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TENTATIVE
CompactFlash™ Card
Preliminary
THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series
TOSHIBA SMALL FORM FACTOR CARD
DESCRIPTION
The THNCFxxxMBA/BAI series CompactFlash™ card is a flash technology based with ATA interface flash memory card. It is constructed with flash disk controller chip and NAND-type (Toshiba) flash memory device. The CompactFlash™ card operates in both 5-Volt and 3.3-Volt power supplies. It comes in capacity of 8, 16, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 256, 320, 384 and up to 512 MB unformatted for type-I card. Emulating IDE hard disk drives and being certified in accordance with the CompactFlash™ Certification Plan it is a perfect choice of solid-state mass-storage cards for battery backup handheld devices such as Digital Camera, Audio Player, PDA, or the applications that require high environment tolerance with high performance sustained write speed.
FEATURES
• CompactFlash™ Compatibility
• Certified in accordance with the CompactFlash™ Certification Plan • Substantially compatible with PC Card standard and PC Card ATA • Support for CIS implemented with 256 bytes of attribute memory
• ATA/IDE interface
• ATA command set compatible • Support for 8- or 16-bit host transfers • Programmable and auto-wait-state generation for compatibility with any host speed using IORDY
• High performance
• Supports PIO mode 4, both at 16.6 Mbytes/second theoretically • Sustained write : max 1.5 Mbytes/second (8MB to 48MB), 3.2 Mbytes/second (64MB to 512MB) • Sustained read : max 6.5Mbytes/second • Single +5 Volt or 3.3 Volt power supply and very low power consumption with automatic power
management.
Notes: CompactFlash™ is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation and is licensed royalty-free to the CFA, which in turn will license it
royal-free to CFA members.
CFA: CompactFlash™ Association.
Products Models
unformatted 8MB 16MB 32MB 48MB 64MB 96MB
128MB 160MB 192MB 256MB 320MB 384MB 512MB
Cylinder 248 248 496 744 978 733 978 611 733 978 814 977 993
Head 2 4 4 4 4 8 8 16 16 16 16 16 16
Sector 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 48 48 63
Model No. THNCF008MBA / BAI THNCF016MBA / BAI THNCF032MBA / BAI THNCF048MBA / BAI THNCF064MBA / BAI THNCF096MBA / BAI THNCF128MBA / BAI THNCF160MBA / BAI THNCF192MBA / BAI THNCF256MBA / BAI THNCF320MBA / BAI THNCF384MBA / BAI THNCF512MBA / BAI
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Products Specifications
Preliminary
THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series
• Dimensions:
Type I card : 36.4mm(L) x 42.8mm (W) x 3.3mm (H)
• Storage Capacities:
8,16, 32, 48, 64, 96,128, 160, 192, 256, 320, 384 and up to 512 MB (unformatted)
• System Compatibility:
Please refer to the compatibility list.
• Performance:
Supports PIO mode 4, both at 16.6 Mbytes/second theoretically Sustained write max 1.5 Mbyte/sec (max) in ATA PIO mode 4 (8MB to 48MB) Sustained write max 3.2 Mbyte/sec (max) in ATA PIO mode 4 (64MB to 512MB) Sustained read max 6.5 Mbyte/sec (max ) in ATA PIO mode 4
• Operating Voltage:
3.3V ± 0.3V
5.0V ± 0.5V
• Power consumption:
• 5V operation
Active mode:
Write operation :
Read operation :
Sleep mode
:
43 mA (Typ.) 35 mA (Typ.) 1.2mA (Typ) *1
2.0mA (max.)
• 3.3V operation
Active mode:
Write operation :
Read operation :
Sleep mode
:
38 mA (Typ.) 30 mA (Typ.) 1.0mA (Typ) *1
1.5mA (max.)
• Environment conditions:
• Operating temperature:
• Storage temperature:
0°C to 70°C (THNCFxxxMBA Series) Commercial grade −40°C to 85°C (THNCFxxxMBAI Series) Industrial grade −20°C to 85°C (THNCFxxxMBA Series) Commercial grade −45°C to 90°C (THNCFxxxMBAI Series) Industrial grade
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Electrical Interface
Preliminary
THNCFxxxMBA/BAI Series
• Physical Description:
The host is connected to the CompactFlash™ Storage Card using a standard 50-pin connector. The connector in the host consists of two rows of 25 male contacts each on 50 mil (1.27 mm) centers.
• Pin Assignments and Pin Type:
The signal/pin assignments are listed in Table 4. Low active signals have a “ “ prefix. Pin types are Input, Output or Input/Output. Section “Electrical specification” and “DC characteristics” defines the all input and output type structures.
• Electrical Description:
The CompactFlash™ Storage Card functions in three basic modes: 1) PC Card ATA using I/O Mode, 2) PC Card ATA using Memory Mode and 3) True IDE Mode, which is compatible with most disk drives. CompactFlash™ Storage Cards are required to support all three modes. The CF Cards normally function in the first and second modes, however they can optionally function in True IDE mode. The configuration of the CompactFlash™ Card will be controlled using the standard PCMCIA configuration registers starting at address 200h in the Attribute Memory space of the storage card. Or for True IDE Mode, pin 9 being grounded. The configuration of the CF Card will be controlled using configuration registers. The configuration registers are starting at the address defined in the Configuration Tuple (CISTPL_CONFIG) in the Attribute Memory space of the CF Card. Signals, whose source is th.