This product has been retired and is not available for designs. For new and current designs,
S29GL016A supersedes Am29LV160M and is the factory-recommended migration path. Please refer
to the S29GL016A datasheet for specifications and ordering information. Availability of this docu-
ment is retained for reference and historical purposes only.
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Continuity of Specifications
There is no change to this data sheet as a result of offering the device as a Spansion product. Any
changes that have been made are the result of normal data sheet improvement and are noted in the
document revision summary.
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Publication Number
25974
Revision
B
Amendment
5
Issue Date
January 31, 2007
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Am29LV160M
16 Megabit (2 M x 8-Bit/1 M x 16-Bit) MirrorBit
TM
3.0 Volt-only Boot Sector Flash Memory
This product has been retired and is not available for designs. For new and current designs, S29GL016A supersedes Am29LV160M and is the factory-recom-
mended migration path. Please refer to the S29GL016A datasheet for specifications and ordering information. Availability of this document is retained for
reference and historical purposes only.
Distinctive Characteristics
Architectural Advantages
Single power supply operation
— 3 V for read, erase, and program operations
Manufactured on 0.23 µm MirrorBit
TM
process
technology
— Fully compatible with Am29LV160D device
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 thirty-
one 64 Kbyte sectors (byte mode)
— One 8 Kword, two 4 Kword, one 16 Kword, and thirty-
one 32 Kword sectors (word mode)
Compatibility with JEDEC standards
— Provides pinout and software compatibility for single-
power supply flash, and superior inadvertent write
— Ready/Busy# output (RY/BY#) indicates program or
erase cycle completion
Performance Characteristics
High performance
— Access times as fast as 70 ns
— 0.7 s typical sector erase time
Publication Number
25974
Revision
B
Amendment
5
Issue Date
January 31, 2007
This Data Sheet states AMD’s current specifications regarding the Products described herein. This Data Sheet may be revised by subsequent versions or modifications
due to changes in technical specifications.
D a t a
S h e e t
General Description
The Am29LV160M is a 16 Mbit, 3.0 Volt-only Flash memory organized as
2,097,152 bytes or 1,048,576 words. The device is offered in a 48-ball Fine-pitch
BGA, 64-ball Fortified BGA, and 48-pin TSOP packages. The word-wide data (x16)
appears on DQ15–DQ0; the byte-wide (x8) data appears on DQ7–DQ0. The de-
vice requires only a
single 3.0 volt power supply
for both read and write
functions, designed to be programmed in-system with the standard system 3.0
volt V
CC
supply. The device can also be programmed in standard
EPROM programmers.
The device offers access times of 70, 85, 90, and 100 ns. To eliminate bus conten-
tion the device contains separate chip enable (CE#), write enable (WE#) and
output enable (OE#) controls.
The device is entirely command set compatible with the
JEDEC single-power-
supply Flash standard.
Commands are written to the device using standard
microprocessor write timing. Write cycles also internally latch addresses and data
needed for the programming and erase operations.
The
sector erase architecture
allows memory sectors to be erased and repro-
grammed without affecting the data contents of other sectors. The device is fully
erased when shipped from the factory.
Device programming and erasure are initiated through command sequences.
Once a program or erase operation starts, the host system need only poll the
DQ7 (Data# Polling) or DQ6 (toggle)
status bits
or monitor the
Ready/Busy#
(RY/BY#)
output to determine whether the operation is complete. To facilitate
programming, an
Unlock Bypass
mode reduces command sequence overhead
by requiring only two write cycles to program data instead of four.
Hardware data protection
measures include a low V
CC
detector that automati-
cally inhibits write operations during power transitions. The hardware sector
protection feature disables both program and erase operations in any combina-
tion of sectors of memory. This can be achieved in-system or via programming
equipment.
The
Erase Suspend/Erase Resume
feature allows the host system to pause an
erase operation in a given sector to read or program any other sector and then
complete the erase operation. The
Program Suspend/Program Resume
fea-
ture enables the host system to pause a program operation in a given sector to
read any other sector and then complete the program operation.
The
hardware RESET# pin
terminates any operation in progress and resets the
device, after which it is then ready for a new operation. The RESET# pin may be
tied to the system reset circuitry. A system reset would thus also reset the de-
vice, enabling the host system to read boot-up firmware from the Flash memory
device.
The device reduces power consumption in the
standby mode
when it detects
specific voltage levels on CE# and RESET#, or when addresses are stable for a
specified period of time.
The
Secured Silicon Sector
provides a 128-word/256-byte area for code or
data that can be permanently protected. Once this sector is protected, no further
changes within the sector can occur.
MirrorBit flash technology combines years of Flash memory manufacturing expe-
rience to produce the highest levels of quality, reliability and cost effectiveness.
The device electrically erases all bits within a sector simultaneously via hot-hole
assisted erase. The data is programmed using hot electron injection.