Intel StrataFlash® Wireless Memory
(L18)
28F640L18, 28F128L18, 28F256L18
Datasheet
Product Features
High performance Read-While-Write/Erase
— 85 ns initial access
— 54 MHz with zero wait state, 14 ns clock-to-
data output synchronous-burst mode
— 25 ns asynchronous-page mode
— 4-, 8-, 16-, and continuous-word burst mode
— Burst suspend
— Programmable WAIT configuration
— Buffered Enhanced Factory Programming
(BEFP) at 5 µs/byte (Typ)
— 1.8 V low-power buffered programming at
7 µs/byte (Typ)
■
Architecture
— Asymmetrically-blocked architecture
— Multiple 8-Mbit partitions: 64-Mbit and 128-
Mbit devices
— Multiple 16-Mbit partitions: 256-Mbit devices
— Four 16-Kword parameter blocks: top or
bottom configurations
— 64-Kword main blocks
— Dual-operation: Read-While-Write (RWW) or
Read-While-Erase (RWE)
— Status Register for partition and device status
■
Power
— V
CC
(core) = 1.7 V - 2.0 V
— V
CCQ
(I/O) = 1.35 V - 2.0 V, 1.7 V - 2.0 V
— Standby current: 30 µA (Typ) for 256-Mbit
— 4-Word synchronous read current: 15 mA (Typ)
at 54 MHz
— Automatic Power Savings mode
■
Security
— OTP space:
• 64 unique factory device identifier bits
• 64 user-programmable OTP bits
• Additional 2048 user-programmable OTP bits
— Absolute write protection: V
PP
= GND
— Power-transition erase/program lockout
— Individual zero-latency block locking
— Individual block lock-down
■
Software
— 20 µs (Typ) program suspend
— 20 µs (Typ) erase suspend
— Intel® Flash Data Integrator optimized
— Basic Command Set (BCS) and Extended
Command Set (ECS) compatible
— Common Flash Interface (CFI) capable
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Quality and Reliability
— Expanded temperature: –25° C to +85° C
— Minimum 100,000 erase cycles per block
— ETOX™ VIII process technology (0.13 µm)
■
Density and Packaging
— 64-, 128-, and 256-Mbit density in VF BGA
packages
— 128/0 and 256/0 density in SCSP
— 16-bit wide data bus
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The Intel StrataFlash
®
wireless memory (L18) device is the latest generation of Intel
StrataFlash
®
memory devices featuring flexible, multiple-partition, dual operation. It provides
high performance synchronous-burst read mode and asynchronous read mode using 1.8 V low-
voltage, multi-level cell (MLC) technology.
The multiple-partition architecture enables background programming or erasing to occur in one
partition while code execution or data reads take place in another partition. This dual-operation
architecture also allows a system to interleave code operations while program and erase
operations take place in the background. The 8-Mbit or 16-Mbit partitions allow system
designers to choose the size of the code and data segments. The L18 wireless memory device is
manufactured using Intel 0.13 µm ETOX™ VIII process technology. It is available in industry-
standard chip scale packaging.
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Contents
1.0 Introduction
............................................................................................................................... 9
1.1
1.2
1.3
Nomenclature ....................................................................................................................... 9
Acronyms .............................................................................................................................. 9
Conventions ........................................................................................................................10
2.0 Functional Overview
............................................................................................................11
3.0 Package Information
............................................................................................................12
3.1
3.2
4.1
VF BGA Packages..............................................................................................................12
SCSP Packages .................................................................................................................14
Signal Ballout......................................................................................................................16
4.1.1 VF BGA Package Ballout.......................................................................................16
4.1.2 SCSP Package Ballout ..........................................................................................18
Signal Descriptions .............................................................................................................19
4.2.1 VF BGA Package Signal Descriptions ...................................................................19
4.2.2 128/0 and 256/0 SCSP Package Signal Descriptions ...........................................21
Memory Map .......................................................................................................................23
Absolute Maximum Ratings ................................................................................................25
Operating Conditions ..........................................................................................................25
DC Current Characteristics .................................................................................................26
DC Voltage Characteristics.................................................................................................27
AC Test Conditions.............................................................................................................28
Capacitance ........................................................................................................................29
AC Read Specifications (VCCQ = 1.35 V – 2.0 V) ............................................................30
AC Read Specifications for 64-Mbit and 128-Mbit Densities (VCCQ = 1.7 V – 2.0 V) .......31
AC Read Specifications for 256-Mbit Density (VCCQ = 1.7 V – 2.0 V) .............................32
AC Write Specifications ......................................................................................................37
Program and Erase Characteristics ....................................................................................41
Power Up and Down ...........................................................................................................42
Reset ..................................................................................................................................42
Power Supply Decoupling...................................................................................................43
Automatic Power Saving.....................................................................................................44
Bus Operations ...................................................................................................................45
9.1.1 Reads ....................................................................................................................46
9.1.2 Writes.....................................................................................................................46
9.1.3 Output Disable .......................................................................................................46
4.0 Ballout and Signal Descriptions
......................................................................................16
4.2
4.3
5.1
5.2
6.1
6.2
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.7
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
9.1
5.0 Maximum Ratings and Operating Conditions
...........................................................25
6.0 Electrical Specifications
.....................................................................................................26
7.0 AC Characteristics
................................................................................................................28
8.0 Power and Reset Specifications
.....................................................................................42
9.0 Device Operations
.................................................................................................................45
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9.2
9.3
10.1
10.2
10.3
9.1.4 Standby.................................................................................................................. 46
