Digital ICs/DSP: 1- To 16-kbit Serial EEPROMs Now Come In Tiny SOT-23 Packages

One of the smallest packages to date, a six-lead SOT-23 that occupies just 8.26 mm2, houses a family of 8- and 16- bit three-wire (Microwire) serial EEPROMs that provides designers with 1 to 16 kbits of storage. Implemented with the...

Dave Bursky

Dec. 4, 2003

One of the smallest packages to date, a six-lead SOT-23 that occupies just 8.26 mm², houses a family of 8- and 16- bit three-wire (Microwire) serial EEPROMs that provides designers with 1 to 16 kbits of storage. Implemented with the company's PMOS Electrically Erasable Cell (PEEC) technology, the 93XX76A/B and 93XX86A/B have lower write-cycle times, lower supply current, and lower standby current than previous family members. The company also is releasing its 93XX76C and 93XX86C, which come in eight-lead MSOP, TSSOP, PDIP, and SOIC packages. The serial devices come in versions that operate from either 2.5-V or 1.8-V supplies. Prices range from $0.40 to $0.44 each in quantities of 10,000 units.

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Dave Bursky

Technologist

Dave Bursky, the founder of New Ideas in Communications, a publication website featuring the blog column Chipnastics – the Art and Science of Chip Design. He is also president of PRN Engineering, a technical writing and market consulting company. Prior to these organizations, he spent about a dozen years as a contributing editor to Chip Design magazine. Concurrent with Chip Design, he was also the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products, and prior to Maxim, Dave spent over 35 years working as an engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command and an editor with Electronic Design Magazine.