GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Miniature Card is an expansion card that provides a low cost, low power, high-performance, small form factor solution for data and file storage to the portable, handheld market, which includes audio, digital film, wireless, and PDA (Portable Digital Assistant) applications.
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
■ 2 or 4 Mbytes of addressable Flash memory
■ 2.7 V to 3.6 V, single power supply operation
— Write and read voltage: 3.0 V –10/+20%
— No additional supply current required for VPP
■ Fast access time
— 150 ns maximum access time
■ CMOS low power consumption
— Typical active read current: 35 mA (word mode)
— Typical active erase/write current: 40 mA (word mode)
— Typical standby current: 10 µA (4 Mbyte); 5 µA (2 Mbyte)
■ High write endurance
— Guaranteed minimum 100,000 write/erase cycles per card
— More than 1,000,000 cycles per card typical
■ Uniform sector architecture
— 64K byte individually useable sectors
— Erase Suspend/Resume increases system level performance
— BUSY# and RESET# signals
■ Zero data retention power
— No power required to retain data
■ Available in industrial temperature grade (–40°C to +85°C)
■ Miniature Card standard form factor
— True interchangeability
— 60-pad elastomeric connector
— Supports multiple technologies
— Sonic welded stainless steel case
— PCMCIA Type II adapter available
— Selectable byte- or word-wide configuration
— Small Form Factor (38 mm x 33 mm x 3.5 mm)
■ 60 connection bus
— 16-bit data bus
— 25-bit address bus
— Easy system integration
— Low cost implementation
— Low cost cards
■ Consumer-friendly mechanicals
— User can easily insert and remove card, upgrade memory, and add applications
■ Voltage level keying
— Does not allow a 3 V card to plug into a 5 V system and vice versa
— Single power supply design
— System does not need a separate program voltage supply; only one is necessary to read and write