DESCRIPTION

The ST16601, a member of the standard ST16 device family, is a serial access microcontroller especially designed for high volume and cost competitive Smartcard applications where firmware security algorithm must be implemented.

■ 8 BIT ARCHITECTURE CPU

■ 6 KBytes of USER ROM SECTOR COMBINATIVE

■ 1 KByte of SYSTEM ROM

■ 128 Bytes of RAM

■ 1088 Bytes of EEPROM, SECTOR COMBINATIVE

– Highly reliable CMOS EEPROM technology

– 10 year data retention

– 300,000 Erase/Write cycle endurance

– Protected One Time Programmable block (32 or 64 bytes)

– 1 to 16 bytes block either Erase or Write in single cycle programming

■ EXTENDED VOLTAGE OPERATION

– VCC Range: 2.7V to 5.5V

■ SERIAL ACCESS, ISO 7816-3 COMPATIBLE

■ POWER SAVING STANDBY MODE

■ UP TO 5 MHz INTERNAL OPERATING FREQUENCY

■ VERY HIGH SECURITY FEATURES INCLUDING EEPROM FLASH ERASE

■ CONTACT ASSIGNMENT COMPATIBLE ISO 7816-2

■ ESD PROTECTION GREATER THAN 5000V

■ 2 OPERATING CONFIGURATIONS

– ISSUER

– USER