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M41ST84W
Power- fail INPUT/OUTPUT
The Power-Fail Input (PFI) is compared to an in-
ternal reference voltage (1.25V) . If PFI is less than
the power-fail threshold (VPFI), the Power-Fail
Output (PF O) wi ll go low. Thi s function is intended
for use as an under-voltage detector to signal a
failing power supply. Typically PFI is connected
through an external voltage divider (see Figure
5., page 6) to either the unregulated DC inpu t (if it
is available) or the regulated output of the VCC reg-
ulator. The voltage divider can be set up such t hat
the voltage at PFI falls below VPFI several millisec-
onds before the regulated VCC input to the
M41ST84W or the microprocessor drops below
the minimum operating volt age.
During battery bac k-up, the power-fail comparator
turns off and PFO goes (or remai ns) low. This oc-
curs after VCC drops below VPFD(min). When pow-
er returns, PFO is forced high, irrespective of VPFI
for the write protect time (trec), which is the time
from VPFD(max) until the inputs are recognized. At
the end of this time, the power-fail comparator is
enabled and PF O follows PFI. If the comparator is
unused, PFI should be connected to VSS and PFO
left unconnected.
Century Bit
Bits D7 and D6 of Clock Register 03h contain the
CENTURY ENABLE Bi t (CEB) and the CENTURY
Bit (CB). Setting CEB t o a “1” will cause CB to tog-
gle, eith er from a “0” to “1” or from “1” to “0” at the
turn of the century (depending upon its initial
state). If CEB is set to a “0”, CB will not toggle.
Output Driver Pin
When the FT Bit, AFE Bit and watchdog register
are not set, the IRQ/FT/OUT pin becomes an out-
put driver that reflects the contents of D7 of the
Control Register. In other words, when D7 (OUT
Bit) and D6 (FT Bit ) of address location 0 8h are a
'0,' th en the IRQ/ FT/ OUT pin will b e d riv e n lo w.
Note: The IRQ/F T/OUT pi n is an open drain which
requires an external pull-up resistor.
Batt ery Lo w W arn in g
The M41ST84W automatically performs battery
voltage monitoring upo n power-up and at factory-
programmed time intervals of approximately 24
hours. The Battery Low (BL) Bit, Bit D4 of Flags
Register 0Fh, will be asser ted if the battery voltage
is found to be less than approximately 2.5V. T he
BL Bit will r emain asserted unt i l completion of bat-
tery replacement and subsequent battery low
monitoring tests, either during the next power-up
sequence or the next scheduled 24-hour interval.
If a battery low is generated during a power-up se-
quence, this indicates that the battery i s below ap-
proximately 2.5 volts and may not be able to
maintain data integrity in the SRAM . Da ta should
be considered suspect and verified as correct. A
fresh battery should be installed.
If a battery low indication is genera ted during the
24-hour interval check, this indicates that the bat-
tery is n ear end of life. Howe ve r, dat a i s not com-
promised due to the fact that a nominal VCC is
supplied. In order to insure data integrity during
subsequent pe riods of bat tery back-up m ode, the
battery should be replaced. The battery may be re-
placed while VCC is a pplied to the device.
The M41ST84W only monitors the bat tery when a
nominal VCC is applied to the device. Thus appli-
cations which require extensive durations in the
battery back- up mode should be powered-up peri-
odically (at least once every few mont hs) in order
for this technique to be beneficial. Addit ionally , if a
battery low is indicated, data integrity should be
verified upon power-up via a checksum or other
technique.
trec Bit
Bit D7 of Clock Register 04h contains the trec Bit
(TR). trec refers to the automatic continuation of
t h e desel ec t ti me af te r VCC reaches VPFD. Thi s al-
lows for a voltage setting time before WRI TEs may
again be performed to the device after a power-
down condition. The trec Bit will allow the user to
set the length of this deselect time as defined by
Table 7. , page 22.
In it ial P o wer - o n D efa u l ts
Upon initial application o f power to the device, the
following register bit s are set to a '0' st ate: Watch-
dog Register , TR, F T, AFE , ABE, and SQ WE. The
following bits are set to a '1' state: ST, OU T, and
HT (see Table 8., page 22).