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Table 3. Example of data retention capability calculation
Temperature (°C)
Application temperature (years)
(1)
Data retention capability (years)
Data retention usage (%)
(2)
30 14 232 6
50 6 56 10.7
TOTAL: 16.7%
1. The maximum data retention is determined with the
Figure 4
2. The data retention capability is calculated with the [1]
The data is safe for 20 years, with only 16.7% of data retention capability used. It means the data might be safe
longer and it demonstrates the excellent data retention capability of the page EEPROMS product.
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Application data retention strategy
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