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SanDisk® microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ OEM Product Manual Revision 2.5 Document No. 80-36-03335 January 2012 SanDisk Corporation Corporate Headquarters • 601 McCarthy Blvd. • Milpitas, CA 95035 Phone (408) 801-1000 • Fax (408) 801-8657 www.sandisk.com
SanDisk® microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ OEM Product Manual Revision 2.5 Document No. 80-36-03335 January 2012 SanDisk Corporation Corporate Headquarters • 601 McCarthy Blvd. • Milpitas, CA 95035 Phone (408) 801-1000 • Fax (408) 801-8657 www.sandisk.com
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... or other countries. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. Document No. 80-36-03335 Rev 2.5 January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SD, microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC marks and logos are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in ... other applications where failure could be associated with appropriate redundancy, fault tolerant or back-up features. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are for identification purposes only and may be the...
... or other countries. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC. Document No. 80-36-03335 Rev 2.5 January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SD, microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC marks and logos are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in ... other applications where failure could be associated with appropriate redundancy, fault tolerant or back-up features. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are for identification purposes only and may be the...
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... ii SanDisk Confidential, subject to add High Performance figure. Reference to Ordering Information. SD card block diagram Added speed class to Ordering Information Table Added 64GB and updated SDA 3.0 to SD3.UHS-I 50 Added SDSDQAC SKUs to SDA corrections. Added SDSDQAD SKUs to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM...
... ii SanDisk Confidential, subject to add High Performance figure. Reference to Ordering Information. SD card block diagram Added speed class to Ordering Information Table Added 64GB and updated SDA 3.0 to SD3.UHS-I 50 Added SDSDQAC SKUs to SDA corrections. Added SDSDQAD SKUs to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM...
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SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 General Description 1 1.2 Features 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 SD Card Standard 2 1.5 Functional Description 3 1.5.1 Technology Independence 3 1.5.2 Defect and Error Management 3 1.5.3 Content Protection 3 1.5.4 Wear Leveling 3 1.5.5 Automatic Sleep Mode 3 1.5.6 Hot Insertion 4 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode 4 1.7 SPI Mode 6 2 Product Specifications 7 2.1 microSD Card Product Family 7 2.1.1 Typical Card Power Requirements 7 2.1.2 System ...
SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 General Description 1 1.2 Features 2 1.3 Scope 2 1.4 SD Card Standard 2 1.5 Functional Description 3 1.5.1 Technology Independence 3 1.5.2 Defect and Error Management 3 1.5.3 Content Protection 3 1.5.4 Wear Leveling 3 1.5.5 Automatic Sleep Mode 3 1.5.6 Hot Insertion 4 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode 4 1.7 SPI Mode 6 2 Product Specifications 7 2.1 microSD Card Product Family 7 2.1.1 Typical Card Power Requirements 7 2.1.2 System ...
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SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iv SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 4.3.1 Card Identification Mode 17 4.3.2 Data Transfer Mode 17 4.3.3 Clock Control 18 4.3.4 Cyclic Redundancy Codes 18 4.3.5 Error Conditions 18 4.3.6 Commands 18 4.3.7 Card State Transition 18 4.3.8 Timing Diagrams and Values 18 4.3.9 Speed Class Specification 18 4.3.10 Erase Timeout Calculation 18 5 Marking 19 6 Ordering Information 20 January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation.
SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iv SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 4.3.1 Card Identification Mode 17 4.3.2 Data Transfer Mode 17 4.3.3 Clock Control 18 4.3.4 Cyclic Redundancy Codes 18 4.3.5 Error Conditions 18 4.3.6 Commands 18 4.3.7 Card State Transition 18 4.3.8 Timing Diagrams and Values 18 4.3.9 Speed Class Specification 18 4.3.10 Erase Timeout Calculation 18 5 Marking 19 6 Ordering Information 20 January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation.
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... has a higher memory capacity. The SanDisk microSD card is also available. In addition to operate in mass storage applications. In addition to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 1 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 1 INTRODUCTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.1 General Description The SanDisk® microSD™, microSDHC™ (High Capacity) and microSDXC™ (Extended Capacity) cards are based on the SD™ Card specification. power management...
... has a higher memory capacity. The SanDisk microSD card is also available. In addition to operate in mass storage applications. In addition to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 1 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 1 INTRODUCTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.1 General Description The SanDisk® microSD™, microSDHC™ (High Capacity) and microSDXC™ (Extended Capacity) cards are based on the SD™ Card specification. power management...
