AT24C16C-SSHM-T Datasheet, PDF (9/24 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – Two-wire Serial Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read-only Memory

Atmel AT24C16C
4. Device Addressing
The 16K EEPROM device requires an 8-bit device address word following a start condition to enable the chip for a
read or write operation (refer to <blue>Figure 6-1).
The device address word consists of a mandatory one, zero sequence for the first four most significant bits as
shown. This is common to all the EEPROM devices.
The next three bits used for memory page addressing and are the most significant bits of the data word address
which follows.
The eighth bit of the device address is the read/write operation select bit. A read operation is initiated if this bit is
high and a write operation is initiated if this bit is low.
Upon a compare of the device address, the EEPROM will output a zero. If a compare is not made, the chip will
return to a standby state.
5. Write Operations
BYTE WRITE: A write operation requires an 8-bit data word address following the device address word and
acknowledgment. Upon receipt of this address, the EEPROM will again respond with a zero and then clock in the
first 8-bit data word. Following receipt of the 8-bit data word, the EEPROM will output a zero and the addressing
device, such as a microcontroller, must terminate the write sequence with a stop condition. At this time the
EEPROM enters an internally timed write cycle, t_WR, to the nonvolatile memory. All inputs are disabled during this
write cycle and the EEPROM will not respond until the write is complete (see <blue>Figure 6-2 on page 10).
PAGE WRITE: The 16K EEPROM is capable of an 16-byte page write.
A page write is initiated the same as a byte write, but the microcontroller does not send a stop condition after the
first data word is clocked in. Instead, after the EEPROM acknowledges receipt of the first data word, the
microcontroller can transmit up to fifteen data words. The EEPROM will respond with a zero after each data word
received. The microcontroller must terminate the page write sequence with a stop condition (see <blue>Figure 6-3
on page 11).
The data word address lower four bits are internally incremented following the receipt of each data word. The
higher data word address bits are not incremented, retaining the memory page row location. When the word
address, internally generated, reaches the page boundary, the following byte is placed at the beginning of the
same page. If more than sixteen data words are transmitted to the EEPROM, the data word address will “roll over”
and previous data will be overwritten.
ACKNOWLEDGE POLLING: Once the internally timed write cycle has started and the EEPROM inputs are
disabled, acknowledge polling can be initiated. This involves sending a start condition followed by the device
address word. The read/write bit is representative of the operation desired. Only if the internal write cycle has
completed will the EEPROM respond with a zero allowing the read or write sequence to continue.
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