1
CAT24WC03/05/09/17
2K/4K/8K/16K-Bit Serial E
2
PROM
* Catalyst Semiconductor is licensed by Philips Corporation to carry the I
2
C Bus Protocol.
PIN CONFIGURATION
BLOCK DIAGRAM
PIN FUNCTIONS
Pin Name
Function
A0, A1, A2
Device Address Inputs
SDA
Serial Data/Address
SCL
Serial Clock
WP
Write Protect
V
CC
+1.8V to +6.0V Power Supply
V
SS
Ground
DIP Package (P)
24WCXX F03
TSSOP Package (U)
FEATURES
s
400 KHZ I
2
C Bus Compatible*
s
1.8 to 6.0Volt Operation
s
Low Power CMOS Technology
s
Write Protect Feature
–Top 1/2 Array Protected When WP at V
IH
s
16-Byte Page Write Buffer
s
Self-Timed Write Cycle with Auto-Clear
s
1,000,000 Program/Erase Cycles
s
100 Year Data Retention
s
8-pin DIP, 8-pin SOIC and 8-pin TSSOP Package
s
Commercial, Industrial and Automotive
Temperature Ranges
DESCRIPTION
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 is a 2K/4K/8K/16K-bit Serial
CMOS E
2
PROM internally organized as 256/512/1024/
2048 words of 8 bits each. Catalyst’s advanced CMOS
technology substantially reduces device power require-
ments. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 features a 16-byte
page write buffer. The device operates via the I
2
C bus
serial interface, has a special write protection feature,
and is available in 8-pin DIP or 8-pin SOIC
© 1999 by Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc.
Characteristics subject to change without notice
Preliminary
DOUT
ACK
SENSE AMPS
SHIFT REGISTERS
CONTROL
LOGIC
WORD ADDRESS
BUFFERS
START/STOP
LOGIC
STATE COUNTERS
SLAVE
ADDRESS
COMPARATORS
E
2
PROM
VCC
EXTERNAL LOAD
COLUMN
DECODERS
XDEC
DATA IN STORAGE
HIGH VOLTAGE/
TIMING CONTROL
VSS
WP
SCL
A0
A1
A2
SDA
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8
7
6
5
VCC
WP
SCL
SDA
A2
A0
A1
SS
1
2
3
4
VSS
A2
A0
A1
VSS
A0
VCC
WP
SCL
SDA
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
A1
A2
VSS
VCC
WP
SCL
SDA
SOIC Package (J)
(** Available for 24WC03 only)
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Preliminary
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS*
Temperature Under Bias ................. –55
°
C to +125
°
C
Storage Temperature ....................... –65
°
C to +150
°
C
Voltage on Any Pin with
Respect to Ground
(1)
........... –2.0V to +V
CC
+ 2.0V
V
CC
with Respect to Ground ............... –2.0V to +7.0V
Package Power Dissipation
Capability (Ta = 25
°
C) .................................. 1.0W
Lead Soldering Temperature (10 secs) ............ 300
°
C
Output Short Circuit Current
(2)
........................ 100mA
*COMMENT
Stresses above those listed under “Absolute Maximum
Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device.
These are stress ratings only, and functional operation of
the device at these or any other conditions outside of those
listed in the operational sections of this specification is not
implied. Exposure to any absolute maximum rating for
extended periods may affect device performance and
reliability.
RELIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS
Symbol
Parameter
Min.
Max.
Units
Reference Test Method
N
END
(3)
Endurance
1,000,000
Cycles/Byte
MIL-STD-883, Test Method 1033
T
DR
(3)
Data Retention
100
Years
MIL-STD-883, Test Method 1008
V
ZAP
(3)
ESD Susceptibility
2000
Volts
MIL-STD-883, Test Method 3015
I
LTH
(3)(4)
Latch-up
100
mA
JEDEC Standard 17
D.C. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS
V
CC
= +1.8V to +6.0V, unless otherwise specified.