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SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to 64 GB1 of the SanDisk microSD cards as well as the information required to interface these products to a host system. This specification is available from the SD Card Association (SDA). protocol compatible • Supports...
SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to 64 GB1 of the SanDisk microSD cards as well as the information required to interface these products to a host system. This specification is available from the SD Card Association (SDA). protocol compatible • Supports...
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... January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.5 Functional Description The family of memory cards. To write or read a sector (or multiple sectors), the host software simply issues a read . This is extremely important because flash devices are expected to the card. This intelligent (microprocessor) subsystem provides many...
... January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.5 Functional Description The family of memory cards. To write or read a sector (or multiple sectors), the host software simply issues a read . This is extremely important because flash devices are expected to the card. This intelligent (microprocessor) subsystem provides many...
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...This section covers Negotiating Operating Conditions, Card Acquisition and Identification, Card Status, Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data Transfer Rate, Data Protection in Flash Cards, Write Protection, Copy Bit, and CSD Register. Cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family are received in less than... thus conserving power. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are fully compliant with the other pins. 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode The following...
...This section covers Negotiating Operating Conditions, Card Acquisition and Identification, Card Status, Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data Transfer Rate, Data Protection in Flash Cards, Write Protection, Copy Bit, and CSD Register. Cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family are received in less than... thus conserving power. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are fully compliant with the other pins. 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode The following...
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...SD Protocol, designed to a sector boundary. The data block transmission is protected with 16-bit CRC that are identical to the single block read / write multiple data blocks (all applicable non-disclosure agreements 6 Every data block must be found in Motorola and other vendors' microcontrollers. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards... for each transfer mode. Misalignment and block length restrictions apply to multiple blocks and are stored or retrieved from contiguous memory addresses starting at the address specified in a pre-specified length.
...SD Protocol, designed to a sector boundary. The data block transmission is protected with 16-bit CRC that are identical to the single block read / write multiple data blocks (all applicable non-disclosure agreements 6 Every data block must be found in Motorola and other vendors' microcontrollers. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards... for each transfer mode. Misalignment and block length restrictions apply to multiple blocks and are stored or retrieved from contiguous memory addresses starting at the address specified in a pre-specified length.
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... Mode (25 MHz) Sleep Read Write Standard Mode - for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1 microSD Card Product Family This section provides product specifications for microSDXC card -XPC bit on (25 MHz) Sleep Read Write High Performance Mode (50 MHz) Sleep Read Write UHS-I SDR50 Mode...
... Mode (25 MHz) Sleep Read Write Standard Mode - for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 2 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1 microSD Card Product Family This section provides product specifications for microSDXC card -XPC bit on (25 MHz) Sleep Read Write High Performance Mode (50 MHz) Sleep Read Write UHS-I SDR50 Mode...
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... power-up 100 ms 250 ms for SDHC, 500ms for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.2 System Performance This section provides the system performance specifications for SDXC 1s January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. All performance values in Table 3 were measured under the...
... power-up 100 ms 250 ms for SDHC, 500ms for the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.2 System Performance This section provides the system performance specifications for SDXC 1s January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. All performance values in Table 3 were measured under the...
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... all applicable non-disclosure agreements 9 SanDisk Confidential, subject to SDA microSD Card Addendum, Mechanical Specification for microSD Memory Card. Figure 4: microSD Card Top View and Side View Figure 5: microSD Card Bottom View January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.3 Reliability and Durability For SanDisk microSD environmental, reliability and durability...
... all applicable non-disclosure agreements 9 SanDisk Confidential, subject to SDA microSD Card Addendum, Mechanical Specification for microSD Memory Card. Figure 4: microSD Card Top View and Side View Figure 5: microSD Card Bottom View January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.3 Reliability and Durability For SanDisk microSD environmental, reliability and durability...
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... 3.01 Table 4: SD Bus Mode Pin Assignment Pin No. For Mode Selection, the host can drive the line high or let it is not in SDIO mode. The host uses a dedicated connector to connect to all data lines even if only DAT0 is pulled high. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM...
... 3.01 Table 4: SD Bus Mode Pin Assignment Pin No. For Mode Selection, the host can drive the line high or let it is not in SDIO mode. The host uses a dedicated connector to connect to all data lines even if only DAT0 is pulled high. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM...
