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SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card OEM Product Manual Version 12.0 Document No. 20-10-00038 02/2007 SanDisk Corporation Corporate Headquarters 601 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 (408) 801-1000 Phone (408) 801-8657 Fax www.sandisk.com
SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card OEM Product Manual Version 12.0 Document No. 20-10-00038 02/2007 SanDisk Corporation Corporate Headquarters 601 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 (408) 801-1000 Phone (408) 801-8657 Fax www.sandisk.com
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... 5,268,870; 5,272,669; 5,418,752; 5,602,987. Document 20-10-00038 Rev. 12.0 Revision History Date February 2007 Revision 12.0 Description Merged CFlash 11.2 manual with CFA Spec v4.0. © 2007 SanDisk Corporation i Rev. 12.0, 02/07 updated to change without the prior written ...consent of an officer of SanDisk Corporation. No part of this material. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are covered or licensed under one or more of the following U.S. CompactFlash is subject to comply with CF ExtremeIII v1.2 to the fullest...
... 5,268,870; 5,272,669; 5,418,752; 5,602,987. Document 20-10-00038 Rev. 12.0 Revision History Date February 2007 Revision 12.0 Description Merged CFlash 11.2 manual with CFA Spec v4.0. © 2007 SanDisk Corporation i Rev. 12.0, 02/07 updated to change without the prior written ...consent of an officer of SanDisk Corporation. No part of this material. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are covered or licensed under one or more of the following U.S. CompactFlash is subject to comply with CF ExtremeIII v1.2 to the fullest...
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...SanDisk Corporation Contact the CompactFlash Association for more information. Retail CompactFlash specifications are not covered in this product to interface this manual. 1.4 CompactFlash Standard SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards are fully compatible with the CompactFlash Specification published by the CompactFlash Association. Introduction SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 1.2 Features SanDisk CompactFlash...,000 hours • Minimum 10,000 insertions 1.3 Scope This document describes the key features and specifications of CompactFlash Memory cards, as well as the information...
...SanDisk Corporation Contact the CompactFlash Association for more information. Retail CompactFlash specifications are not covered in this product to interface this manual. 1.4 CompactFlash Standard SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards are fully compatible with the CompactFlash Specification published by the CompactFlash Association. Introduction SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 1.2 Features SanDisk CompactFlash...,000 hours • Minimum 10,000 insertions 1.3 Scope This document describes the key features and specifications of CompactFlash Memory cards, as well as the information...
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...protocol of issuing a reset first. This command will operate at a voltage range of 3.30 volts ± 5% or 5.00 volts ± 10%. This means less than 4.25 volts for this feature. 1.7.6 Dynamic Adjustment of Performance vs. It may do this if desired, but this must...in sleep mode except when the host is no further commands are received within 5 msec. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Introduction 1.7.5 Automatic Sleep Mode A unique feature of the SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card is automatic entrance and exit from command completion to entering sleep mode is adjustable...
...protocol of issuing a reset first. This command will operate at a voltage range of 3.30 volts ± 5% or 5.00 volts ± 10%. This means less than 4.25 volts for this feature. 1.7.6 Dynamic Adjustment of Performance vs. It may do this if desired, but this must...in sleep mode except when the host is no further commands are received within 5 msec. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Introduction 1.7.5 Automatic Sleep Mode A unique feature of the SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card is automatic entrance and exit from command completion to entering sleep mode is adjustable...
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... value. 5V +/- 10% 500 µ 800 µ 1.2 mA 55 mA 70 mA 100 mA 500 µ 800 µ 1.2 mA 100 mA 100 mA 100 mA 02/07, Rev. 12.0 2-2 © 2007 SanDisk Corporation ripple (p-p) 3.3V +/- 5% Memory Subsystema CompactFlash Memory Card Sleep Up to 512 MB 300 µ 1.0... GB 600 µ Over 1.0 GB 1 mA Read 50 mA Write 65 mA Read/Write Peak 100 mA Memory Subsystema CompactFlash Extreme III Memory Card Sleep Up to...
... value. 5V +/- 10% 500 µ 800 µ 1.2 mA 55 mA 70 mA 100 mA 500 µ 800 µ 1.2 mA 100 mA 100 mA 100 mA 02/07, Rev. 12.0 2-2 © 2007 SanDisk Corporation ripple (p-p) 3.3V +/- 5% Memory Subsystema CompactFlash Memory Card Sleep Up to 512 MB 300 µ 1.0... GB 600 µ Over 1.0 GB 1 mA Read 50 mA Write 65 mA Read/Write Peak 100 mA Memory Subsystema CompactFlash Extreme III Memory Card Sleep Up to...