Limits
Symbol
Parameter
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Units
Test Conditions
I
CC
Power Supply Current
3
mA
f
SCL
= 100 KHz
I
S
(5)
Standby Current (V
CC
= 5.0V)
0
µ
A
V
IN
= GND or V
CC
I
LI
Input Leakage Current
10
µ
A
V
IN
= GND to V
CC
I
LO
Output Leakage Current
10
µ
A
V
OUT
= GND to V
CC
V
IL
Input Low Voltage
–1
V
CC
x 0.3
V
V
IH
Input High Voltage
V
CC
x 0.7
V
CC
+ 0.5
V
V
OL1
Output Low Voltage (V
CC
= 3.0V)
0.4
V
I
OL
= 3 mA
V
OL2
Output Low Voltage (V
CC
= 1.8V)
0.5
V
I
OL
= 1.5 mA
Note:
(1) The minimum DC input voltage is –0.5V. During transitions, inputs may undershoot to –2.0V for periods of less than 20 ns. Maximum DC
voltage on output pins is V
CC
+0.5V, which may overshoot to V
CC
+ 2.0V for periods of less than 20ns.
(2) Output shorted for no more than one second. No more than one output shorted at a time.
(3) This parameter is tested initially and after a design or process change that affects the parameter.
(4) Latch-up protection is provided for stresses up to 100 mA on address and data pins from –1V to V
CC
+1V.
(5) Standby Current (I
SB
) = 0
µ
A (<900nA).
CAPACITANCE T
A
= 25
°
C, f = 1.0 MHz, V
CC
= 5V
Symbol
Test
Max.
Units
Conditions
C
I/O
(3)
Input/Output Capacitance (SDA)
8
pF
V
I/O
= 0V
C
IN
(3)
Input Capacitance (A0, A1, A2, SCL, WP)
6
pF
V
IN
= 0V
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A.C. CHARACTERISTICS
V
CC
= +1.8V to +6.0V, unless otherwise specified.
Read & Write Cycle Limits
Symbol
Parameter
1.8V, 2.5V
4.5V-5.5V
Min.
Max.
Min.
Max.
Units
F
SCL
Clock Frequency
100
400
kHz
T
I
(1)
Noise Suppression Time
200
200
ns
Constant at SCL, SDA Inputs
t
AA
SCL Low to SDA Data Out
3.5
1
µ
s
and ACK Out
t
BUF
(1)
Time the Bus Must be Free Before
4.7
1.2
µ
s
a New Transmission Can Start
t
HD:STA
Start Condition Hold Time
4
0.6
µ
s
t
LOW
Clock Low Period
4.7
1.2
µ
s
t
HIGH
Clock High Period
4
0.6
µ
s
t
SU:STA
Start Condition Setup Time
4.7
0.6
µ
s
(for a Repeated Start Condition)
t
HD:DAT
Data In Hold Time
0
0
ns
t
SU:DAT
Data In Setup Time
50
50
ns
t
R
(1)
SDA and SCL Rise Time
1
0.3
µ
s
t
F
(1)
SDA and SCL Fall Time
300
300
ns
t
SU:STO
Stop Condition Setup Time
4
0.6
µ
s
t
DH
Data Out Hold Time
100
100
ns
Note:
(1) This parameter is tested initially and after a design or process change that affects the parameter.
(2) t
PUR
and t
PUW
are the delays required from the time V
CC
is stable until the specified operation can be initiated.
The write cycle time is the time from a valid stop
condition of a write sequence to the end of the internal
program/erase cycle. During the write cycle, the bus
interface circuits are disabled, SDA is allowed to remain
high, and the device does not respond to its slave
address.
Write Cycle Limits
Symbol
Parameter
Min.
Typ.
Max
Units
t
WR
Write Cycle Time
10
ms
Power-Up Timing
(1)(2)
Symbol
Parameter
Max.
Units
t
PUR
Power-up to Read Operation
1
ms
t
PUW
Power-up to Write Operation
1
ms
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FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 supports the I
2
C Bus data
transmission protocol. This Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus
protocol defines any device that sends data to the bus to
be a transmitter and any device receiving data to be a
receiver. Data transfer is controlled by the Master device
which generates the serial clock and all START and
STOP conditions for bus access. The CAT24WC03/05/
09/17 operates as a Slave device. Both the Master and
Slave devices can operate as either transmitter or re-
ceiver, but the Master device controls which mode is
activated. A maximum of 8 devices (24WC03), 4 devices
(24WC05), 2 devices (24WC09) and 1 device (24WC17)
may be connected to the bus as determined by the
device address inputs A0, A1, and A2.
