Help with FRAM Memory Chips specifications:
Organization
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Density | The capacity of the memory chip expressed in bits. | ||
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Number of Words | The number of "rows" in the organization of the memory chip. Each row stores a memory word and connects to a word line (one line of the memory bus) for addressing purposes. | ||
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Bits per Word | The number of "columns" in the organization of the memory chip. Each column connects to a sense / write circuit (a bit), which connects to data input/output lines of the chip. | ||
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Packaging Information
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Pin Count | The number of pins in package or module. | ||
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Number of Devices in the Chip | The number of independent units in the chip (package). | ||
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IC Package Type | |||
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BGA | Ball-grid array (BGA) places output pins in a solder ball matrix. Generally, BGA traces are fabricated on laminated (BT-based) substrates or polyimide-based films. Therefore, the entire area of substrates or films can be used to route the interconnection. BGA has another advantage of lower ground or power inductance by assigning ground or power nets via a shorter current path to PCB. Thermally enhanced mechanisms (heat sink, thermal balls, etc.) can be applied to BGA to reduce the thermal resistance. The sophisticated capabilities make BGA the desirable package to implement electrical and thermal enhancement in response to the need for high power and high speed ICs. | ||
CSP | Chip scale package or chip size package (CSP) has an area that is no more than 20% larger than the built-in die. CSP is compact for second level packaging efficiency and encapsulated for second level reliability. CSP is superior to both direct-chip-attach (DCA) and chip-on-board (COB) technologies. CSP is used in a variety of integrated circuits (IC), including radio frequency ICs (RFIC), memory ICs, and communication ICs. | ||
FLGA | Fine-pitch land-grid array (FLGA) is extremely compact and lightweight, making it suitable for miniature disc drives and digital cameras. | ||
QFP | Quad flat packages (QFP) contain a large number of fine, flexible, gull wing shaped leads. Lead width can be as small as 0.16 mm. Lead pitch is 0.4 mm. QFPs provide good second-level reliability and are used in processors, controllers, ASICs, DSPs, gate arrays, logic, memory ICs, PC chipsets, and other applications. | ||
TQFP | Thin quad flat package (TQFP). | ||
SOP | Small outline package (SOP). | ||
SOIC | Small outline integrated circuit (SOIC). | ||
TSOP | Thin small outline package (TSOP) is a type of DRAM package that uses gull wing shaped leads on both sides. TSOP DRAM mounts directly on the surface of the printed circuit board. The advantage of the TSOP package is that it is one-third the thickness of an SOJ package. TSOP components are commonly used in small outline DIMM and credit card memory applications. Thin small outline package may be Type I or Type II. | ||
SSOP | Shrink small outline package (SSOP). | ||
TSSOP | Thin shrink small outline L-leaded package (TSSOP). | ||
SOJ | Small outline J-lead (SOJ) is a common form of surface-mount DRAM packaging. It is a rectangular package with J-shaped leads on the two long sides of the device. | ||
PLCC | Plastic leaded chip carrier (PLCC). | ||
LCCC | Leadless ceramic chip carrier (LCCC). | ||
DIP | Dual in-line package (DIP) is a type of DRAM component packaging. DIPs can be installed either in sockets or permanently soldered into holes extending into the surface of the printed circuit board. | ||
SIP | Single in-line package (SIP). | ||
Other | Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary IC packages. | ||
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Logic Family
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Logic Family | |||
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L | Low Power (L) | ||
CMOS 4000 | CMOS 4000 refers to the 4000 series that is true CMOS with non-TTL levels. | ||
LV | Standard low voltage CMOS (LV). | ||
LCX | Low voltage CMOS (LCX) operates with 3 V or 5 V. | ||
VCX | Low voltage CMOS (VCX) that operates with 1.8 V or 3.6 V. | ||
Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL) | Emitter coupled logic (ECL) uses transistors to steer current through gates that compute logical functions. By comparison, TTL and related families use transistors as digital switches, where the transistors are either cut off or saturated, depending on the state of the circuit. This distinction explains ECL's chief advantage: that because the transistors are always in the active region, they can change state very rapidly, so ECL circuits can operate at very high speed; and also its major disadvantage: the transistors are continually drawing current, which means the circuits require high power, and thus generate large amounts of waste heat. ECL gates use differential amplifier configurations at the input stage. A bias configuration supplies a constant voltage at the midrange of the low and high logic levels to the differential amplifier, so that the appropriate logical function of the input voltages