K7A163631B-QI20 - 512Kx36 Sync Pipelined Burst SRAM | Samsung
MPN: K7A163631B-QI20 ✗ Akhir HidupK7A163631B-QI20 Ringkasan
A Synchronous SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) is a type of volatile memory that latches control, address, and data inputs on the rising edge of a system clock. Within the memory taxonomy it sits above DRAM in speed hierarchy but below cache-SRAM in integration; pipelined-burst variants add internal staging registers that allow a new address to be captured every clock cycle while a previous read is completing, dramatically improving throughput at high clock rates compared with standard async or flow-through SRAM.
Key specifications for the K7A163631B-QI20 include the 512K x 36 organization (36-bit-wide data bus suited to parity/ECC-protected cache lines), single +3.3 V power supply, low-power CMOS process technology, common I/O data bus architecture, and registered (registered-clock / registered-enable) control inputs that reduce system-clock loading in cache arrays. Burst-mode read and write cycles, byte-write enable controls (typically via BYTE WRITEs x4 with low-byte and high-byte enables), and an output-enable / chip-enable control set are standard on this generation of Samsung B-die synchronous SRAM.
Architecturally, the K7A163631B implements an internal 2-stage pipeline: an address register followed by a data-output register, so the first access latency is one extra cycle but subsequent burst beats return every clock. The device supports linear burst order, write-per-bit byte masking, and on-chip clock-domain registers that simplify interface to 66-150 MHz host buses. Power-saving features include CMOS-rail input levels, low standby current, and a chip-enable-controlled power-down mode.
Typical applications include Level-2 cache for Pentium II/III class processors, embedded CPU main memory in networking line cards, RAID controller write buffers, networking router/switch control-plane memory, industrial PC cache subsystems, and instrumentation DSP scratchpad memory. The wide x36 bus makes it especially attractive where parity or ECC bits are stored alongside each 32-bit word.
A key design consideration is the trade-off between pipelined SRAM (higher sustained throughput, one-cycle additional first-access latency) versus flow-through SRAM (no pipeline, lower latency, lower bandwidth). Choose K7A163631B when the host CPU/cache controller can absorb the one-cycle latency penalty in exchange for higher MHz operation.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in same-package alternatives, and practical design considerations not found in the Samsung datasheet alone, helping engineers evaluate the part for new designs and legacy second-source supply.
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K7A163631B-QI20 Rating Maksimal & Karakteristik Listrik
| Tipe Memori | Synchronous Pipelined Burst SRAM (B-die) |
| Memory Density | 18,874,368 bits (18 Mb) |
| Organisasi | 512K words x 36 bits |
| Operating Mode | Synchronous, pipelined burst |
| Tegangan Pemuat | 3.3 V (single supply) |
| Paket | TQFP-100 |
| Process Technology | CMOS |
| Burst Length | Linear burst |
| Lebar Bus Data | 36 bits (common I/O) |
| Byte Write Control | Yes (byte write enables) |
| Output Enable | Yes |
| Pb-Free / RoHS | Pb-free variant available per suffix code |
| Tipe Mounting | Surface Mount |
| Access Latency | Pipelined (1-cycle additional first access latency) |
Konfigurasi Pin K7A163631B-QI20
| Pin produk 1 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 2 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 3 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 4 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 5 | A0 — Address input 0 |
| Pin produk 6 | A1 — Address input 1 |
| Pin produk 7 | A2 — Address input 2 |
| Pin produk 8 | A3 — Address input 3 |
| Pin produk 9 | A4 — Address input 4 |
| Pin produk 10 | A5 — Address input 5 |
| Pin produk 11 | A6 — Address input 6 |
| Pin produk 12 | A7 — Address input 7 |
| Pin produk 13 | A8 — Address input 8 |
| Pin produk 14 | A9 — Address input 9 |
| Pin produk 15 | A10 — Address input 10 |
| Pin produk 16 | A11 — Address input 11 |
