16 Megabit (2 M x 8-Bit/1 M x 16-Bit),
CMOS 3.0 Volt-only High Performance Page Mode Flash Memory

General Description
The Am29PL160C is a 16 Mbit, 3.0 Volt-only Page mode Flash memory. This device can be programmed in-system or with in standard EPROM programmers. A 12.0V V_PP or 5.0 V_CC are not required for write or erase operations. The device offers access times of 65, 70, 90, and 120 ns, allowing high speed microprocessors to operate without wait states. The device is offered in a 44- pin SO or a 48-pin TSOP package.

Distinctive Characteristics

Architectural Advantages

• 16 Mbit Page Mode device
• Byte (8-bit) or word (16-bit) mode selectable via BYTE# pin
• Page size of 16 bytes/8 words: Fast page read access from random locations within the page
• Single power supply operation
• Full voltage range: 2.7 to 3.6 Volt read and write operations for battery-powered applications
• Regulated voltage range: 3.0 to 3.6 Volt read and write operations and for compatibility with high performance 3.3 Volt microprocessors
• 5.0V-tolerant data, address, and control signals
• Flexible sector architecture
• Sector sizes: One 16 Kbyte, two 8 Kbyte, one 224 Kbyte, and seven sectors of 256 Kbytes each
• Supports full chip erase
• Bottom boot block configuration only
• Software command-set compatible with JEDEC standard
• Backward compatible with Am29F and Am29LV families
• Manufactured on 0.32 µm process technology

• 44-pin SO (mask-ROM compatible pinout)
• 48-pin TSOP

Performance Characteristics

• High performance read access times
• Page access times as fast as 25 ns at industrial temperature range
• Random access times as fast as 65 ns
• Power consumption (typical values at 5 MHz)
• 30 mA read current
• 20 mA program/erase current
• 1 µA standby mode current
• 1 µA Automatic Sleep mode current
• Minimum 1 million write cycles guarantee per sector
• 20-year data retention

Software Features

• CFI (Common Flash Interface) compliant
• Provides device-specific information to the system, allowing host software to easily reconfigure for different Flash devices
• Unlock Bypass Program Command
• Reduces overall programming time when issuing multiple program command sequences
• Erase Suspend/Erase Resume
• Suspends an erase operation to read data from, or program data to, a sector that is not being erased, then resumes the erase operation

Hardware Features

• Sector protection
• A hardware method of locking a sector to prevent any program or erase operations within that sector
• Sectors can be locked via programming equipment
• Temporary Sector Unprotect command sequence allows code changes in previously locked sectors