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Publication Number S29AL008J_00

Revision 11

Issue Date April 12, 2012

Distinctive Characteristics

Architectural Advantages

 Single Power Supply Operation

– Full voltage range: 2.7 to 3.6 volt read and write operations for

battery-powered applications

 Manufactured on 110 nm Process Technology

– Fully compatible with 200 nm S29AL008D

 Secured Silicon Sector region

– 128-word/256-byte sector for permanent, secure identification

through an 8-word/16-byte random Electronic Serial Number

accessible through a command sequence

– May be programmed and locked at the factory or by the customer

 Flexible Sector Architecture

– One 16 Kbyte, two 8 Kbyte, one 32 Kbyte, and fifteen 64 Kbyte

sectors (byte mode)

– One 8 Kword, two 4 Kword, one 16 Kword, and fifteen 32 Kword

sectors (word mode)

 Sector Group Protection Features

– A hardware method of locking a sector to prevent any program or

erase operations within that sector

– Sectors can be locked in-system or via programming equipment

– Temporary Sector Unprotect feature allows code changes in

previously locked sectors

 Unlock Bypass Program Command

– Reduces overall programming time when issuing multiple program

command sequences

 Top or Bottom Boot Block Configurations Available

 Compatibility with JEDEC standards

– Pinout and software compatible with single-power supply Flash

– Superior inadvertent write protection

Performance Characteristics

 High Performance

– Access times as fast as 55 ns

– Extended temperature range (–40°C to +125°C)

 Ultra Low Power Consumption (typical values at 5 MHz)

– 0.2 µA Automatic Sleep mode current

– 0.2 µA standby mode current

– 7 mA read current

– 20 mA program/erase current

 Cycling Endurance: 1,000,000 cycles per sector typical

 Data Retention: 20 years typical

Package Options

 48-ball Fine-pitch BGA

 48-pin TSOP

Software Features

 CFI (Common Flash Interface) Compliant

– Provides device-specific information to the system, allowing host

software to easily reconfigure for different Flash devices

 Erase Suspend/Erase Resume

– Suspends an erase operation to read data from, or program data to,

a sector that is not being erased, then resumes the erase operation

 Data# Polling and Toggle Bits

– Provides a software method of detecting program or erase operation

completion

Hardware Features

 Ready/Busy# Pin (RY/BY#)

– Provides a hardware method of detecting program or erase cycle

completion

 Hardware Reset Pin (RESET#)

– Hardware method to reset the device to reading array data

 WP# input pin

depending on boot configuration (top boot or bottom boot)

S29AL008J

8 Megabit (1 M x 8-Bit/512 K x 16-Bit)

CMOS 3.0 Volt-only Boot Sector Flash Memory

Data Sheet