| Pin produk 17 | A12 — Address input 12 |
| Pin produk 18 | A13 — Address input 13 |
| Pin produk 19 | A14 — Address input 14 |
| Pin produk 20 | A15 — Address input 15 |
| Pin produk 21 | A16 — Address input 16 |
| Pin produk 22 | A17 — Address input 17 |
| Pin produk 23 | A18 — Address input 18 |
| Pin produk 24 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 25 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 26 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 27 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 28 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 29 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 30 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 31 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 32 | CLK — Clock input |
| Pin produk 33 | CE — Chip enable (active low) |
| Pin produk 34 | ADV — Burst advance input |
| Pin produk 35 | OE — Output enable (active low) |
| Pin produk 36 | WE — Write enable (active low) |
| Pin produk 37 | BWa — Byte write enable A (active low) |
| Pin produk 38 | BWb — Byte write enable B (active low) |
| Pin produk 39 | BWc — Byte write enable C (active low) |
| Pin produk 40 | BWd — Byte write enable D (active low) |
| Pin produk 41 | MODE — Burst mode select |
| Pin produk 42 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 43 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 44 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 45 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 46 | DQA0 — Data I/O A0 |
| Pin produk 47 | DQA1 — Data I/O A1 |
| Pin produk 48 | DQA2 — Data I/O A2 |
| Pin produk 49 | DQA3 — Data I/O A3 |
| Pin produk 50 | DQA4 — Data I/O A4 |
| Pin produk 51 | DQA5 — Data I/O A5 |
| Pin produk 52 | DQA6 — Data I/O A6 |
| Pin produk 53 | DQA7 — Data I/O A7 |
| Pin produk 54 | DQA8 — Data I/O A8 |
| Pin produk 55 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 56 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 57 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 58 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 59 | DQB0 — Data I/O B0 |
| Pin produk 60 | DQB1 — Data I/O B1 |
| Pin produk 61 | DQB2 — Data I/O B2 |
| Pin produk 62 | DQB3 — Data I/O B3 |
| Pin produk 63 | DQB4 — Data I/O B4 |
| Pin produk 64 | DQB5 — Data I/O B5 |
| Pin produk 65 | DQB6 — Data I/O B6 |
| Pin produk 66 | DQB7 — Data I/O B7 |
| Pin produk 67 | DQB8 — Data I/O B8 |
| Pin produk 68 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 69 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 70 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 71 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 72 | DQC0 — Data I/O C0 |
| Pin produk 73 | DQC1 — Data I/O C1 |
| Pin produk 74 | DQC2 — Data I/O C2 |
| Pin produk 75 | DQC3 — Data I/O C3 |
| Pin produk 76 | DQC4 — Data I/O C4 |
| Pin produk 77 | DQC5 — Data I/O C5 |
| Pin produk 78 | DQC6 — Data I/O C6 |
| Pin produk 79 | DQC7 — Data I/O C7 |
| Pin produk 80 | DQC8 — Data I/O C8 |
| Pin produk 81 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 82 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 83 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 84 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 85 | DQD0 — Data I/O D0 |
| Pin produk 86 | DQD1 — Data I/O D1 |
| Pin produk 87 | DQD2 — Data I/O D2 |
| Pin produk 88 | DQD3 — Data I/O D3 |
| Pin produk 89 | DQD4 — Data I/O D4 |
| Pin produk 90 | DQD5 — Data I/O D5 |
| Pin produk 91 | DQD6 — Data I/O D6 |
| Pin produk 92 | DQD7 — Data I/O D7 |
| Pin produk 93 | DQD8 — Data I/O D8 |
| Pin produk 94 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 95 | GND — Ground |
| Pin produk 96 | ZZ — Power-down mode select |
| Pin produk 97 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 98 | VCC — Power supply (3.3 V) |
| Pin produk 99 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
| Pin produk 100 | NC — Not connected (per datasheet) |
Aplikasi Umum
K7A163631B-QI20 cocok untuk 6 aplikasis: Pentium II/III Level-2 Cache Memory, PowerPC Embedded Cache Subsystems, Network Router and Switch Control-Plane Memory, RAID Controller Write-Back Cache, Industrial PC and Single-Board Computer Cache, Instrumentation DSP Scratchpad Memory.
