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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
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FEATURES
• Single supply with operation down to 1.8V
• Low power CMOS technology
- 1 mA active current typical
- 10
µ
A standby current typical at 5.5V
- 3
µ
A standby current typical at 1.8V
• Organized as a single block of 128 bytes (128 x 8)
or 256 bytes (256 x 8)
• 2-wire serial interface bus, I
2
C
™
compatible
• Schmitt trigger, filtered inputs for noise suppres-
sion
• Output slope control to eliminate ground bounce
• 100 kHz (1.8V) and 400 kHz (5V) compatibility
• Self-timed write cycle (including auto-erase)
• Page-write buffer for up to 8 bytes
• 2 ms typical write cycle time for page-write
• Hardware write protect for entire memory
• Can be operated as a serial ROM
• ESD protection > 3,000V
• 10,000,000 ERASE/WRITE cycles guaranteed on
24AA01
• 1,000,000 ERASE/WRITE cycles guaranteed on
24AA02
• Data retention > 200 years
• 8-pin DIP or SOIC package
• Available for extended temperature ranges
DESCRIPTION
The Microchip Technology Inc. 24AA01 and 24AA02
are 1K bit and 2K bit Electrically Erasable PROMs. The
devices are organized as a single block of 128 x 8-bit or
256 x 8-bit memory with a two wire serial interface.
Low-voltage design permits operation down to 1.8 volts
with standby and active currents of only 3
µ
A and 1 mA,
respectively. The 24AA01 and 24AA02 also have page-
write capability for up to 8 bytes of data. The 24AA01
and 24AA02 are available in the standard 8-pin DIP and
8-pin surface mount SOIC packages.
- Commercial (C):
0
°
C to +70
°
C
- Industrial (I)
-40
°
C to +85
°
C
PACKAGE TYPES
BLOCK DIAGRAM
24AA01/02
A0
A1
A2
V
SS
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
V
CC
WP
SCL
SDA
24AA01/02
A0
A1
A2
V
SS
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
V
CC
WP
SCL
SDA
PDIP
SOIC
HV GENERATOR
EEPROM
ARRAY
PAGE LATCHES
YDEC
XDEC
SENSE AMP
R/W CONTROL
MEMORY
CONTROL
LOGIC
I/O
CONTROL
LOGIC
WP
SDA
SCL
V
CC
V
SS
24AA01/02
1K/2K 1.8V I
2
C
™
Serial EEPROMs
I
2
C is a trademark of Philips Corporation.
This document was created with FrameMaker 4 0 4
24AA01/02
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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
1.0
ELECTRICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
1.1
Maximum Ratings*
V
CC
...................................................................................7.0V
All inputs and outputs w.r.t. V
SS
............... -0.6V to V
CC
+1.0V
Storage temperature .....................................-65
°
C to +150
°
C
Ambient temp. with power applied ............. -65
°
C to +125
°
CC
Soldering temperature of leads (10 seconds) ............. +300
°
C
ESD protection on all pins
..................................................≥
4 kV
*Notice:
Stresses above those listed under “Maximum ratings”
may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rat-
ing only and functional operation of the device at those or any
other conditions above those indicated in the operational listings
of this specification is not implied. Exposure to maximum rating
conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability.
TABLE 1-1:
PIN FUNCTION TABLE
Name
Function
V
SS
Ground
SDA
Serial Address/Data/I/O
SCL
Serial Clock
WP
Write Protect Input
V
CC
+1.8V to 5.5V Power Supply
A0, A1, A2
No Internal Connection
TABLE 1-2:
DC CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURE 1-1:
BUS TIMING START/STOP
V
CC
= +1.8V to +5.5V
Commercial (C): Tamb = 0
°
C to +70
°
C
Industrial (I):
Tamb = -40
°
C to +85
°
C
Parameter
Symbol
Min
Typ
Max
Units
Conditions
WP, SCL and SDA pins:
High level input voltage
Low level input voltage
Hysteresis of Schmitt trigger
inputs
Low level output voltage
V
IH
V
IL
V
HYS
V
OL
.7 V
CC
—
.05 V
DD
—
—
—
—
—
—
.3 V
CC
—
.40
V
V
V
V
(Note)
I
OL
= 3.0 mA, V
CC
= 1.8V
Input leakage current
I
LI
-10
—
10
µ
A
V
IN
= .1V to 5.5V
Output leakage current
I
LO
-10
—
10
µ
A
V
OUT
= .1V to 5.5V
Pin capacitance
(all inputs/outputs)
C
IN
,
C
OUT
—
—
10
pF
Vcc = 5.0V (Note 1)
Tamb = 25˚C, F
LCK
= 1 MHz
Operating current
I
CC
Write
I
CC
Read
—
—
—
—
—
0.5
—
0.05
3
—
1
—
mA
mA
mA
mA
V
CC
= 5.5V, SCL = 400 kHz
V
CC
= 1.8V, SCL = 100 kHz
V
CC
= 5.5V, SCL = 400 kHz
V
CC
= 1.8V, SCL = 100 kHz
Standby current
I
CCS
—
—
—
—
—
3
100
30
—
µ
A
µ
A
µ
A
V
CC
= 5.5V, SDA = SCL = V
CC
V
CC
= 3.0V, SDA = SCL = V
CC
V
CC
= 1.8V, SDA = SCL = V
CC
Note:This parameter is periodically sampled and not 100% tested.