9.1.5 Reset ..................................................................................................................... 46
Device Commands ............................................................................................................. 47
Command Definitions ......................................................................................................... 48
Asynchronous Page-Mode Read........................................................................................ 50
Synchronous Burst-Mode Read.......................................................................................... 50
10.2.1 Burst Suspend ....................................................................................................... 51
Read Configuration Register (RCR) ................................................................................... 51
10.3.1 Read Mode ............................................................................................................ 52
10.3.2 Latency Count........................................................................................................ 52
10.3.3 WAIT Polarity......................................................................................................... 54
10.3.3.1 WAIT Signal Function ............................................................................ 54
10.3.4 Data Hold............................................................................................................... 55
10.3.5 WAIT Delay............................................................................................................ 56
10.3.6 Burst Sequence ..................................................................................................... 56
10.3.7 Clock Edge ............................................................................................................ 57
10.3.8 Burst Wrap............................................................................................................. 57
10.3.9 Burst Length .......................................................................................................... 57
Word Programming............................................................................................................. 58
11.1.1 Factory Word Programming................................................................................... 59
Buffered Programming........................................................................................................ 59
Buffered Enhanced Factory Programming ......................................................................... 60
11.3.1 Buffered EFP Requirements and Considerations.................................................. 60
11.3.2 Buffered EFP Setup Phase.................................................................................... 61
11.3.3 Buffered EFP Program/Verify Phase ..................................................................... 61
11.3.4 Buffered EFP Exit Phase ....................................................................................... 62
Program Suspend............................................................................................................... 62
Program Resume................................................................................................................ 63
Program Protection............................................................................................................. 63
Block Erase......................................................................................................................... 64
Erase Suspend ................................................................................................................... 64
Erase Resume .................................................................................................................... 65
Erase Protection ................................................................................................................. 65
Block Locking...................................................................................................................... 66
13.1.1 Lock Block ............................................................................................................. 66
13.1.2 Unlock Block .......................................................................................................... 66
13.1.3 Lock-Down Block ................................................................................................... 66
13.1.4 Block Lock Status .................................................................................................. 67
13.1.5 Block Locking During Suspend.............................................................................. 67
Protection Registers ........................................................................................................... 68
13.2.1 Reading the Protection Registers .......................................................................... 69
13.2.2 Programming the Protection Registers.................................................................. 70
13.2.3 Locking the Protection Registers ........................................................................... 70
10.0 Read Operations
.................................................................................................................... 50
11.0 Programming Operations
.................................................................................................. 58
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
13.1
12.0 Erase Operations
................................................................................................................... 64
13.0 Security Modes
....................................................................................................................... 66
13.2
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14.0 Dual-Operation Considerations
.......................................................................................71
14.1
14.2
Memory Partitioning ............................................................................................................71
Read-While-Write Command Sequences ...........................................................................71
14.2.1 Simultaneous Operation Details ............................................................................72
14.2.2 Synchronous and Asynchronous RWW Characteristics and Waveforms..............72
14.2.2.1 Write operation to asynchronous read transition ...................................72
14.2.2.2 Write to synchronous read operation transition .....................................73
14.2.2.3 Write Operation with Clock Active..........................................................73
14.2.3 Read Operation During Buffered Programming.....................................................73
Simultaneous Operation Restrictions .................................................................................74
Read Status Register..........................................................................................................75
15.1.1 Clear Status Register.............................................................................................76
Read Device Identifier ........................................................................................................76
CFI Query ...........................................................................................................................77
14.3
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.0 Special Read States
..............................................................................................................75
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Write State Machine (WSM)
...........................................................................78
Flowcharts
............................................................................................................85
Common Flash Interface
................................................................................93
Additional Information
...................................................................................103
Ordering Information
......................................................................................104
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