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Product Specifications SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 2.4 System Reliability Table 2-4 Reliability MTBF (@ 25 C) Preventative Maintenance Data Reliability >1,000,000 hours None
Product Specifications SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 2.4 System Reliability Table 2-4 Reliability MTBF (@ 25 C) Preventative Maintenance Data Reliability >1,000,000 hours None
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... OT1 OT1 I3U I1U,OT1 I1U,OT1 I1Z,OZ3 I1Z,OZ3 I1Z,OZ3 Ground © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 3-1 Rev. 12.0, 02/07 I /O - Pin types are listed in Table 3-1. Table 3-1 PC Card Memory...Assignments Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Signal Name GND D03 D04 D05 D06 D07 -CE1 A10 -OE A09 A08 A07 VCC A06 A05 A04 A03 A02 A01 ...A00 D00 D01 D02 WP -CD2 Pin Type - CHAPTER 3 Interface Description 3.1 Physical Description The host connects to SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards using a standard...
... OT1 OT1 I3U I1U,OT1 I1U,OT1 I1Z,OZ3 I1Z,OZ3 I1Z,OZ3 Ground © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 3-1 Rev. 12.0, 02/07 I /O - Pin types are listed in Table 3-1. Table 3-1 PC Card Memory...Assignments Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Signal Name GND D03 D04 D05 D06 D07 -CE1 A10 -OE A09 A08 A07 VCC A06 A05 A04 A03 A02 A01 ...A00 D00 D01 D02 WP -CD2 Pin Type - CHAPTER 3 Interface Description 3.1 Physical Description The host connects to SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards using a standard...
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... I/O I1Z,OZ3 29 5 D06 I/O I1Z,OZ3 30 6 D07 I/O I1Z,OZ3 31 7 -CS0 I I3Z 32 8 A10 I I1Z 33 Signal Name -CD1 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 -CS1 -VS1 Pin Type O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I O I /O - Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual PC Card I/O Pin Assignments are contained in Table 3-2. Table 3-3 True IDE Mode Pin.../O Mode Pin Assignments Signal Name GND D03 D04 D05 D06 D07 -CE1 A10 -OE A09 A08 A07 VCC A06 A05 A04 A03 A02 A01 A00 D00 D01 D02 -IOIS16 -CD2 Pin Type - Table 3-2 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ...
... I/O I1Z,OZ3 29 5 D06 I/O I1Z,OZ3 30 6 D07 I/O I1Z,OZ3 31 7 -CS0 I I3Z 32 8 A10 I I1Z 33 Signal Name -CD1 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 -CS1 -VS1 Pin Type O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I O I /O - Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual PC Card I/O Pin Assignments are contained in Table 3-2. Table 3-3 True IDE Mode Pin.../O Mode Pin Assignments Signal Name GND D03 D04 D05 D06 D07 -CE1 A10 -OE A09 A08 A07 VCC A06 A05 A04 A03 A02 A01 A00 D00 D01 D02 -IOIS16 -CD2 Pin Type - Table 3-2 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ...
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...to -read times are outputs. Table 3-4 describes the I I1Z 37 13 VCC - Name Pin Type I/O Type Pin No. 9 -ATA SEL I I3U 34 10 A09 I I1Z 35 11 A08 I I1Z 36 12 A07 I /O signals. NOTE: The sleep-to-write and sleep-to operate in the Attribute Memory space ...it takes the card to exit sleep mode when any command is issued by the host to exit sleep mode. © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 3-3 Rev. 12.0, 02/07 SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-3 True IDE Mode Pin Assignments Pin Signal No. I O I O O I I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O -
...to -read times are outputs. Table 3-4 describes the I I1Z 37 13 VCC - Name Pin Type I/O Type Pin No. 9 -ATA SEL I I3U 34 10 A09 I I1Z 35 11 A08 I I1Z 36 12 A07 I /O signals. NOTE: The sleep-to-write and sleep-to operate in the Attribute Memory space ...it takes the card to exit sleep mode when any command is issued by the host to exit sleep mode. © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 3-3 Rev. 12.0, 02/07 SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-3 True IDE Mode Pin Assignments Pin Signal No. I O I O O I I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O -
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...chip select for PC Card Memory Mode or PC Card I/O Mode. 02/07, Rev. 12.0 3-4 © 2007 SanDisk Corporation Pin Description A10-A0 I 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, These address lines, along with this input/output is the Pass Diagnostic signal in the master/slave...8 bit hosts to access all data on A0 and -CE2. Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card signals are used to select the following: I/O port address registers within the card, memorymapped port address registers ...
