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Components
29F0408 Flash Memory, 32Mb (4M x 8-bit)
Flash Memory ImageFlash
Package(s) :
44-Pin Flat Package
Memory Size:
4M x 8-bit
Voltage:
Single 5.0 V supply
 
Radiation Performance:
100 Krad (Si), depending upon space mission
SELTH: > 60 MeV/mg/cm2
SEUTH: = 37 MeV/mg/cm2
SEU saturated cross section: 2E-6 cm2/bit
 
Specifications At A Glance
Organization:
  • Memory cell array: (4M + 128k) bit x 8bit
Data register:
  • (512 + 16) bit x 8bit
Status register
  • 528-Byte page read operation
Random access:
  • 10 µs (max)
Command/address/data multiplexed I/O port
Hardware data protection
Program/erase lockout during power transitions
Reliable CMOS floating-gate technology
Data retention: 10 years
Command register operation
Endurance: 1,000,000 program/erase cycles
Serial page access: 50 ns (min)
Fast write cycle time:
  • Program time: 250 µs (typ)
  • Block erase time: 2 ms (typ)
Automatic program and erase:
  • Page program: (512 + 16) Byte
  • Block erase: (8K + 256) Byte

Maxwell Technologies’ 29F0408 high-performance flash memory. The 29F0408 is a 4M (4,194,304) x 8-bit NAND Flash Memory with a spare 128K (131,072) x 8-bit. A program operation programs the 528-byte page in 250 µs and an erase operation can be performed in 2 ms on an 8K-byte block. Data within a page can be read out at 50 ns cycle time per byte.

The on-chip write controller automates all program and erase functions, including pulse repetition, where required, and internal verify and margining of data. Even write-intensive systems can take advantage of the 29F0408’s extended reliability of 1,000,000 program/erase cycles by providing either ECC (Error Correction Code) or real time mapping-out algorithm.

These algorithms have been implemented in many mass storage applications. The spare 16 bytes of a page combined with the other 512 bytes can be utilized by system-level ECC. The 29F0408 is an optimum solution for large non-volatile storage applications such as solid state storage, digital voice recorder, digital still camera and other portable applications requiring nonvolatility.


About RAD-PAK® Technology

Maxwell Technologies' patented RAD-PAK® packaging technology incorporates radiation shielding in the microcircuit package. It eliminates the need for box shielding while providing the required radiation shielding for a lifetime in orbit or space mission. In a GEO orbit, RAD-PAK provides greater than 100 krad (Si) radiation dose tolerance. This product is available with screening up to Class S.