Symbol

Parameter

Value

Unit

Ambient Operating Temperature

(3)

–40 to 125

°C

Temperature Under Bias

–50 to 125

°C

Storage Temperature

–65 to 150

°C

(2)

Input or Output Voltages

–0.6 to 7

V

Supply Voltage

–0.6 to 7

V

(2)

A9, E, G, RPNC Voltage

–0.6 to 13.5

V

Notes: 1. Except for the rating ”Operating Temperature Range”, stresses above those listed in the Table ”Absolute Maximum Ratings”

may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only and operation of the device at these or any other

conditions above those indicated in the Operating sections of this specification is not i mplied. Exposure to Absolute Maximum

Rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability. Refer also to the STMicroelectronics SURE Program and other

relevant quality documents.

2. Minimum Voltage may undershoot to –2V during transition and for less than 20ns.

3. Depends on range.

Organisation

The M29F002 is organised as 256K x 8. Memory

control is provided by Chip Enable E, Output En-

able G and Write Enable W inputs.

A Reset/Block Temporary Unprotection RPNC

(NOT available on M29F002NT) tri-level input pro-

vides a hardwarereset when pulled Low, and when

previously protected allowing them to be progra-

med and erased. Erase and Program operations

are controlled by an internal Program/Erase Con-

troller (P/E.C.).StatusRegister data outputon DQ7

provides a Data Polling signal, and DQ6 and DQ2

provide Toggle signals to indicate the state of the

P/E.C operations.

Memory Blocks

The devices feature asymmetrically blocked archi-

tecture providing system memory integration. The

M29F002 has an array of 7 blocks, one Boot Block

of 16 KBytes, two Parameter Blocks of 8 KBytes,

one Main Block of 32 KBytes and three Main Blocks

of 64 KBytes.

The memory map is shown in Figure 3. Each block

can be erased separately, any combination of

blocks can be specified for multi-block erase or the

entire chip may be erased. The Erase operations

are managedautomaticallyby the P/E.C.The block

erase operation can be suspended in order to read

from or program to any block not being ersased,

and then resumed. Block protection provides addi-

tional data security. Each block can be separately

protectedor unprotectedagainstProgram or Erase

on programming equipment. All previously pro-

tected blocks can be temporarily unprotectedin the

application.

Bus Operations

The following operations can be performed using

the appropriate bus cycles: Read (Array, Electronic

Signature, Block Protection Status), Write com-

mand, Output Disable, Standby, Reset, Block Pro-

t ec t i on, U npr ot ect i on, P ro t e cti on Ver i f y,

Unprotection Verify and Block Temporary Unpro-

tection. See Tables 4 and 5.

Command Interface

Instructions, made up of commands written in cy-

cles, can be given to the Program/EraseController

through a Command Interface (C.I.). For added

data protection, program or erase execution starts

after 4 or 6 cycles. The first, second, fourth and fifth

cycles are used to input Coded cycles to the C.I.

This Coded sequence is the same for all Pro-

gram/Erase Controller instructions. The ’Com-

mand’ itself and its confirmation, when applicable,

are given on the third, fourth or sixth cycles. Any

incorrect command or any improper command se-

quence will reset the device to Read Array mode.

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M29F002T, M29F002NT, M29F002B