SanDisk
®
microSD™, microSDHC™
and microSDXC™
OEM Product Manual
Revision 2.6
Document No. 80-36-03335
July 2012
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Revision History
Date
July 2008
Revision
1.0
Description
First Revision
Added 32 GB
Replaced SD 2.0 with SD 3.0
ACMD41 to ready after power up updated
Updated marking, section 5
Updated Tables 7, 9, and 11 to remove < 1G references
Updated Figure 1 – 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 Ordering Information.
Updated Figure 7 to add High Performance figure.
Added Ordering Information.
Reference to SDA corrections. Added SDSDQAD SKUs to
Ordering Information
Marking info updated with alternate laser marking guide and
Premier microSD product marking info
June 2010
2.0
March 2011
April 2011
October 2011
November 2011
January 2012
July 2012
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2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
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Table of Contents
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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 Performance............................................................. 8
2.1.3 Reliability and Durability ....................................................... 9
2.1.4 Physical Specifications .......................................................... 9
3
Interface Description ............................................................................ 10
3.1 Pins and Registers ........................................................................ 10
3.2 Bus Topology ............................................................................... 11
3.2.1 SD Bus ............................................................................. 11
3.2.2 SPI Bus ............................................................................. 11
3.3 Hot Insertion and Power Protection ................................................. 11
3.4 Electrical Interface ........................................................................ 11
3.4.1 Power Up .......................................................................... 11
3.4.2 Bus Operating Conditions .................................................... 12
3.4.3 Bus Timing ........................................................................ 12
3.5 microSD Card Product Family Registers ........................................... 12
3.5.1 Operation Conditions Register .............................................. 12
3.5.2 Card Identification Register ................................................. 12
3.5.3 Card Specific Data Register ................................................. 13
3.5.4 Card Status Register ........................................................... 15
3.5.5 SD Status Register ............................................................. 16
3.5.6 Relative Card Address Register ............................................ 16
3.5.7 SD Card Configuration Register ............................................ 16
3.5.8 microSD Card Product Family Registers in SPI Mode ............... 16
3.5.9 Data Interchange Format and Card Sizes .............................. 16
4
microSD Card Protocol Description ......................................................... 17
4.1 General Description ...................................................................... 17
4.2 SD Bus Protocol ........................................................................... 17
4.3 Functional Description ................................................................... 17
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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
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Marking .............................................................................................. 19
Ordering Information ........................................................................... 21
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