Application Notes

Category List

General
Flash Technology
Manufacturing/Assembly
Migration
Performance/Quality
Software
System & Interfaces

General

JEDEC standards and publications

• 4M-8M SPI Cross Reference (202 KB, pdf)
• Common Flash Memory Interface Specification (497 KB, pdf)
• Flash Memory: An Overview (185 KB, pdf)
• How to Read and Debug a System Using the CFI Table (377 KB, pdf)
• Quick Guide to Common Flash Interface (371 KB, pdf)
• Signal Integrity and Reliable Flash Operations (474 KB, pdf)
• Taking Advantage of Page Mode Read on the MCF5407 Coldfire (248 KB, pdf)
• Understanding Burst Mode NOR Flash Devices (142 KB, pdf)
• Understanding Page Mode Flash Memory Devices (89 KB, pdf)
• Understanding Typical and Maximum Program/Erase Performance (116 KB, pdf)
• What Types of ECC Should Be Used on Flash Memory (175 KB, pdf)

Flash Technology

• 1.8 Volt-only Flash Memory Technology (75 KB, pdf)
• 3.0 Volt-only Flash Memory Technology (69 KB, pdf)
• Am29BDS323D: Ultra Performance Flash (105 KB, pdf)
• AMD DL160 and DL320 Series Flash: New Densities, New Features (66 KB, pdf)

Manufacturing/Assembly

• Considerations for X-Ray Inspection of Surface-Mounted Flash Integrated Circuits (99 KB, pdf)
• Daisy Chain Samples (297 KB, pdf)
• Implementing a Common Layout for Spansion® MirrorBit® and Intel StrataFlash Memory Devices (365 KB, pdf)
• KGD Assembly (166 KB, pdf)
• Recommended Land Patterns for Spansion SPI Flash Devices (1.0 MB, pdf)
• Solder Mask and Trace Recommendations for FBGAs (319 KB, pdf)

Migration

• Increased Clock Speeds and Faster Intial Burst Access on Am29BDD160G (81 KB, pdf)
• Migrating Between Boot and Uniform Sectored Flash Devices (153 KB, pdf)
• Migrating from S29GL-N to S29GL-P (257 KB, pdf)
• Migrating from S29NS-N to S29NS-P (498 KB, pdf)
• Migrating from the S29PL-J to the S29GL-A/S29GL-N (274 KB, pdf)
• Migrating from Am29DL32xD Family to Am29DL32xG Family (54 KB, pdf)
• Migration from GL-A to GL-N (32 - 64 Mb) (268 KB, pdf)
• Migrating from Single-byte to Three-byte Device IDs (101 KB, pdf)
• Migrating from the 2xS29WS256N to the S29WS512P (572 KB, pdf)
• Migrating Intel StrataFlash J3/P30 to S29GL-N (253 KB, pdf)
• Migrating to S29CD016J - Initial Access and Burst Mode (144 KB, pdf)
• Migrating to S29CD016J –Ordering Information (108 KB, pdf)
• Migrating to the S29CD016J –ACC Programming, CFI, and Autoselect (63 KB, pdf)
• Migrating to the Spansion® S29GL-N Flash Family from Intel StrataFlash Memory (J3)/Embedded Memory (P30) Devices (234 KB, pdf)
• Migration from Am29LV160D to MirrorBit® S29AL016M (447 KB, pdf)
• Migration from Am29LV640DU to MirrorBit® Am29LV640MU (120 KB, pdf)
• Migration path for SPI flash (258 KB, pdf)
• Migration to S29GL128N and S29GL256N based on 110nm MirrorBit® Technology (121 KB, pdf)
• Migration to the S29PL-N Family (217 KB, pdf)
• Migration to the S29WS256N Family (210 KB, pdf)
• Package Migration between Single Bit and MirrorBit® Flash Device Densities (97 KB, pdf)
• Replacing Intel Devices with Spansion Devices (317 KB, pdf)