T
SU
:
STA
T
HD
:
STA
V
HYS
T
SU
:
STO
START
STOP
SCL
SDA
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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS21052F-page 3
24AA01/02
TABLE 1-3:
AC CHARACTERISTICS
FIGURE 1-2:
BUS TIMING DATA
Parameter
Symbol
Standard Mode
V
CC
= 4.5 - 5.5V
Fast Mode
Units
Remarks
Min
Max
Min
Max
Clock frequency
Fclk
—
100
—
400
kHz
Clock high time
Thigh
4000
—
600
—
ns
Clock low time
Tlow
4700
—
1300
—
ns
SDA and SCL rise time
Tr
—
1000
—
300
ns
(Note 1)
SDA and SCL fall time
Tf
—
300
—
300
ns
(Note 1)
START condition hold time
Thd:sta
4000
—
600
—
ns
After this period the first
clock pulse is generated
START condition setup time
Tsu:sta
4700
—
600
—
ns
Only relevant for repeated
START condition
Data input hold time
Thd:dat
0
—
0
—
ns
(Note 2)
Data input setup time
Tsu:dat
250
—
100
—
ns
STOP condition setup time
Tsu:sto
4000
—
600
—
ns
Output valid from clock
Taa
—
3500
—
900
ns
(Note2)
Bus free time
Tbuf
4700
—
1300
—
ns
Time the bus must be free
before a new transmission
can start
Output fall time from V
IH
min to V
IL
max
Tof
—
250
20 +0.1
C
B
250
ns
(Note 1), C
B
≤
100 pF
Input filter spike suppres-
sion (SDA and SCL pins)
T
SP
—
50
—
50
ns
(Note 3)
Write cycle time
Twr
—
10
—
10
ms
Byte or Page mode
Endurance
24AA01
24AA02
—
10M
1M
—
10M
1M
—
cycles
25
°
C, Vcc = 5.5V, Block
Note 1: Not 100% tested. C
B
= total capacitance of one bus line in pF.
2: As a transmitter, the device must provide an internal minimum delay time to bridge the undefined region
(minimum 300 ns) of the falling edge of SCL to avoid unintended generation of START or STOP conditions.
3: The combined T
SP
and V
HYS
specifications are due to new Schmitt trigger inputs which provide improved
noise spike suppression. This eliminates the need for a T
I
specification for standard operation.
4: This parameter is not tested but guaranteed by characterization. For endurance estimates in a specific appli-
cation, please consult the Total Endurance Model which can be obtained on our BBS or website.
SCL
SCL
T
SU
:
STA
T
F
T
LOW
T
HIGH
T
R
T
HD
:
DAT
T
SU
:
DAT
T
SU
:
STO
T
HD
:
STA
T
BUF
T
AA
T
AA
T
SP
T
HD
:
STA
IN
SDA
OUT
24AA01/02
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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
2.0
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The 24AA01/02 supports a bi directional 2-wire bus and
data transmission protocol. A device that sends data
onto the bus is defined as transmitter, and a device
receiving data as receiver. The bus has to be controlled
by a master device which generates the serial clock
(SCL), controls the bus access, and generates the
START and STOP conditions, while the 24AA01/02
works as slave. Both, master and slave can operate as
transmitter or receiver but the master device deter-
mines which mode is activated.
3.0
BUS CHARACTERISTICS
The following bus protocol has been defined:
• Data transfer may be initiated only when the bus is
not busy.
