Upon Power-up
Software Data Protection
—Locks Out Inadvertent Store Operations
Low Power CMOS
—Standby: 250
μ
A
Infinite E
2
PROM Array Recall, and RAM Read
and Write Cycles
16K
X20C16
2K x 8 Bit
PIN CONFIGURATION
NE
NC
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
A1
A0
I/O0
I/O1
I/O2
VSS
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VCC
WE
AS
A8
A9
NC
OE
A10
CE
I/O7
I/O6
I/O5
I/O4
I/O3
X20C16
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I/O0
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A9
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NC
OE
A10
CE
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I/O6
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VC
W
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I1
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X20C16
(TOP VIEW)
PLASTIC
CERDIP
LCC
PLCC
3826 FHD F02
3826 FHD F15.1
3826 FHD F03
SOIC
TSOP
V
S
3826 ILL F17.2
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VSS
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A1
A2
X20C16
X20C16
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