Datasheet
Operating features M95640-W M95640-R M95640-DF
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5.1.4 Power-down
During power-down (continuous decrease of the V
CC
 supply voltage below the minimum 
V
CC
 operating voltage defined under Operating conditions in Section 9: DC and AC 
parameters), the device must be:
● deselected (Chip Select S should be allowed to follow the voltage applied on V
CC
),
● in Standby Power mode (there should not be any internal write cycle in progress).
5.2  Active Power and Standby Power modes
When Chip Select (S) is low, the device is selected, and in the Active Power mode. The 
device consumes I
CC
.
When Chip Select (S
) is high, the device is deselected. If a Write cycle is not currently in 
progress, the device then goes into the Standby Power mode, and the device consumption 
drops to I
CC1
, as specified in DC characteristics (see Section 9: DC and AC parameters).
5.3 Hold condition
The Hold (HOLD) signal is used to pause any serial communications with the device without 
resetting the clocking sequence.
To enter the Hold condition, the device must be selected, with Chip Select (S
) low.
During the Hold condition, the Serial Data Output (Q) is high impedance, and the Serial 
Data Input (D) and the Serial Clock (C) are Don’t Care.
Normally, the device is kept selected for the whole duration of the Hold condition. 
Deselecting the device while it is in the Hold condition has the effect of resetting the state of 
the device, and this mechanism can be used if required to reset any processes that had 
been in progress.
(a)(b)
Figure 7. Hold condition activation
The Hold condition starts when the Hold (HOLD) signal is driven low when Serial Clock (C) 
is already low (as shown in Figure 7). 
a. This resets the internal logic, except the WEL and WIP bits of the Status Register.
b. In the specific case where the device has shifted in a Write command (Inst + Address + data bytes, each data 
byte being exactly 8 bits), deselecting the device also triggers the Write cycle of this decoded command.
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