PIN DESCRIPTIONS
SCL: Serial Clock
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 serial clock input pin is used
to clock all data transfers into or out of the device. This
is an input pin.
SDA: Serial Data/Address
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 bidirectional serial data/ad-
dress pin is used to transfer data into and out of the
device. The SDA pin is an open drain output and can be
wire-ORed with other open drain or open collector
outputs.
A0, A1, A2: Device Address Inputs
These inputs set device address when cascading mul-
tiple devices. When these pins are left floating the
default values are zeros.
A maximum of eight devices can be cascaded when
using 24WC03 device. All three address pins are used
tWR
STOP
CONDITION
START
CONDITION
ADDRESS
ACK
8TH BIT
BYTE n
SCL
SDA
Figure 2. Write Cycle Timing
Figure 1. Bus Timing
tHIGH
SCL
SDA IN
SDA OUT
tLOW
tF
tLOW
tR
tBUF
tSU:STO
tSU:DAT
tHD:DAT
tHD:STA
tSU:STA
tAA
tDH
Figure 3. Start/Stop Timing
START BIT
SDA
STOP BIT
SCL
5020 FHD F05
5020 FHD F04
5020 FHD F03
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for 24WC03. If only one 24WC03 is addressed on the
bus, all three address pins (A0, A1, and A2) can be left
floating or connected to V
SS
A total of four devices can be addressed on a single bus
when using 24WC05 device. Only A1 and A2 address
pins are used with this device. The A0 address pin is a
no connect pin and can be tied to V
SS
or left floating. If
only one 24WC05 is being addressed on the bus, the
address pins (A1 and A2) can be left floating or con-
nected to V
SS
.
Only two devices can be cascaded when using 24WC09.
The only address pin used with this device is A2. The A0
and A1address pins are no connect pins and can be tied
to V
SS
or left floating. If only one 24WC09 is being
addressed on the bus, the address pin (A2) can be left
floating or connected to V
SS
.
The 24WC17 is a stand alone device. In this case, all
address pins (A0, A1and A2) are no connect pins and
can be tied to V
SS
or left floating.
WP: Write Protect
If the WP pin is tied to V
CC
the upper half of memory array
becomes Write Protected (READ only)(locations 80H to
FFH for 24WC03, locations 100H to 1FFH for 24WC05,
locations 200H to 3FFH for 24WC09, locations 400H to
7FFH for 24WC17). When the WP pin is tied to V
SS
or
left floating normal read/write operations are allowed to
the device.
I
2
C BUS PROTOCOL
The following defines the features of the I
2
C bus proto-
col:
(1) Data transfer may be initiated only when the bus is
not busy.
(2) During a data transfer, the data line must remain
stable whenever the clock line is high. Any changes
in the data line while the clock line is high will be
interpreted as a START or STOP condition.
START Condition
The START Condition precedes all commands to the
device, and is defined as a HIGH to LOW transition of
SDA when SCL is HIGH. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17
monitor the SDA and SCL lines and will not respond until
this condition is met.
STOP Condition
A LOW to HIGH transition of SDA when SCL is HIGH
determines the STOP condition. All operations must end
with a STOP condition.
DEVICE ADDRESSING
The bus Master begins a transmission by sending a
START condition. The Master then sends the address
of the particular slave device it is requesting. The four
Figure 4. Acknowledge Timing
Figure 5. Slave Address Bits
5020 FHD F06
ACKNOWLEDGE
1
START
SCL FROM
MASTER
8
9
DATA OUTPUT
FROM TRANSMITTER
DATA OUTPUT
FROM RECEIVER
1
0
1
0
A2
A1
A0
R/W
1
0
1
0
A2
A1
a8
R/W
1
0
1
0
A2
a9
a8
R/W
1
0
1
0
a10
a9
a8
R/W
24WC03
24WC05
24WC09
24WC17
* A0, A1 and A2 correspond to pin 1, pin 2 and pin 3 of the device.
** a8, a9 and a10 correspond to the address of the memory array address word.
***A0, A1 and A2 must compare to its corresponding hard wired input pins (pins 1, 2 and 3).
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most significant bits of the 8-bit slave address are fixed
as 1010 for the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 (see Fig. 5). The
next three significant bits (A2, A1, A0) are the device
address bits and define which device or which part of the
device the Master is accessing. Up to eight CAT24WC03,
four CAT24WC05, two CAT24WC09, and one
CAT24WC17 may be individually addressed by the
system. The last bit of the slave address specifies
whether a Read or Write operation is to be performed.