...chip select for PC Card Memory Mode or PC Card I/O Mode. 02/07, Rev. 12.0 3-4 © 2007 SanDisk Corporation Pin Description A10-A0 I 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, These address lines, along with this input/output is the Pass Diagnostic signal in the master/slave...8 bit hosts to access all data on A0 and -CE2. Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card signals are used to select the following: I/O port address registers within the card, memorymapped port address registers ...
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... leakage current meets the PCMCIA specification of 10k ohms but is expecting a word data transfer cycle. 3.3 Electrical Specification All D.C. Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin -IOIS16 (PC Card I/O Mode) -IOCS16 (True IDE Mode) ...Description I/O Operation-When the card is configured for I/O Operation, pin 24 is used for the CompactFlash Memory Card Series are defined as follows: Typical conditions unless otherwise stated: VCC = 5V +/- 10% VCC = 3.3V +/- 5% Ta = 0 ° C to 6.5V max.
... leakage current meets the PCMCIA specification of 10k ohms but is expecting a word data transfer cycle. 3.3 Electrical Specification All D.C. Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin -IOIS16 (PC Card I/O Mode) -IOCS16 (True IDE Mode) ...Description I/O Operation-When the card is configured for I/O Operation, pin 24 is used for the CompactFlash Memory Card Series are defined as follows: Typical conditions unless otherwise stated: VCC = 5V +/- 10% VCC = 3.3V +/- 5% Ta = 0 ° C to 6.5V max.
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...mA VCC V Vol lol= 8 mA -0.8V Gnd +0.4V X Tri-State Leakage Current loz Vol = Gnd -10 Voh = VCC 10 uA © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 3-9 Rev. 12.0, 02/07 Min. Max. Table 3-7 Output Drive Type Type OTx OZx OPx ONx ...Output Type Totempole Tri-state N-P Channel P-Channel Only N-Channel Only Valid Conditions loh & lol loh & lol loh only loh Only Table 3-8 Output Drive Characteristics Type Parameter Symbol Conditions Min. SanDisk CompactFlash...
...mA VCC V Vol lol= 8 mA -0.8V Gnd +0.4V X Tri-State Leakage Current loz Vol = Gnd -10 Voh = VCC 10 uA © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 3-9 Rev. 12.0, 02/07 Min. Max. Table 3-7 Output Drive Type Type OTx OZx OPx ONx ...Output Type Totempole Tri-state N-P Channel P-Channel Only N-Channel Only Valid Conditions loh & lol loh & lol loh only loh Only Table 3-8 Output Drive Characteristics Type Parameter Symbol Conditions Min. SanDisk CompactFlash...
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Table 3-9 Power Up/Power Down Timing Item Value CE Signal Levela CE Setup Time CE Setup Time CE Recover Time VCC Rising Timeb VCC Falling Timeb Reset Width Symbol Vi (CE) TSU (VCC) TSU (RESET) TREC (VCC) tpr tpf TW (RESET) Th (Hi-z Reset) TS (Hi-z Reset) Condition 0V Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 3.3.3 Power Up/Power Down Timing The timing specification in Table 3-9 was defined to permit peripheral cards to perform powerup initialization.
Table 3-9 Power Up/Power Down Timing Item Value CE Signal Levela CE Setup Time CE Setup Time CE Recover Time VCC Rising Timeb VCC Falling Timeb Reset Width Symbol Vi (CE) TSU (VCC) TSU (RESET) TREC (VCC) tpr tpf TW (RESET) Th (Hi-z Reset) TS (Hi-z Reset) Condition 0V Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 3.3.3 Power Up/Power Down Timing The timing specification in Table 3-9 was defined to permit peripheral cards to perform powerup initialization.
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... common memory read timing specifications for Systems not supporting RESET tpr VCC Min. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Figure 3-2 Power Up/Power Down Timing for all types of memory. Table 3-10 Common Memory Read Timing Specification Speed Version Item Read Cycle Time Address Access Timea Card Enable Access Time Output...
... common memory read timing specifications for Systems not supporting RESET tpr VCC Min. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Figure 3-2 Power Up/Power Down Timing for all types of memory. Table 3-10 Common Memory Read Timing Specification Speed Version Item Read Cycle Time Address Access Timea Card Enable Access Time Output...