• During data transfer, the data line must remain
stable whenever the clock line is HIGH. Changes
in the data line while the clock line is HIGH will be
interpreted as a START or STOP condition.
Accordingly, the following bus conditions have been
3.1
Bus not Busy (A)
Both data and clock lines remain HIGH.
3.2
Start Data Transfer (B)
A HIGH to LOW transition of the SDA line while the
clock (SCL) is HIGH determines a START condition. All
commands must be preceded by a START condition.
3.3
Stop Data Transfer (C)
A LOW to HIGH transition of the SDA line while the
clock (SCL) is HIGH determines a STOP condition. All
operations must be ended with a STOP condition.
3.4
Data Valid (D)
The state of the data line represents valid data when,
after a START condition, the data line is stable for the
duration of the HIGH period of the clock signal.
The data on the line must be changed during the LOW
period of the clock signal. There is one clock pulse per
bit of data.
Each data transfer is initiated with a START condition
and terminated with a STOP condition. The number of
the data bytes transferred between the START and
STOP conditions is determined by the master device
and is theoretically unlimited, although only the last 16
will be stored when doing a write operation. When an
overwrite does occur it will replace data in a first in first
out fashion.
3.5
Acknowledge
Each receiving device, when addressed, is obliged to
generate an acknowledge after the reception of each
byte. The master device must generate an extra clock
pulse which is associated with this acknowledge bit.
The device that acknowledges, has to pull down the
SDA line during the acknowledge clock pulse in such a
way that the SDA line is stable LOW during the HIGH
period of the acknowledge related clock pulse. Of
course, setup and hold times must be taken into
account. A master must signal an end of data to the
slave by not generating an acknowledge bit on the last
byte that has been clocked out of the slave. In this
case, the slave must leave the data line HIGH to enable
the master to generate the STOP condition.
Note:
The 24AA01/02 does not generate any
acknowledge bits if an internal program-
ming cycle is in progress.
FIGURE 3-1:
DATA TRANSFER SEQUENCE ON THE SERIAL BUS
(A)
(B)
(D)
(D)
(A)
(C)
DSCL
or
MSCL
DSCL
or
MSCL
START
CONDITION
ADDRESS OR
ACKNOWLEDGE
VALID
DATA
ALLOWED
TO CHANGE
STOP
CONDITION
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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS21052F-page 5
24AA01/02
3.6
Device Address
The 24AA01/02 are software-compatible with older
devices such as 24C01A, 24C02A, 24LC01, and
24LC02. A single 24AA02 can be used in place of two
24LC01's, for example, without any modifications to
software. The “chip select” portion of the control byte
becomes a don't care.
After generating a START condition, the bus master
transmits the slave address consisting of a 4-bit device
code (1010) for the 24AA01/02, followed by three don't
care bits.
The eighth bit of slave address determines if the master
device wants to read or write to the 24AA01/02
The 24AA01/02 monitors the bus for its corresponding
slave address all the time. It generates an acknowledge
bit if the slave address was true and it is not in a pro-
gramming mode.
FIGURE 3-2:
CONTROL BYTE
ALLOCATION
Operation
Control
Code
Chip Select
R/W
Read
1010
XXX
1
Write
1010
XXX
0
SLAVE ADDRESS
X = Don’t care
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
R/W
A
START
READ/WRITE
4.0
WRITE OPERATION
4.1
Byte Write
Following the start signal from the master, the device
code (4 bits), the don't care bits (3 bits), and the R/W bit
which is a logic low is placed onto the bus by the master
transmitter. This indicates to the addressed slave
receiver that a byte with a word address will follow after
it has generated an acknowledge bit during the ninth
clock cycle. Therefore the next byte transmitted by the
master is the word address and will be written into the
address pointer of the 24AA01/02. After receiving
another acknowledge signal from the 24AA01/02 the
master device will transmit the data word to be written
into the addressed memory location. The 24AA01/02
acknowledges again and the master generates a stop
condition. This initiates the internal write cycle, and dur-
ing this time the 24AA01/02 will not generate acknowl-
4.2
Page Write
The write control byte, word address and the first data
byte are transmitted to the 24AA01/02 in the same way
as in a byte write. But instead of generating a stop con-
dition the master transmits up to eight data bytes to the
24AA01/02 which are temporarily stored in the on-chip
page buffer and will be written into the memory after the