will control the amplifier and the base of the output transistor. The propagation time for this arrangement can be less than a nanosecond. Other noteworthy characteristics of the ECL family include the fact that the large current requirement is approximately constant, and do not depend significantly on the state of the circuit. This means that ECL circuits generate relatively little power noise, unlike many other logic types that typically draw far more current when switching than quiescent, for which power noise can become problematic. ECL circuits operate with negative power supplies, and logic levels incompatible with other families, which mean that interoperation between ECL and other designs, are difficult. The fact that the high and low logic levels are relatively close mean that ECL suffers from small noise margins, which can be troublesome in some circumstances. | ||
Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) | Transistor-transistor logic (TTL) is a class of digital circuits built from bipolar junction transistors (BJT), diodes and resistors. It is notable, as it was the base for the first widespread semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) technology. All TTL circuits operate with a 5 V power supply. TTL signals are defined as "low" or L when between 0 V and 0.8 V with respect to the ground terminal, and "high" or H when between 2 V and 5 V. The first logic devices designed from bipolar transistors were referred to as standard TTL. The addition of Schottky diodes to the base collector of bipolar transistor was called Schottky logic (S-TTL). Schottky diodes shorten propagation delays within TTL by preventing the collector from going into what is called “deep saturation.” Other TTL technologies include low-power Schottky (LS-TTL), advanced Schottky (AS-TTL), advanced low-power Schottky (ALS-TTL), and low-voltage TTL (LVTTL). | ||
Other | Other unlisted logic family. | ||
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Performance Specifications
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Supply Voltage: | |||
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-5 V | The chip operates with -5 volts. | ||
-4.5 V | The chip operates with -4.5 volts. | ||
-3.3 V | The chip operates with -3.3 volts. | ||
-3 V | The chip operates with -3 volts. | ||
1.2 V | The chip operates with 1.2 volts. | ||
1.5 V | The chip operates with 1.5 volts. | ||
1.8 V | The chip operates with 1.8 volts. | ||
2.5 V | The chip operates with 2.5 volts. | ||
2.7 V | The chip operates with 2.7 volts. | ||
3 V | The chip operates with 3 volts. | ||
3.3 V | The chip operates with 3.3 volts. | ||
3.6 V | The chip operates with 3.6 volts. | ||
5 V | The chip operates with 5 volts. | ||
Other | Other unlisted supply voltages. | ||
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Operating Current | The minimum current needed for active chip operation. | ||
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Data Rate | The transfer speed in hertz. This is the number of bits per second that can be moved internally in the chip. | ||
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Access Time | A measurement of time in nanoseconds (ns) used to indicate the speed of memory. Access time is a cycle that begins the moment the CPU sends a request to memory and ends the moment the CPU receives the data it requested. Specifically, for a synchronous device it is the time, usually in ns, from a clock edge to when data is available at the output of a device. For an asynchronous device it is the time from the initiation of the read cycle to when the data output is available. | ||
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Bus Type | |||
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Parallel | A general bus where the data bits are sent in groups. | ||
Serial | A general bus where the data bits are sent one at a time. | ||
Serial-1 Wire | A type of communication protocol that uses an I/O pin. | ||
Serial-2 Wire | A type of communication protocol. | ||
Serial-3 Wire | A type of communication protocol. | ||
I2C | Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus is a two-wire, low to medium speed, communication bus developed by Philips Semiconductors in the early 1980's. | ||
MICROWIRE™ | MICROWIRE™ is a serial protocol created by National Instruments. | ||
SPI | The serial peripheral interface (SPI) port was developed by Motorola. | ||
Serial-uPort | A type of communication protocol. | ||
Other | Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary buses. | ||
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Operating Temperature: | This is the full-required range of ambient operating temperature. | ||
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General Features
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JEDEC Standard Compatible | Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC) is an international body of Semiconductor manufacturers that set integrated circuit standards. | ||
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Radiation Tolerant | The device is radiation hardened or tolerant. | ||
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ESD Protection | Electrostatic Discharge Protection (ESD) is the dissipation of electricity. ESD can easily destroy semiconductor products, even when the discharge is too small to be felt. | ||
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