STK16C88
July 1999 5-71
The AutoStorePlus™ STK16C88 is a fast 32K x 8
SRAM that does not lose its data on power-down.
The data is preserved in integral QuantumTrap™
EEPROM while power is unavailable. The nonvolatil-
ity of the STK16C88 does not require any system
intervention or support: AutoStorePlus™ on powerdown and automatic RECALL on power-up guarantee data integrity without the use of batteries
NOISE CONSIDERATIONS
Note that the STK16C88 is a high-speed memory
and so must have a high-frequency bypass capacitor of approximately 0.1µF connected between V
CC
and VSS, using leads and traces that are as short as
possible. As with all high-speed
CMOS ICs, normal
careful routing of power, ground and signals will
help prevent noise problems.
SRAM READ
The STK16C88 performs a READ cycle whenever E
and G are low and W is high. The address specified
on pins A
0-14
determines which of the 32,768 data
bytes will be accessed. When the
READ is initiated
by an address transition, the outputs will be valid
after a delay of t
AVQV
(READ cycle #1). If the READ is
initiated by E
or G, the outputs will be valid at t
ELQV
or
at t
GLQV
, whichever is later (READ cycle #2). T h e d a ta
outputs will repeatedly respond to address changes
within the t
AVQV
access time without the need for transitions on any control input pins, and will remain valid
until another address change or until E
or G is
brought high.
SRAM WRITE
A WRITE cycle is performed whenever E and W are
low. The address inputs must be stable prior to
entering the
WRITE cycle and must remain stable
until either E
or W goes high at the end of the cycle.
The data on the common I/O pins DQ
0-7
will be writ-
ten into the memory if it is valid t
DVWH
before the end
of a W
controlled WRITE or t
DVEH
before the end of an
E
controlled WRITE.
It is recommended that G
be kept high during the
entire
WRITE cycle to avoid data bus contention on
the common I/ O li nes. If G
is left low, internal circuitry
will turn off the output buffers t
WLQZ
after W goes low.
AutoStorePlus™ OPERATION
The STK16C88’s automatic STORE on power-down
is completely transparent to the system. The
AutoStore™ initiation takes less than 500ns when
power is lost (V
CC
< V
SWITCH
) at which point the part
depends only on its internal capacitor for
STORE
completion. This safe transfer of data from SRAM to
EEPROM takes place regardless of power supply
slew rate.
In order to prevent unneeded
STORE operations,
automatic
STOREs will be ignored unless at least
one
WRITE operation has taken place since the
most recent
STORE or RECALL cycle. Software-
initiated
STORE cycles are performed regardless of
whether or not a
WRITE operation has taken place.
POWER-UP RECALL
During power up, or after any low-power condition
(V
CC
< V
RESET
), an internal RECALL request will be
latched. When V
CC
once again exceeds the sense
voltage of V
SWITCH
, a RECALL cycle will automatically
be initiated and will take t
RESTORE
to complete.
If the STK16C88 is in a
WRITE state at the end of
power-up
RECALL, the SRAM data will be corrupted.
To help avoid this situation, a 10kΩ resistor should
be connected either between W
and system VCC or
between E
and system VCC.
SOFTWARE NONVOLATILE STORE
The STK16C88 software STORE cycle is initiated by
executing sequential
READ cycles from six specific
address locations. During the
STORE cycle an erase
of the previous nonvolatile data is first performed,
followed by a program of the nonvolatile elements.
The program operation copies the
SRAM data into
nonvolatile memory. Once a
STORE cycle is initi-
ated, further input and output are disabled until the
cycle is completed.
Because a sequence of
READs from specific
addresses is used for
STORE initiation, it is impor-
tant that no other
READ or WRITE accesses inter-
vene in the sequence or the sequence will be
aborted and no
STORE or RECALL will take place.
To initiate the software
STORE cycle, the following
READ sequence must be performed:
DEVICE OPERATION