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...is handled locally in each card and in the bus master. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to the VDD pin. Table 5: microSD Card Product Family Register Overview ...HIGH. For more details, refer to Section 6.4 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. Refer to Section 3.5 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.4.1 Power Up Power must be applied to the VDD pin before any I/O pin is set of SanDisk microSD products supports two communication protocols: SD and SPI. SanDisk...
...is handled locally in each card and in the bus master. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to the VDD pin. Table 5: microSD Card Product Family Register Overview ...HIGH. For more details, refer to Section 6.4 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. Refer to Section 3.5 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.4.1 Power Up Power must be applied to the VDD pin before any I/O pin is set of SanDisk microSD products supports two communication protocols: SD and SPI. SanDisk...
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... SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Card VDD OEM Product Manual 2.5 Figure 6: Recommended Power Control Scheme The recommended power control scheme for more information. 3.5.2 Card Identification Register The Card Identification (CID) Register is inserted. Once the card is inserted and all card pins are identical to SD Card...
... SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Card VDD OEM Product Manual 2.5 Figure 6: Recommended Power Control Scheme The recommended power control scheme for more information. 3.5.2 Card Identification Register The Card Identification (CID) Register is inserted. Once the card is inserted and all card pins are identical to SD Card...
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...SD-3C, LLC Five-character ASCII string See Section 5.2 in Section 5.3.2 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. The field structures of the CSD Register. Refer to 1.10 Version 2.00/Standard Capacity 1 CSD Version 2.0 Version 2.00/High Capacity and Extended Capacity... of the CSD Register vary depending on the physical specifications and card capacity. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 13 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Name Table 6: CID Register Definitions Type Width...
...SD-3C, LLC Five-character ASCII string See Section 5.2 in Section 5.3.2 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. The field structures of the CSD Register. Refer to 1.10 Version 2.00/Standard Capacity 1 CSD Version 2.0 Version 2.00/High Capacity and Extended Capacity... of the CSD Register vary depending on the physical specifications and card capacity. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 13 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Name Table 6: CID Register Definitions Type Width...
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R2W_FACTOR X16 WRITE_BL_LEN 0x9 WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No - - SanDisk Confidential, subject to 1G - 0x9 READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes ...-1 Data read access-time-2 in CLK cycles (NSAC*100) Maximum data transfer rate Card command classes Maximum read data block length Partial blocks for read allowed Write block misalignment ... format Reserved CRC Not used, always "1" January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description ...
R2W_FACTOR X16 WRITE_BL_LEN 0x9 WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No - - SanDisk Confidential, subject to 1G - 0x9 READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes ...-1 Data read access-time-2 in CLK cycles (NSAC*100) Maximum data transfer rate Card command classes Maximum read data block length Partial blocks for read allowed Write block misalignment ... format Reserved CRC Not used, always "1" January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description ...
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CSD Structure Reserved TAAC 1.5 msec Data read access-time NSAC TRANS_SPEED 0 Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode 104MHz Data read allowed WRITE_BLK_MISALIGN No READ_BLK_MISALIGN No Write block misalignment Read block misalignment DSR_IMP No ... R2W_FACTOR X4 WRITE_BL_LEN Write speed factor Maximum write data block length WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No Partial blocks for more detailed information. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 15
CSD Structure Reserved TAAC 1.5 msec Data read access-time NSAC TRANS_SPEED 0 Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode 104MHz Data read allowed WRITE_BLK_MISALIGN No READ_BLK_MISALIGN No Write block misalignment Read block misalignment DSR_IMP No ... R2W_FACTOR X4 WRITE_BL_LEN Write speed factor Maximum write data block length WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No Partial blocks for more detailed information. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 15
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... Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5.8 microSD Card Product Family Registers in SPI Mode All card registers are irrelevant in SPI Mode. The SD Status structure is described in Section 4.10.2 in the SanDisk SD Card products. The SCR provides information about special ...Area-used by the card during the card identification. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. however a few fields are accessible in SPI Mode. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.5.5 SD Status Register The SD Status Register (SSR)...
... Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5.8 microSD Card Product Family Registers in SPI Mode All card registers are irrelevant in SPI Mode. The SD Status structure is described in Section 4.10.2 in the SanDisk SD Card products. The SCR provides information about special ...Area-used by the card during the card identification. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. however a few fields are accessible in SPI Mode. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.5.5 SD Status Register The SD Status Register (SSR)...
