32 Megabit (4 Mb x 8-Bit),
CMOS 3.0 Volt-only Uniform Sector Flash Memory

General Description
The Am29LV033C is a 32 Mbit, 3.0 Volt-only Flash Memory. All read, program, and erase operations are accomplished using only a single power supply. The standard device offers access times of 70, 90, and 120 ns, allowing high speed microprocessors to operate without wait states. The device is offered in 63-ball FBGA and 40-pin TSOP packages.

Distinctive Characteristics

Architectural Advantages

• Zero Power Operation
• Sophisticated power management circuits reduce power consumed during inactive periods to nearly zero
• Compatible with JEDEC standards
• Pinout and software compatible with single power supply Flash
• Single power supply operation
• Full voltage range: 2.7V to 3.6V read and write operations for battery-powered applications
• Regulated voltage range: 3.0V to 3.6V read and write operations and for compatibility with high performance 3.3 Volt microprocessors
• Flexible sector architecture
• Sixty-four 64 Kbyte sectors
• Manufactured on 0.32 µm process technology

• 63-ball FBGA
• 40-pin TSOP

Performance Characteristics

• High performance
• Access times as fast as 70 ns
• Program time: 7 µs/byte typical utilizing Accelerate function
• Ultra low power consumption (typical values)
• 2 mA active read current at 1 MHz
• 10 mA active read current at 5 MHz
• 200 nA in standby or automatic sleep mode
• Minimum 1 million write cycles guaranteed per sector
• 20 Year data retention at 125°C
• Reliable operation for the life of the system

Software Features

• Supports Common Flash Memory Interface (CFI)
• Erase Suspend/Erase Resume
• Suspends erase operations to allow programming in same bank
• Data# Polling and Toggle Bits
• Provides a software method of detecting the status of program or erase cycles
• Unlock Bypass Program Command
• Reduces overall programming time when issuing multiple program command sequences
• Command sequence optimized for mass storage
• Specific addresses not required for unlock cycles

Hardware Features

• Ready/Busy# output (RY/BY#)
• Hardware method for detecting program or erase cycle completion
• Hardware reset pin (RESET#)
• Hardware method of resetting the internal state machine to the read mode
• ACC input pin
• Acceleration (ACC) function provides accelerated program times
• Sector protection
• Hardware method of locking a sector, either in-system or using programming equipment, to prevent any program or erase operation within that sector
• Temporary Sector Unprotect allows changing data in protected sectors in-system
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