FM25C160C - 16Kb 5V SPI F-RAM

Rev. 1.1

July 2011

Page 2 of 13

Instruction Decode

Clock Generator

Control Logic

Write Protect

Instruction Register

Address Register

Counter

256 x 64

FRAM Array

11

Data I/O Register

8

Nonvolatile Status

Register

3

WP

CS

HOLD

SCK

SO

SI

Figure 1. Block Diagram

Pin Description

Pin Name

I/O

Pin Description

/CS

Input

Chip Select: This active low input activates the device. When high, the device enters

low-power standby mode, ignores other inputs, and all outputs are tri-stated. When

low, the device internally activates the SCK signal. A falling edge on /CS must occur

prior to every op-code.

SCK

Input

Serial Clock: All I/O activity is synchronized to the serial clock. Inputs are latched on

the rising edge and outputs occur on the falling edge. Since the device is static, the

clock frequency may be any value between 0 and 20 MHz and may be interrupted at

any time.

/HOLD

Input

Hold: The /HOLD pin is used when the host CPU must interrupt a memory operation

for another task. When /HOLD is low, the current operation is suspended. The device

ignores any transition on SCK or /CS. All transitions on /HOLD must occur while

SCK is low.

/WP

Input

Write Protect: This active low pin prevents write operations to the status register. This

is critical since other write protection features are controlled through the status

register. A complete explanation of write protection is provided on page 6. *Note that

the function of /WP is different from the FM25160.

SI

Input

Serial Input: All data is input to the device on this pin. The pin is sampled on the rising

edge of SCK and is ignored at other times. It should always be driven to a valid logic

* SI may be connected to SO for a single pin data interface.

SO

Output

Serial Output. SO is the data output pin. It is driven actively during a read and remains

tri-state at all other times including when /HOLD is low. Data transitions are driven on

the falling edge of the serial clock.

* SO may be connected to SI for a single pin data interface.

VDD

Supply

Supply Voltage. 5V

VSS

Supply

Ground