GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Miniature Card is an expansion card that provides a 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. The Miniature Card provides a low cost, low power, high performance interface for memory cards.

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS

■ 2, 4, or 8 Mbytes of addressable Flash memory

■ 5.0 Volt-only, single power supply operation

— Write and read voltage: 5.0 V ± 10

— No additional supply current required for VPP

■ Fast access time

— 100 or 150 ns access time

■ CMOS low power consumption

— Typical active read current: 70 mA (word mode)

— Typical active erase/write current:

100 mA (word mode)

— Typical standby current: 10 µA (8 Mbyte card)

■ 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 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 5 V card to plug into a 3 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