Pentium II/III Level-2 Cache Memory
The K7A163631B-QI20 was designed as a Level-2 cache companion to Pentium II/III-class processors, supplying the 36-bit-wide bus that stores a 32-bit cache word plus parity or ECC bits. Its 18 Mb density (512Kx36) was a sweet spot for 256 KB to 1 MB L2 arrays, and the pipelined-burst architecture lets the cache controller issue a new tag/data read each clock while a previous fill completes. Operating from a single 3.3 V rail, it integrates cleanly with the 66-150 MHz front-side bus of that era. Compared with flow-through SRAM, the 2-stage pipeline trades one extra cycle of first-access latency for sustained full-clock bandwidth, which is the optimal trade-off for L2 fill streams.
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PowerPC Embedded Cache Subsystems
PowerPC 60x and 7xx bus systems require wide synchronous cache SRAMs to feed their secondary cache controllers; the K7A163631B-QI20's 36-bit data path accommodates parity bits and supports the burst-fill protocol expected by PowerPC L2 controllers. The registered clock inputs reduce fanout loading on the host clock tree, enabling multi-bank cache arrays. Designers can parallel two K7A163631B devices to build 1 MB L2 caches with byte-write capability preserved. The 3.3 V single-supply operation matches the PowerPC reference platform rails and the industrial -40C to +85C temperature range of the I20 suffix supports telecom and industrial embedded deployments.
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Network Router and Switch Control-Plane Memory
Router line cards and ATM/SONET switches in the late 1990s and early 2000s used wide synchronous SRAM as control-plane scratchpad memory for routing tables, lookup engines, and packet descriptor queues. The K7A163631B-QI20's 36-bit width simplifies parity-protected storage for forwarding-table entries, while pipelined-burst reads accelerate longest-prefix-match operations on TCAM lookups. Industrial temperature grading (-40C to +85C) suits outdoor telecom cabinets and central-office environments. The TQFP-100 footprint is friendly to multi-layer PCB designs with controlled-impedance signal routing for 100+ MHz cache-controller buses.
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RAID Controller Write-Back Cache
RAID controller cards use synchronous SRAM as write-back cache to absorb host-side bursts before flushing to disk arrays. The K7A163631B-QI20's pipelined burst interface supports streaming writes from the host bus at line rate, while the byte-write enables allow partial cache-line updates without read-modify-write overhead. The 36-bit data path supports ECC across the 32-bit data word, protecting cached write data from soft errors during hold time. Industrial temperature grade and surface-mount TQFP-100 packaging suit dense RAID controller PCB layouts where component height and thermal performance matter.
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Industrial PC and Single-Board Computer Cache
Single-board computers (SBCs) and industrial PCs from the Socket 370 / Slot 1 era used the K7A163631B-QI20 as main-memory cache for x86 processors before DDR SDRAM displaced SRAM in this role. The wide 36-bit bus accommodates parity checking required by fault-tolerant industrial controllers, and the -40C to +85C industrial temperature range enables deployment in factory automation, transportation, and outdoor-signage applications. The TQFP-100 surface-mount package simplifies automated assembly and rework, while the 3.3 V supply aligns with industrial SBC power budgets of the period.
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Instrumentation DSP Scratchpad Memory
DSP-based instrumentation systems (oscilloscopes, signal analyzers, medical imaging front-ends) historically used synchronous pipelined SRAM as fast scratchpad memory to hold intermediate FFT coefficients and time-domain samples. The K7A163631B-QI20's burst-read capability delivers sustained sample throughput for real-time DSP pipelines, while the 36-bit data path provides headroom for guard bits in fixed-point arithmetic. The industrial temperature grade supports laboratory and field-test environments, and the synchronous interface simplifies hand-off to dedicated DSP chips with built-in SRAM controllers from that era.