master has transmitted a stop condition. After the
receipt of each word, the three lower order address
pointer bits are internally incremented by one. The
higher order five bits of the word address remains con-
stant. If the master should transmit more than eight
words prior to generating the stop condition, the
address counter will roll over and the previously
received data will be overwritten. As with the byte write
operation, once the stop condition is received an inter-
FIGURE 4-1:
BYTE WRITE
FIGURE 4-2:
PAGE WRITE
S
P
BUS ACTIVITY
MASTER
SDA LINE
BUS ACTIVITY
S
T
A
R
T
S
T
O
P
CONTROL
BYTE
WORD
ADDRESS
DATA
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
S
P
BUS ACTIVITY
MASTER
SDA LINE
BUS ACTIVITY
S
T
A
R
T
CONTROL
BYTE
WORD
ADDRESS (n)
DATA n
DATA n + 7
S
T
O
P
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
A
C
K
DATA n + 1
24AA01/02
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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
5.0
ACKNOWLEDGE POLLING
Since the device will not acknowledge during a write
cycle, this can be used to determine when the cycle is
complete (this feature can be used to maximize bus
throughput). Once the stop condition for a write com-
mand has been issued from the master, the device ini-
tiates the internally timed write cycle. ACK polling can
be initiated immediately. This involves the master send-
ing a start condition followed by the control byte for a
write command (R/W = 0). If the device is still busy with
the write cycle, then no ACK will be returned. If the
cycle is complete, then the device will return the ACK
and the master can then proceed with the next read or
FIGURE 5-1:
ACKNOWLEDGE POLLING
FLOW
6.0
WRITE PROTECTION
The 24AA01/02 can be used as a serial ROM when the
WP pin is connected to V
CC
. Programming will be inhib-
ited and the entire memory will be write-protected.
Send
Write Command
Send Stop
Condition to
Initiate Write Cycle
Send Start
Send Control Byte
with R/W = 0
Did Device
Acknowledge
(ACK = 0)?
Next
Operation
No
Yes
7.0
READ OPERATION
Read operations are initiated in the same way as write
operations with the exception that the R/W bit of the
slave address is set to one. There are three basic types
of read operations: current address read, random read,
and sequential read.
7.1
Current Address Read
The 24AA01/02 contains an address counter that main-
tains the address of the last word accessed, internally
incremented by one. Therefore, if the previous access
(either a read or write operation) was to address n, the
next current address read operation would access data
from address n + 1. Upon receipt of the slave address
with R/W bit set to one, the 24AA01/02 issues an
acknowledge and transmits the eight bit data word. The
master will not acknowledge the transfer but does gen-
erate a stop condition and the 24AA01/02 discontinues
7.2
Random Read
Random read operations allow the master to access
any memory location in a random manner. To perform
this type of read operation, first the word address must
be set. This is done by sending the word address to the
24AA01/02 as part of a write operation. After the word
address is sent, the master generates a start condition
following the acknowledge. This terminates the write
operation, but not before the internal address pointer is
set. Then the master issues the control byte again but
with the R/W bit set to a one. The 24AA01/02 will then
issue an acknowledge and transmits the eight bit data
word. The master will not acknowledge the transfer but
does generate a stop condition and the 24AA01/02 dis-
7.3
Sequential Read
Sequential reads are initiated in the same way as a ran-
dom read except that after the 24AA01/02 transmits the
first data byte, the master issues an acknowledge as
opposed to a stop condition in a random read. This
directs the 24AA01/02 to transmit the next sequentially
To provide sequential reads the 24AA01/02 contains an
internal address pointer which is incremented by one at
the completion of each operation. This address pointer
allows the entire memory contents to be serially read
during one operation.
7.4
Noise Protection
The 24AA01/02 employs a V
CC
threshold detector cir-
cuit which disables the internal erase/write logic if the
V
CC
is below 1.5 volts at nominal conditions.
The SCL and SDA inputs have Schmitt trigger and filter
circuits which suppress noise spikes to assure proper
device operation even on a noisy bus.
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1996 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS21052F-page 7
24AA01/02
FIGURE 7-1:
CURRENT ADDRESS READ
FIGURE 7-2:
RANDOM READ
FIGURE 7-3:
SEQUENTIAL READ
S
P
BUS ACTIVITY
MASTER
SDA LINE
BUS ACTIVITY
S
T
A
R
T
S
T
O
P
CONTROL
BYTE
DATA n
A