Performance/Quality

• Wear　Leveling (142 KB, pdf)
• Double Programming for High Reliability Systems (306 KB, pdf)
• Flash Memory Erase Mode Comparison (101 KB, pdf)
• Optimizing Program/Erase Times (286 KB, pdf)
• Practical Guide to Endurance and Data Retention (154 KB, pdf)
• S30MS01GP and 1Gbit NAND Comparison (298 KB, pdf)
• Simultaneous Read/Write vs. Erase Suspend/Resume (158 KB, pdf)
• Spansion® S29WS256N vs. Intel® 28F256L18 Comparison (485 KB, pdf)
• Utilizing the Page Mode Am29PDS32x for Maximum Performance (73 KB, pdf)

Software

• Bit Field Programming for Flash Products (98 KB, pdf)
• Common Flash Interface Version 1.4 Vendor Specific Extensions (193 KB, pdf)
• Comparing Serial Interfaces (210 KB, pdf)
• Critical Page Programming Method for MirrorBit® Quad Flashes (371 KB, pdf)
• Data Management Software (DMS) for AMD Simultaneous Read/Write Flash Memory Devices (157 KB, pdf)
• Implementing Simultaneous Operations in a Simultaneous Read/Write Enabled MCP (190 KB, pdf)
• MirrorBit® Flash Memory Write Buffer Programming and Page Buffer Read (200 KB, pdf)
• Partial Page Programming - MirrorBit® ORNAND™ with NAND Interface (119 KB, pdf)
• SecSi Sector Customer Lock Status Check (66 KB, pdf)
• Spansion Advanced Sector Protection (178 KB, pdf)
• Unlocking the Secrets of Bypass Mode (60 KB, pdf)
• Using the Operation Status Bits in AMD Devices (127 KB, pdf)
• Using Spansion LLD v5.13 to Implement Flash Drivers (334 KB, pdf)

System & Interfaces

• Calculating Wait States for Initial and Subsequent Access Times (131 KB, pdf)
• Complete DragonBall i.MX21 Memory Solution (164 KB, pdf)
• Configuring FPGAs using Spansion S29GL-N Flash (115 KB, pdf)
• Connecting Spansion® Flash Memory to a System Address Bus (204 KB, pdf)
• Connecting Spansion SPI Serial Flash to Configure Altera FPGAs (609 KB, pdf)
• Connecting Spansion® SPI Serial Flash to Configure Xilinx® FPGAs (485 KB, pdf)
• Connecting Unused Data Lines of MirrorBit Flash (92 KB, pdf)
• Daisy Chain Samples (297 KB, pdf)
• Designing a Serial Peripheral Interface (324 KB, pdf)
• Design-In Scalable Wireless Solutions with Spansion® Products (348 KB, pdf)
• Developing System-level Validation Routines (114 KB, pdf)
• Interfacing Motorola's MPC56x Microcontroller to AMD's Am29BDD160G Flash Memory (153 KB, pdf)
• Interfacing Spansion® Flash to TI OMAP Processors (201 KB, pdf)
• Interfacing the S29GL-N to the Motorola Coldfire Processor (193 KB, pdf)
• Removing Bootstrap ROMs for Recovery Mode (47 KB, pdf)
• Reset Pin Circuitry for Flash Memory Sector Protection Management (90 KB, pdf)
• Reset Voltage and Timing Requirements for MirrorBit Flash (363 KB, pdf)
• Simple Systems Interface for Ultranand Flash (725 KB, pdf)
• Ultranand Flash for Code Storage Applications (102 KB, pdf)
• Understanding AC Characteristics (523 KB, pdf)
• Understanding Load Capacitance and Access Time (556 KB, pdf)
• Using S29WS256N on 3.3V Systems (107 KB, pdf)
• Utilizing 3V Flash in 5V Flash Systems (81 KB, pdf)
• Utilizing Burst Mode Flash in a Motorola MPC555 System (93 KB, pdf)
• Versatile IO: DQ and Enhanced (67 KB, pdf)

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