When this bit is set to 1, a Read operation is selected,
and when set to 0, a Write operation is selected.
After the Master sends a START condition and the slave
address byte, the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 monitors the
bus and responds with an acknowledge (on the SDA
line) when its address matches the transmitted slave
address. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 then performs a
Read or Write operation depending on the state of the
R/
W
bit.
Acknowledge
After a successful data transfer, each receiving device is
required to generate an acknowledge. The Acknowledg-
ing device pulls down the SDA line during the ninth clock
cycle, signaling that it received the 8 bits of data.
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 responds with an acknowl-
edge after receiving a START condition and its slave
address. If the device has been selected along with a
write operation, it responds with an acknowledge after
receiving each 8-bit byte.
When the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 is in a READ mode it
transmits 8 bits of data, releases the SDA line, and
monitors the line for an acknowledge. Once it receives
this acknowledge, the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 will con-
tinue to transmit data. If no acknowledge is sent by the
Master, the device terminates data transmission and
waits for a STOP condition.
WRITE OPERATIONS
Byte Write
In the Byte Write mode, the Master device sends the
START condition and the slave address information
(with the R/
W
bit set to zero) to the Slave device. After
the Slave generates an acknowledge, the Master sends
the byte address that is to be written into the address
pointer of the CAT24WC03/05/09/17. After receiving
another acknowledge from the Slave, the Master device
transmits the data byte to be written into the addressed
memory location. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 acknowl-
edge once more and the Master generates the STOP
condition, at which time the device begins its internal
programming cycle to nonvolatile memory. While this
internal cycle is in progress, the device will not respond
to any request from the Master device.
Page Write
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 writes up to 16 bytes of data
in a single write cycle, using the Page Write operation.
The Page Write operation is initiated in the same manner
as the Byte Write operation, however instead of termi-
nating after the initial word is transmitted, the Master is
allowed to send up to 15 additional bytes. After each byte
has been transmitted the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 will
respond with an acknowledge, and internally increment
24WCXX F09
Figure 7. Page Write Timing
BYTE
ADDRESS
SLAVE
ADDRESS
S
A
C
K
A
C
K
DATA
A
C
K
S
T
O
P
P
BUS ACTIVITY:
MASTER
SDA LINE
S
T
A
R
T
5020 FHD F08
Figure 6. Byte Write Timing
BUS ACTIVITY:
MASTER
SDA LINE
DATA n+P
BYTE
ADDRESS (n)
A
C
K
A
C
K
DATA n
A
C
K
S
T
O
P
24WCXX FO9
S
A
C
K
DATA n+1
A
C
K
S
T
A
R
T
P
SLAVE
ADDRESS
NOTE: IN THIS EXAMPLE n = XXXX 0000(B); X = 1 or 0
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the low order address bits by one. The high order bits
remain unchanged.
If the Master transmits more than 16 bytes prior to
sending the STOP condition, the address counter ‘wraps
around’, and previously transmitted data will be overwrit-
ten.
Once all 16 bytes are received and the STOP condition
has been sent by the Master, the internal programming
cycle begins. At this point all received data is written to
the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 in a single write cycle.
Acknowledge Polling
The disabling of the inputs can be used to take advan-
tage of the typical write cycle time. Once the stop
condition is issued to indicate the end of the host’s write
operation, the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 initiates the inter-
nal write cycle. ACK polling can be initiated immediately.
This involves issuing the start condition followed by the
slave address for a write operation. If the CAT24WC03/
05/09/17 is still busy with the write operation, no ACK will
be returned. If the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 has com-
pleted the write operation, an ACK will be returned and
the host can then proceed with the next read or write
operation.
WRITE PROTECTION
The Write Protection feature allows the user to protect
against inadvertent programming of the memory array.
If the WP pin is tied to V
CC
, the upper half (locations 80H
to FFH for 24WC03, locations 100H to 1FFH for 24WC05,
locations 200H to 3FFH for 24WC09, locations 400H to
7FFH for 24WC17) of the memory array is protected and
becomes read only. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 will
accept both slave and byte addresses, but the memory
location accessed is protected from programming by the
device’s failure to send an acknowledge after the first
byte of data is received.
