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STK12C68-IM
The cycle time used in
Figure 2 corresponds to the
length of time from the later of the last address transi-
tion or E going LOW to the earlier of E going HIGH or the
next address transition. W is assumed to be HIGH,
while the state of G does not matter. Additional current
is consumed when the address lines change state
while E is asserted. The cycle time used in
Figure 3
corresponds to the length of time from the later of W or
E going LOW to the earlier of W or E going HIGH.
The overall average current drawn by the part depends
on the following items: 1) CMOS or TTL input levels; 2)
the time during which the chip is disabled (E HIGH); 3)
the cycle time for accesses (E LOW); 4) the ratio of
reads to writes; 5) the operating temperature; 6) the
VCC level; and 7) output load.
PREVENTING AUTOMATIC STORES
The
AutoStore™function can be disabled on the fly by
holding HSB HIGH with a driver capable of sourcing
15mA at a VOH of at least 2.2V as it will have to
overpower the internal pull-down device that drives
HSB low for 20
µs at the onset of an AutoStore™.
When
the
STK12C68-IM
is
connected
for
AutoStore™operation (system VCC connected to VCCX
and a 100uF capacitor on VCAP) and VCC crosses
VSWITCH on the way down, the STK12C68-IM will
attempt to pull HSB low; if HSB doesn't actually get
below VIL, the part will stop trying to pull HSB LOW and
abort the
AutoStore™attempt.
LOW AVERAGE ACTIVE POWER
The STK12C68-IM has been designed to draw signifi-
cantly less power when E is LOW (chip enabled) but the
access cycle time is longer than 55ns.
Figure 2 below
shows the relationship between ICC and access times
for READ cycles. All remaining inputs are assumed to
cycle, and current consumption is given for all inputs at
CMOS
or TTL levels.
Figure 3 shows the same relation-
ship for WRITE cycles.
When E is HIGH, the chip
consumes only standby currents, and these plots do
not apply.
100
80
60
40
20
50
100
150
200
0
TTL
CMOS
Cycle Time (ns)
100
80
60
40
20
50
100
150
200
0
TTL
CMOS
Cycle Time (ns)
1
28
26
V
V
HSB
CAP
CCX
VSS
14
0.1uF
Bypass
100uF
± 20%
+
Power
Supply
10K Ohms
(optional)
nvSRAM
Note: Typical at 25
° C
Figure 3
ICC (Max) Writes
Figure 2
ICC (Max) Reads
Figure 1
Schematic Diagram