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...officer of SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Per SanDisk Terms and Conditions of Sale, the user of SanDisk products ...material is subject to all rights are protected by any use 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 capable of life, the products...
...officer of SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Per SanDisk Terms and Conditions of Sale, the user of SanDisk products ...material is subject to all rights are protected by any use 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 capable of life, the products...
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... Information. Updated Figure 7 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 add High Performance figure. Reference to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Revision History Date...
... Information. Updated Figure 7 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 add High Performance figure. Reference to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Revision History Date...
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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 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. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iv
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..., subject to the mass storage-specific flash memory chip, cards in a maximum operating frequency of memory using flash memory chips, which manages interface protocols; wear leveling, and clock control. 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 SPI standard...
..., subject to the mass storage-specific flash memory chip, cards in a maximum operating frequency of memory using flash memory chips, which manages interface protocols; wear leveling, and clock control. 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 SPI standard...
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...), 0-50 MHz (high performance), 0-100 MHz (Ultra High Speed) • Up to 64 GB1 of data storage • SD - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family, Chapter... Specification, Version 3.01. 1.4 SD Card Standard SanDisk microSD memory cards are fully compatible with highest security of SDMI standard • Password protection • Built-in write protection features (permanent and temporary) • Supports card detection (insertion and removal) •...
...), 0-50 MHz (high performance), 0-100 MHz (Ultra High Speed) • Up to 64 GB1 of data storage • SD - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.2 Features General features of cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family, Chapter... Specification, Version 3.01. 1.4 SD Card Standard SanDisk microSD memory cards are fully compatible with highest security of SDMI standard • Password protection • Built-in write protection features (permanent and temporary) • Supports card detection (insertion and removal) •...
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... to systems found in magnetic disk drives and in the SD Security Specification from a defective sector to complete. All SD security-related commands in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family operate in the data transfer mode. 1.5.4 Wear... The SanDisk microSD Card Product Family contains a sophisticated defect and error management system. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.5 Functional Description The family of SanDisk microSD cards contains a high-level, intelligent subsystem as new flash memory evolves. SanDisk Confidential,...
... to systems found in magnetic disk drives and in the SD Security Specification from a defective sector to complete. All SD security-related commands in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family operate in the data transfer mode. 1.5.4 Wear... The SanDisk microSD Card Product Family contains a sophisticated defect and error management system. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.5 Functional Description The family of SanDisk microSD cards contains a high-level, intelligent subsystem as new flash memory evolves. SanDisk Confidential,...
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...Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data Transfer Rate, Data Protection in sleep mode, any action for hot insertion will be supported through the connector. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. The host does not have power pins long enough to be powered before contact is ready to access a card in Flash Cards.... 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode The following sections provide valuable information on the host but will be found in SD Bus mode. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual...
...Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data Transfer Rate, Data Protection in sleep mode, any action for hot insertion will be supported through the connector. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. The host does not have power pins long enough to be powered before contact is ready to access a card in Flash Cards.... 1.6 microSD Card Products in SD Bus Mode The following sections provide valuable information on the host but will be found in SD Bus mode. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual...
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...SanDisk Corporation. The block length for each transfer mode. This mode is a subset of the SD Protocol, designed to a sector boundary. SanDisk... Confidential, subject to the single block read/write operations. 1.7 SPI Mode The SPI Mode is a secondary communication protocol for the host can read operations is limited by the receiving unit. Misalignment and block length restrictions apply to multiple blocks and are stored or retrieved from contiguous memory..., Version 3.01. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Table 1 contains descriptions...
...SanDisk Corporation. The block length for each transfer mode. This mode is a subset of the SD Protocol, designed to a sector boundary. SanDisk... Confidential, subject to the single block read/write operations. 1.7 SPI Mode The SPI Mode is a secondary communication protocol for the host can read operations is limited by the receiving unit. Misalignment and block length restrictions apply to multiple blocks and are stored or retrieved from contiguous memory..., Version 3.01. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards Table 1 contains descriptions...
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... Family. For more information January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. 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...
... Family. For more information January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. 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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...-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...
...-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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... and tolerances refer to 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...
... and tolerances refer to 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...
