General Description

The FM25C041U is a 4K (4,096) bit serial interface CMOS EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). This device fully conforms to the SPI 4-wire protocol which uses Chip Select (/CS), Clock (SCK), Data-in (SI) and Dataout (SO) pins to synchronously control data transfer between the SPI microcontroller and the EEPROM. In addition, the serial interface allows a minimal pin count, packaging designed to simplify PC board layout requirements and offers the designer a variety of low voltage and low power options.

Features

■ Sequential read of entire array

■ 4 byte Page write mode to minimize total write time per byte

■ /WP pin and BLOCK WRITE protection to prevent inadvertent programming as well as programming ENABLE and DISABLE opcodes.

■ /HOLD pin to suspend data transfer

■ Typical 1µA standby current (ISB) for L devices and 0.1µA standby current for LZ devices.

■ Endurance: Up to 1,000,000 data changes

■ Data retention greater than 40 years

Functions

■ SPI MODE 1 interface

■ 4,096 bits organized as 512 x 8

■ Extended 2.7V to 5.5V operating voltage

■ 2.1 MHz operation @ 4.5V - 5.5V

■ Self-timed programming cycle

■ Programming complete indicated by STATUS REGISTER polling

■ /WP pin and BLOCK WRITE protection