SUMMIT Microelectronics Introduces Their First Analog/E2PROM Combination Product

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SUMMIT Microelectronics Introduces Their First Analog/E2PROM Combination Product CAMPBELL, CA -- Monday, April 28, 1997 SUMMIT's New Product Combines a Precision Reset Controller with a Family of Standard Serial E2PROMs Summary S24XX3 Family Combines a Precision Reset Controller With an Industry Standard Serial E2PROM Samples Available Now Customer Benefits Precision RESET Sense Voltage Lower Component Cost Reduced Power Consumption SUMMIT Microelectronics, Inc. announces sample availability of its first integrated microcontroller peripheral family combining advanced analog and E2PROM functions on the same chip. The S24XX3 series of products combines a precision reset controller with various density E2PROM memories that conform to the industry standard two wire bus. SUMMIT Microelectronics' proprietary technology combines analog and E2PROM elements to allow trimming of the analog functions for improved performance and user accessible nonvolatile data storage. "The S24XX3 series of products represent a major step in the integration of two traditionally dissimilar technologies into a single peripheral for many microcontroller applications," states Rich Palm, Vice President of Marketing. "The customer can now reduce his component count, decrease the system power consumption and save up to 40% of the component costs of a separate reset controller and a serial E2PROM. This makes the devices ideal for a wide range of microcontroller applications including those in the consumer, telecommunications and automotive markets." The precision reset controller senses the VCC level in the system and generates a reset signal of 200msec duration during power-up, power-down and brownout conditions. The reset signal is triggered by a VCC sense circuit and the reset output is valid at VCC levels above 1Volt. The sense voltage shows a temperature variation of less than 5% over the full industrial temperature range. Various versions of the devices offer reset sense voltages of 4.6 and 4.4 volts for 5 volt systems, and 2.6 volts for 3 volt systems. The reset signal is valid less than 5 msec after the sense voltage is reached on power-down or brownout conditions and an internal glitch filter will reject VCC transitions, below the VCC sense point, of less than 10 nsec in duration. Power consumption for the 5 volt device is less than 50 mA and less than 25 mA for the 3 volt device. The E2PROM portion of the devices are available in 3 densities, 2K bit (S24023), 4K bit (S24043) and 16K bit (S24163), and feature the industry standard two-wire interface operating up to 400Khz clock frequencies for the 5 volt device and 100Kz for the 3 volt device. The devices are available in 8 lead PDIP and SOIC packages. Pricing for the devices in commercial temperature range are as follows: Part Number Package Density Price* S24023S SOIC 2K Bit .85 S24023P PDIP 2K Bit .83 S24043S SOIC 4K Bit .96 S24043S PDIP 4K Bit .93 S24163S SOIC 16K Bit  1.12 S24163P PDIP 16K Bit 1.10 * Note: Pricing is based on a 100,000 unit order   Samples and limited production volumes are currently available on the S24163. Designers needing the 2K or 4K version may use the 16K version for prototyping since the devices are software compatible. Sample packs including samples in PDIP or SOIC, data sheets and applications notes may be ordered directly from the company for $14.85. Background SUMMIT Microelectronics, Inc. is a privately held company focusing on the integration of analog and E2PROM technologies to provide cost-effective solutions to a variety of applications in the telecommunications, consumer and automotive markets. Its website may be found at www.summitmicro.com. Contact Rich Palm Vice President of Marketing SUMMIT Microelectronics Inc. Phone: 408-436-9890 Fax: 408-436-9897 E-mail: return to top press archives home Copyright©1999-2003 by Summit Microelectronics, Inc.