SuperFlash Memory Products

SuperFlash® Memory Products
High Performance, Low Power Consumption and Superior Reliability
What is SuperFlash?
SuperFlash is an innovative, highly reliable and versatile
type of NOR Flash memory invented by Silicon Storage
Technology (SST). SuperFlash memory is much more
flexible and reliable than competing non-volatile memories.
This technology utilizes a split-gate cell architecture which
uses a robust thick-oxide process that requires fewer
mask steps resulting in a lower-cost nonvolatile memory
solution with excellent data retention and higher reliability.
SuperFlash Advantages
■■ Fast, fixed program and erase times
• ~ 40 ms vs. more than a minute for 64 Mb
• Results in improved manufacturing efficiency
and lower costs
■■ No pre-programming or verify required prior to erase
• Results in significantly lower power consumption
■■ Superior reliability
• 100K cycles and 100 years data retention
■■ Inherent small sector size
• 4 KB erase sector vs. 64 KB
• Results in faster re-write operations and contributes
to lowering overall power consumption
Memory Cell Structure Comparison
Poly 2
Poly 1
Thicker tunnel
oxide reduces
leakage
improving data
retention and
reliability.
Source
Split Gate
Drain
SuperFlash
®
Poly 2
Poly 1
Source
Stacked Gate
(Conventional Flash)
Drain
Time Is Money
Fast erase performance improves manufacturing efficiency and lowers product costs!
With stacked gate Flahs, extensive production testing can slow down the manufacturing flow, costing more money.
SuperFlash can lower test and/or programming costs by as much as $0.32 per unit*.
* Based on 64 seconds × US $0.005 per second = US $0.32 per unit. 64 seconds is the typical chip erase time for our competitors’ 64 Mb device.
Our 64 Mb device maximum chip erase time is 50 ms.
Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+)
Fast Erase Performance Improves Manufacturing
Efficiency and Lower Costs!
Parameter
SST38VF640X
64 Mb
Competitor A
64 Mb
Competitor B
64 Mb
Typ
Max
Typ
Max
Typ
Max
Read
–
90 ns
–
90 ns
–
90 ns
Page Read (Word
in page after
initial access)
–
25 ns
–
25 ns
–
25 ns
7 μs
10 μs
60 μs
–
50 μs
–
40 μs
240 μs
(200 μs)*
–
240 μs
(200 μs)*
–
18 ms
25 ms
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Erase: Block
(32 KWord)
18 ms
25 ms
0.5 sec
3.5 sec
0.5 sec
–
Erase: Full Chip
40 ms
50 ms
64 sec
128 sec
64 sec
128 sec
Program
Write Buffer
Programming
28 μs
Erase: Sector
(4 KWord)
■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ Industry-standard program, erase, read flash memory
Flash densities: 4 Mb to 64 Mb
Operating voltage: 2.7V to 3.6V
Temperature Range: −40º C to 85º C
JEDEC standard pin-outs
• 48-lead TSPOP
• 48-ball TFBGA
• 48-ball WFBGA
Hardware Reset Pin (RST#)
Boot block with WP# input pin
Erase suspend/resume
Security ID
• 128 bits factory-programmed + 128 words
user programmed
* Must use external 12V supply to achieve numbers inside ( ).
Density
(Mbits)
Memory
Organization
Read Access
Speed
Boot Sector
Packages
SST39VF401C
4
256K × 16
70 ns
Bottom
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA, 48/WFBGA, 48/XFLGA
SST39VF402C
4
256K × 16
70 ns
Top
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA, 48/WFBGA, 48/XFLGA
SST39VF801C
8
512K × 16
70 ns
Bottom
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA, 48/WFBGA
SST39VF802C
8
512K × 16
70 ns
Top
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA, 48/WFBGA
SST39VF1601C
16
1M × 16
70 ns
Bottom
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA, 48/WFBGA
Product Family
SST39VF1602C
16
1M × 16
70 ns
Top
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA, 48/WFBGA
SST39VF3201C
32
2M × 16
70 ns
Bottom
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA
SST39VF3202C
32
2M × 16
70 ns
Top
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA
SST38VF6401B
64
4M × 16
70 ns
Bottom
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA
SST38VF6402B
64
4M × 16
70 ns
Top
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA
SST38VF6403B
64
4M × 16
70 ns
Bottom*
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA
SST38VF6404B
64
4M × 16
70 ns
Top*
48/TSOP, 48/TFBGA
* All listed devices feature a uniform 32 KW block-erase including the boot blocks except for the SST38VF6403B and SST38VF6404B which are non-uniform.
These devices feature 32 KW block-erase everywhere except for the boot block sector which is only 4 KW block-erase.
Product Cross Reference
Density
Mircochip (SST)
Spansion
Micron/Numonyx
Macronix
4 Mbit
SST39VF40XC
S29AL004D
M29W400DB/T
MX29LV040C
8 Mbit
SST39VF80XC
S29AL008J
M29W800DB/T
MX29LV800C
16 Mbit
SST39VF160XC
S29AL016J
M28W160C/E
MX29LV160D/MX29LF161D
32 Mbit
SST39VF320XC
S29AL032N/S29AL032D
M29W320D/E
MX29LV320D
64 Mbit
ST38VF640XB
S29GL064N/S29GL064A
M28W064FB
MX29GL640E/MX29LV640E
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Silicon Storage Technology is a subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc.
Microchip Technology Inc. • 2355 W. Chandler Blvd. • Chandler, AZ 85224-6199 •Phone: 480-792-7200
SuperFlash Memory Division • 1020 Kifer Road • Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5308 • Phone: 408-735-9110
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