READ OPERATIONS
The READ operation for the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 is
initiated in the same manner as the write operation with
the one exception that the R/
W
bit is set to a one. Three
different READ operations are possible: Immediate Ad-
dress READ, Selective READ and Sequential READ.
Immediate Address Read
The CAT24WC03/05/09/17’s address counter contains
the address of the last byte accessed, incremented by
one. In other words, if the last READ or WRITE access
was to address N, the READ immediately following
would access data from address N+1. If N=E (where E
= 255 for 24WC03, 511 for 24WC05, 1023 for 24WC09,
and 2047 for 24WC17), then the counter will ‘wrap
around’ to address 0 and continue to clock out data.
After the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 receives its slave ad-
dress information (with the R/
W
bit set to one), it issues
an acknowledge, then transmits the 8-bit byte requested.
The master device does not send an acknowledge but
will generate a STOP condition.
Selective Read
Selective READ operations allow the Master device to
select at random any memory location for a READ
operation. The Master device first performs a ‘dummy’
write operation by sending the START condition, slave
address and byte address of the location it wishes to
read. After the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 acknowledge the
word address, the Master device resends the START
condition and the slave address, this time with the R/
W
bit set to one. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 then responds
with its acknowledge and sends the 8-bit byte requested.
5020 FHD F10
Figure 8. Immediate Address Read Timing
SCL
SDA
8TH BIT
STOP
NO ACK
DATA OUT
8
9
SLAVE
ADDRESS
S
A
C
K
DATA
N
O
A
C
K
S
T
O
P
P
BUS ACTIVITY:
MASTER
SDA LINE
S
T
A
R
T
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The master device does not send an acknowledge but
will generate a STOP condition.
Sequential Read
The Sequential READ operation can be initiated by
either the Immediate Address READ or Selective READ
operations. After the CAT24WC03/05/09/17 sends the
initial 8-bit byte requested, the Master will respond with
an acknowledge which tells the device it requires more
data. The CAT24WC03/05/09/17 will continue to output
an 8-bit byte for each acknowledge sent by the Master.
The operation is terminated when the Master fails to
respond with an acknowledge, thus sending the STOP
condition.
The data being transmitted from the CAT24WC03/05/
09/17 is outputted sequentially with data from address N
followed by data from address N+1. The READ opera-
tion address counter increments all of the CAT24WC03/
05/09/17 address bits so that the entire memory array
can be read during one operation. If more than the E
(where E = 255 for 24WC03, 511 for 24WC05, 1023 for
24WC09, and 2047 for 24WC17) bytes are read out, the
counter will “wrap around” and continue to clock out data
bytes.
Notes:
(1) The device used in the above example is a 24WC03JI-1.8TE13 (SOIC, Industrial Temperature, 1.8 Volt to 6 Volt Operating
Voltage, Tape & Reel)
ORDERING INFORMATION
5020 FHD F12
Figure 10. Sequential Read Timing
BUS ACTIVITY:
MASTER
SDA LINE
DATA n+x
DATA n
A
C
K
A
C
K
DATA n+1
A
C
K
S
T
O
P
N
O
A
C
K
DATA n+2
A
C
K
P
SLAVE
ADDRESS
Figure 9. Selective Read Timing
SLAVE
ADDRESS
S
A
C
K
N
O
A
C
K
S
T
O
P
P
24WCXX F11
BUS ACTIVITY:
MASTER
SDA LINE
S
T
A
R
T
BYTE
ADDRESS (n)
S
A
C
K
DATA n
SLAVE
ADDRESS
A
C
K
S
T
A
R
T
Prefix
Device #
Suffix
24WC03
J
I
TE13
Product Number
24WC03: 2K
24WC05: 4K
24WC09: 8K
24WC17: 16K
Tape & Reel
TE13: 2000/Reel
Package
P: PDIP
J: SOIC (JEDEC)
Operating Voltage
Blank: 2.5V - 6.0V
1.8: 1.8V - 6.0V
-1.8
CAT
Temperature Range
Blank = Commercial (0˚ - 70˚C)
I = Industrial (-40˚ - 85˚C)
A = Automotive (-40˚ - 105˚C)*
* -40˚ to +125˚C is available upon request
Optional
Company ID
U: TSSOP **
** Available for 24WC03