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Data referensi engineering untuk K7A163631B-QI20 — pembandingan, panduan desain, dan informasi konformitas.
Panduan Pemilihan
Pembandingan dengan Alternatif
| Parameter Umum | Produk Ini | K7A163631B-PC20 | K7A163631B-QC20 | K7A163631B-PC20T00 | K7A163631B-QC20T | K7A163680A-PC14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics | Samsung Electronics |
| Package | TQFP-100 | TQFP-100 - same | TQFP-100 - same | TQFP-100 - same | TQFP-100 - same | TQFP-100 - same |
| Memory Type | Sync Pipelined Burst SRAM (B-die) | Sync Pipelined Burst SRAM (same die) | Sync Pipelined Burst SRAM (same die) | Sync Pipelined Burst SRAM (same die) | Sync Pipelined Burst SRAM (same die) | Sync SRAM, K7A16368 family |
| Organization | 512K x 36 | 512K x 36 | 512K x 36 | 512K x 36 | 512K x 36 | K7A16368 family - verify density |
| Supply Voltage | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V |
| Temperature Grade | Industrial (-40C to +85C) | Commercial (0C to +70C) | Commercial (0C to +70C) | Commercial (0C to +70C) | Commercial (0C to +70C) | Commercial (0C to +70C) |
| Packaging Format | Tray | Tray | Tray | Tape & Reel (T00) | Tape & Reel (T) | Tray |
| Lifecycle Status | NRND | NRND | NRND | NRND | NRND | NRND |
Diferensiator Kunci
- Industrial temperature grade for harsh-environment designs (vsK7A163631B-PC20)
- Same-die alternative reduces qualification effort (vsK7A163631B-QC20)
- TQFP-100 pin-compatibility enables easy second-source flexibility (vsK7A163680A-PC14)
Catatan Desain
Estimated: At a 100 MHz clock with all outputs switching, the K7A163631B-QI20 draws approximately 200-300 mA from the 3.3 V supply per Samsung's B-die datasheet typical characteristics. Use a 4-layer PCB with dedicated VCC/GND planes; place one 0.1 uF X7R ceramic bypass capacitor per VCC pin pair and one bulk 22-47 uF tantalum or polymer cap near the device. Keep VCC trace length under 5 mm to maintain tight decoupling during burst cycles.
The TQFP-100 package has 0.5 mm pin pitch which requires careful PCB layout to maintain signal integrity at clock rates above 100 MHz. Route clock (CLK), address, and byte-write enable signals on the inner layers with ground reference, and match trace lengths within 1 cm to minimize clock-to-data skew. Use a continuous ground plane under the device to control impedance (target 50 ohms single-ended). Exposed pad-style thermal pad is not present on TQFP-100, so dissipation relies on copper pour area around the package.
Synchronous pipelined burst SRAM is sensitive to clock jitter and edge rates. Per the Samsung datasheet timing section, the CLK input requires monotonic edges with rise/fall times under 2 ns and cycle-to-cycle jitter under 100 ps for proper burst-mode operation. Place a clock buffer near the SRAM if multiple loads share the cache clock. Terminate CLK with a small series resistor (22-33 ohm) close to the driver to dampen reflections, especially on backplane-style routing.
A frequent design pitfall is failing to deassert CE (chip enable) during power-up - per Samsung's power-on reset requirements, CE must follow VCC to avoid latch-up. Hold CE high during VCC ramp until the supply reaches 2.7 V minimum. Another pitfall: byte-write enable (BWa/BWb/BWc/BWd) signals must remain stable for the entire write cycle; floating or skewing these during a write corrupts adjacent bytes. Always validate byte-write timing with the Samsung datasheet write-cycle diagram.
Informasi Konformitas
Pb-free variant available per K7A163631B family suffix codes. RoHS compliance verified via Samsung K7A163631B datasheet family specification. AEC-Q100 not applicable for memory ICs. Lifecycle status NRND - not recommended for new designs as of 2026-10-05.
