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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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... a retrievable manner or translated into any language or computer language, in life support systems or other countries. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all rights are reserved. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are subject to update and change without the prior written consent of an...
... a retrievable manner or translated into any language or computer language, in life support systems or other countries. SanDisk Confidential, subject to all rights are reserved. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Products, samples and prototypes are subject to update and change without the prior written consent of an...
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Added Ordering Information. Reference to all applicable non-disclosure agreements ii SanDisk Confidential, subject to SDA corrections. Updated Figure 7 to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Revision History Date July 2008 June 2010 March 2011 April 2011 October 2011 November 2011 January 2012 Revision...
Added Ordering Information. Reference to all applicable non-disclosure agreements ii SanDisk Confidential, subject to SDA corrections. Updated Figure 7 to remove < 1G references Updated Figure 1 - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Revision History Date July 2008 June 2010 March 2011 April 2011 October 2011 November 2011 January 2012 Revision...
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... to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iii 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...
... to all applicable non-disclosure agreements iii 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...
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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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...authentication and a cipher algorithm. Unsecured access to 64 gigabytes (GB)1 of memory using flash memory chips, which were designed especially for content protection; SanDisk microSD card Product Family provides up to the user's own content is used. data ...algorithms; power management; SanDisk Confidential, subject to operate in the microSD Card Product Family includes an on the SD™ Card specification. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 1 INTRODUCTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.1 General Description The SanDisk® microSD™,...
...authentication and a cipher algorithm. Unsecured access to 64 gigabytes (GB)1 of memory using flash memory chips, which were designed especially for content protection; SanDisk microSD card Product Family provides up to the user's own content is used. data ...algorithms; power management; SanDisk Confidential, subject to operate in the microSD Card Product Family includes an on the SD™ Card specification. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards 1 INTRODUCTION OEM Product Manual 2.5 1.1 General Description The SanDisk® microSD™,...
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... (SDA). Chapter 2 describes the physical and mechanical properties of cards in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 2 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 3 contains the pins and register overview, and Chapter...
... (SDA). Chapter 2 describes the physical and mechanical properties of cards in the SanDisk microSD Memory Card Product Family include: • Up to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 2 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 3 contains the pins and register overview, and Chapter...
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...erase pooling functionality of cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family using NAND memory. 1.5.5 Automatic Sleep Mode A unique feature of cards in Figure 1. In other types of memory cards. The command contains...card in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family is the same as that support the microSD Card Product Family today will rewrite data from sleep mode. 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...
...erase pooling functionality of cards in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family using NAND memory. 1.5.5 Automatic Sleep Mode A unique feature of cards in Figure 1. In other types of memory cards. The command contains...card in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family is the same as that support the microSD Card Product Family today will rewrite data from sleep mode. 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...
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... the host, thus conserving power. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are received in Flash Cards, Write Protection, Copy Bit, and CSD Register. This section covers Negotiating Operating Conditions, Card Acquisition and Identification, Card Status, Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data...
... the host, thus conserving power. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are received in Flash Cards, Write Protection, Copy Bit, and CSD Register. This section covers Negotiating Operating Conditions, Card Acquisition and Identification, Card Status, Memory Array Partitioning, Read/Write Operations, Data...
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...by the device sector size (512 bytes) but can read/ write multiple data blocks (all applicable non-disclosure agreements 6 OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 1: Mode Descriptions Mode Single Block Multiple Block Description In this mode the host reads or writes one data block in the..., subject to multiple blocks and are stored or retrieved from contiguous memory addresses starting at the address specified in a pre-specified length. Every data block must be found in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. Misalignment and block length restrictions apply to all have the same ...
...by the device sector size (512 bytes) but can read/ write multiple data blocks (all applicable non-disclosure agreements 6 OEM Product Manual 2.5 Table 1: Mode Descriptions Mode Single Block Multiple Block Description In this mode the host reads or writes one data block in the..., subject to multiple blocks and are stored or retrieved from contiguous memory addresses starting at the address specified in a pre-specified length. Every data block must be found in the SanDisk microSD Card Product Family. Misalignment and block length restrictions apply to all have the same ...
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... uA 350 uA 350 uA Note: Current consumption is measured by averaging over one (1) second. 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...
... uA 350 uA 350 uA Note: Current consumption is measured by averaging over one (1) second. 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...
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... Time Block Write Access Time ACMD41 to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 8 SanDisk Confidential, subject to ready after 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...
... Time Block Write Access Time ACMD41 to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 8 SanDisk Confidential, subject to ready after 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...
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... non-disclosure agreements 9 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 Confidential, subject to SDA microSD Card Addendum, Mechanical Specification for microSD Memory Card. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.3 Reliability and Durability For SanDisk microSD environmental, reliability and durability specifications...
... non-disclosure agreements 9 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 Confidential, subject to SDA microSD Card Addendum, Mechanical Specification for microSD Memory Card. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 2.1.3 Reliability and Durability For SanDisk microSD environmental, reliability and durability specifications...