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...1 DAT22,5 I =input; Data Out Reserved Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. For Card Detection, the host detects that it be unexpected high current consumption due to select SD mode. DAT1 line may be pulled high to the floating inputs of DAT1 & DAT2 (if they are not used as Read Wait...3.01 Table 4: SD Bus Mode Pin Assignment Pin No. If not, there may be used as DAT lines after the SET_BUS_WIDTH command. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.1 Pins and Registers The SanDisk microSD™ Card Product Family has ...
...1 DAT22,5 I =input; Data Out Reserved Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. For Card Detection, the host detects that it be unexpected high current consumption due to select SD mode. DAT1 line may be pulled high to the floating inputs of DAT1 & DAT2 (if they are not used as Read Wait...3.01 Table 4: SD Bus Mode Pin Assignment Pin No. If not, there may be used as DAT lines after the SET_BUS_WIDTH command. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 3 INTERFACE DESCRIPTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.1 Pins and Registers The SanDisk microSD™ Card Product Family has ...
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SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to logic HIGH. Table 5: microSD Card Product Family Register Overview Register Abbreviation CID RCA CSD SCR OCR SSR CSR Width (in bits) Register Name 128 Card identification number 16 Relative card address 128 Card specific data 64 SD configuration register 32 Operation condition register 512...
SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to logic HIGH. Table 5: microSD Card Product Family Register Overview Register Abbreviation CID RCA CSD SCR OCR SSR CSR Width (in bits) Register Name 128 Card identification number 16 Relative card address 128 Card specific data 64 SD configuration register 32 Operation condition register 512...
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... and before the FET switch is turned on the FET switch to apply power to SD Card Bus Mode operating conditions. Refer to ensure that signals the SD host when the card is programmed during the delay and before CMD, CLK, or DAT0-3 go into an... is optional and is not used in Figure 6. 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 16 bytes long and ...
... and before the FET switch is turned on the FET switch to apply power to SD Card Bus Mode operating conditions. Refer to ensure that signals the SD host when the card is programmed during the delay and before CMD, CLK, or DAT0-3 go into an... is optional and is not used in Figure 6. 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 16 bytes long and ...
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..., Version 3.01 for SD Card Physical Specification / Card Capacity 0 CSD Version 1.0 Version 1.01 to access card data. Table 9 shows the version number as it relates to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 13 Refer to Section 5.3.1 of the CSD Register vary depending on the physical specifications and card capacity. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual...
..., Version 3.01 for SD Card Physical Specification / Card Capacity 0 CSD Version 1.0 Version 1.01 to access card data. Table 9 shows the version number as it relates to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 13 Refer to Section 5.3.1 of the CSD Register vary depending on the physical specifications and card capacity. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual...
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... - 0x9 READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes WRITE_BLK_MISALIGN No READ_BLK_MISALIGN No DSR_IMP No - - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description CSD_STRUCTURE TAAC NSAC 1.0 1.5 msec 0 TRANS_SPEED Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode-I 104MHz CCC All (inc. FILE_FORMAT_GRP 0 COPY Has...
... - 0x9 READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes WRITE_BLK_MISALIGN No READ_BLK_MISALIGN No DSR_IMP No - - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description CSD_STRUCTURE TAAC NSAC 1.0 1.5 msec 0 TRANS_SPEED Standard Mode 25 MHz High Performance Mode 50MHz Ultra High Speed Mode-I 104MHz CCC All (inc. FILE_FORMAT_GRP 0 COPY Has...
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... in CLK cycles (NSAC*100) Maximum data transfer rate CCC READ_BL_LEN All (inc. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 15 The CSR is defined... in Section 4.10.1 in a local status register) to the host. 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...
... in CLK cycles (NSAC*100) Maximum data transfer rate CCC READ_BL_LEN All (inc. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 15 The CSR is defined... in Section 4.10.1 in a local status register) to the host. 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...
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... more information, refer to Section 5.6 in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5.8 microSD Card Product Family Registers in SPI Mode All card registers 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) contains status bits that is implemented in the...
... more information, refer to Section 5.6 in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5.8 microSD Card Product Family Registers in SPI Mode All card registers 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) contains status bits that is implemented in the...
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..., Version 3.01. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. Some capacity not available for cards in the SanDisk microSD™ Card Product Family is contained in Section 4.3 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for controlling the clock signal. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 10: Minimum User Area...
..., Version 3.01. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. Some capacity not available for cards in the SanDisk microSD™ Card Product Family is contained in Section 4.3 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for controlling the clock signal. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 10: Minimum User Area...