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... -REG signal timing is identical to address signal timing. 100 ns Min. 100 60 10 70 70 40 15 15 ----- 5 5 10 10 0 15 Max 50 50 02/07, Rev. 12.0 3-12 © 2007 SanDisk Corporation All timings measured at the CompactFlash Memory Card. Table 3-11 Common and Attribute Memory Write Timing Specification Speed Version Write...
... -REG signal timing is identical to address signal timing. 100 ns Min. 100 60 10 70 70 40 15 15 ----- 5 5 10 10 0 15 Max 50 50 02/07, Rev. 12.0 3-12 © 2007 SanDisk Corporation All timings measured at the CompactFlash Memory Card. Table 3-11 Common and Attribute Memory Write Timing Specification Speed Version Write...
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...60 30 165 70 20 5 20 5 0 --------- Transfer Timing. All timing values and diagrams are shown and measured at the host. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-14 contains the specification information related to the I /O Write Timing Specification Item Data Setup before -... -REG Setup before -IOWR -REG Hold following sections provide valuable information for register transfers. Max. (ns 35a 35 35 35 3.3.10 True IDE Mode The following -IOWR -IOIS16 Delay falling from Address -IOIS16 Delay rising from -IORD -IOIS16 Delay falling from Address ...
...60 30 165 70 20 5 20 5 0 --------- Transfer Timing. All timing values and diagrams are shown and measured at the host. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-14 contains the specification information related to the I /O Write Timing Specification Item Data Setup before -... -REG Setup before -IOWR -REG Hold following sections provide valuable information for register transfers. Max. (ns 35a 35 35 35 3.3.10 True IDE Mode The following -IOWR -IOIS16 Delay falling from Address -IOIS16 Delay rising from -IORD -IOIS16 Delay falling from Address ...
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... t0 is equal to or greater than the sum of signals -CS0, -CS1 and -DA(2:0). setup (min.) t2 a IORD-/IOWR- Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Figure 3-7 Register Transfer to/from Device NOTE 1: NOTE 2: Device address consists of t2 and t2i. Table 3-15 Register Transfer ...Device PIO Timing Parameters t0 a Cycle time (min.) t1 Address valid to address valid hold (min.) Mode 4 (ns) 120 25 70 25 20 10 20 5 30 10 a. data setup (min.) t4 IOWR- data hold (min.) t6z b IORD- data hold (min.) t5 IORD- data tri-state (max.) t9 IORD...
... t0 is equal to or greater than the sum of signals -CS0, -CS1 and -DA(2:0). setup (min.) t2 a IORD-/IOWR- Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Figure 3-7 Register Transfer to/from Device NOTE 1: NOTE 2: Device address consists of t2 and t2i. Table 3-15 Register Transfer ...Device PIO Timing Parameters t0 a Cycle time (min.) t1 Address valid to address valid hold (min.) Mode 4 (ns) 120 25 70 25 20 10 20 5 30 10 a. data setup (min.) t4 IOWR- data hold (min.) t6z b IORD- data hold (min.) t5 IORD- data tri-state (max.) t9 IORD...
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... 3 (ns) 180 30 80 70 30 10 20 5 30 10 Mode 4 (ns) 120 25 70 25 20 10 20 5 30 10 a. The actual cycle time equals the sum of t0, t2, and t2i shall be met. A device imple mentation shall support any legal host implementation. Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The PIO...
... 3 (ns) 180 30 80 70 30 10 20 5 30 10 Mode 4 (ns) 120 25 70 25 20 10 20 5 30 10 a. The actual cycle time equals the sum of t0, t2, and t2i shall be met. A device imple mentation shall support any legal host implementation. Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The PIO...
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... to issue an ATA soft reset to a 1. Offset Eh) This register is set to the card. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol 4.5.9 Status & Alternate Status Registers (Address-1F7[177]&3F6...D3 D2 D1 BUSY RDY DWF DSC DRQ CORR 0 D0 ERR Bit Name Description D7 BUSY Set when the CompactFlash Card has access to accept a command. This bit is cleared at power-up and remains cleared until card is... has ended in the Error Register contain additional information describing the error. 4.5.10 Device Control Register (Address-3F6[376];
... to issue an ATA soft reset to a 1. Offset Eh) This register is set to the card. SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol 4.5.9 Status & Alternate Status Registers (Address-1F7[177]&3F6...D3 D2 D1 BUSY RDY DWF DSC DRQ CORR 0 D0 ERR Bit Name Description D7 BUSY Set when the CompactFlash Card has access to accept a command. This bit is cleared at power-up and remains cleared until card is... has ended in the Error Register contain additional information describing the error. 4.5.10 Device Control Register (Address-3F6[376];
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