Infineon Technologies 8-Mbit and 16-Mbit F-RAM

The 8-Mbit and 16-Mbit EXCELON™ Ferroelectric RAMs (F-RAM) are Infineon Technologies’ latest addition to the EXCELON™ family of next-generation F-RAM devices, delivering the industry’s highest density serial non-volatile RAM (NVRAM), and offering superior performance and reliability for missioncritical data capture. The new 8-Mbit and 16-Mbit EXCELON™ F-RAM products offer low-pin-count serial SPI and Quad SPI (QSPI) interfaces for high-speed non-volatile data logging, preventing data loss even in harsh industrial and automotive operating environments over extreme temperatures.

Key features

• Operating voltages: 1.8 V to 3.6 V and 1.71 V to 1.89 V
• Dedicated 256 - byte special sector F-RAM
• Available in 24 - ball FBGA package
• Data retention of 10 years at +85° C and 1014 cycles of endurance

Additional features

• Operating temperature: 0 °C to +70 °C (for F-RAMs with inrush current control), -40 °C to +85 °C and -40 °C to +105 °C
   

BENEFITS

• High - density non - volatile storage (up to 16-Mbit)
• High performance (up to 54MB/s data throughput)
• Low-pin-count serial interface
• Enhanced reliability
• Operational in harsh environments
• Reduction of system design complexity
• AEC-Q100 automotive qualified memories

Applications

• Programmable logic controller (PLC)
• Computer numerical control (CNC) machines
• Automotive event data recorders
• Portable and implantable medical