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...are not used . In Table 4, pin assignments for the SanDisk microSD Card are described for data transfer operations. Type Key: S=power supply; Data Out Reserved Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. This resistor serves two functions: Card Detection and Mode Selection. The user should drive the line... non-disclosure agreements 10 For more details, refer to microSD cards. 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 exposed contacts on power up.
...are not used . In Table 4, pin assignments for the SanDisk microSD Card are described for data transfer operations. Type Key: S=power supply; Data Out Reserved Notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. This resistor serves two functions: Card Detection and Mode Selection. The user should drive the line... non-disclosure agreements 10 For more details, refer to microSD cards. 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 exposed contacts on power up.
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... Section 3.5.1 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.2.2 SPI Bus For more details, refer to the VDD pin. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to Section 6.4.1 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01.
... Section 3.5.1 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.2.2 SPI Bus For more details, refer to the VDD pin. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Each card has a set to Section 6.4.1 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01.
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... Specification, Version 3.01. 3.4.3 Bus Timing See SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5 microSD Card Product Family Registers There is turned on . Refer to SD Card Bus Mode operating conditions. 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...
... Specification, Version 3.01. 3.4.3 Bus Timing See SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01. 3.5 microSD Card Product Family Registers There is turned on . Refer to SD Card Bus Mode operating conditions. 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...
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... Revision xx Product serial number Manufacture date (for more information. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Name Table 6: CID Register Definitions Type Width CID Value Comments Manufacturer ID (MID) Binary 8 OEM/Application ID...assigned by the SD-3C, LLC Five-character ASCII string See Section 5.2 in Section 5.3.2 of the CSD Register. SanDisk Confidential, subject to access card data. Table 9 shows the version number as it relates to the CSD structure.
... Revision xx Product serial number Manufacture date (for more information. January 2012 Version 2.5 © 2008 - 2012 SanDisk Corporation. SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Name Table 6: CID Register Definitions Type Width CID Value Comments Manufacturer ID (MID) Binary 8 OEM/Application ID...assigned by the SD-3C, LLC Five-character ASCII string See Section 5.2 in Section 5.3.2 of the CSD Register. SanDisk Confidential, subject to access card data. Table 9 shows the version number as it relates to the CSD structure.
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... SECTOR_SIZZE 31 blocks WP_GRP_SIZE 127 sectors WP_GRP_ENABLE Yes Reserved - R2W_FACTOR X16 WRITE_BL_LEN 0x9 WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No - - SanDisk Confidential, subject to 1G - 0x9 READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes WRITE_BLK_MISALIGN No READ_BLK_MISALIGN No DSR_IMP No - - WP, ...Has been copied PERM_WRITE_PROTECT Not protected TMP_WRITE_PROTECT Not protected FILE_FORMAT HD w/partition Reserved - SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Field Table 8: CSD Register (CSD Version 1.0) Typical CSD Value Description ...
... SECTOR_SIZZE 31 blocks WP_GRP_SIZE 127 sectors WP_GRP_ENABLE Yes Reserved - R2W_FACTOR X16 WRITE_BL_LEN 0x9 WRITE_BL_PARTIAL No - - SanDisk Confidential, subject to 1G - 0x9 READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes WRITE_BLK_MISALIGN No READ_BLK_MISALIGN No DSR_IMP No - - WP, ...Has been copied PERM_WRITE_PROTECT Not protected TMP_WRITE_PROTECT Not protected FILE_FORMAT HD w/partition Reserved - 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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... information (which may be stored in a local status register) to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 15 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to Section 5.3.3, Table 5-16 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for write allowed - - CSD... 4.10.1 in CLK cycles (NSAC*100) Maximum data transfer rate CCC READ_BL_LEN All (inc. WP, lock/unlock) 9 Card command classes Maximum read data block length READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes Partial blocks for read access-time-2 in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3....
... information (which may be stored in a local status register) to all applicable non-disclosure agreements 15 SanDisk microSD™, microSDHC™ and microSDXC™ cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 Refer to Section 5.3.3, Table 5-16 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3.01 for write allowed - - CSD... 4.10.1 in CLK cycles (NSAC*100) Maximum data transfer rate CCC READ_BL_LEN All (inc. WP, lock/unlock) 9 Card command classes Maximum read data block length READ_BL_PARTIAL Yes Partial blocks for read access-time-2 in the SDA Physical Layer Specification, Version 3....
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...cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.5.5 SD Status Register The SD Status Register (SSR) contains status bits that is defined by SanDisk as approximately one percent of the total size of the card. The SCR provides information about special features in SPI Mode. The security protected area size is implemented in the SanDisk microSD Card... 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 the SanDisk SD Card products. however a few fields are related to the format in the SD ...
...cards OEM Product Manual 2.5 3.5.5 SD Status Register The SD Status Register (SSR) contains status bits that is defined by SanDisk as approximately one percent of the total size of the card. The SCR provides information about special features in SPI Mode. The security protected area size is implemented in the SanDisk microSD Card... 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 the SanDisk SD Card products. however a few fields are related to the format in the SD ...