AM29LV641GH53R SPANSION [SPANSION], AM29LV641GH53R Datasheet - Page 22

• Manufacturer Part Number: AM29LV641GH53R
• Description: 64 Megabit (4 M x 16-Bit) CMOS 3.0 Volt-only Uniform Sector Flash Memory with VersatileI/O Control
• Manufacturer: SPANSION [SPANSION]

SecSi™ (Secured Silicon) Sector Flash
Memory Region
The SecSi (Secured Silicon) Sector feature provides a
Flash memory region that enables permanent part
identification through an Electronic Serial Number
(ESN). The SecSi Sector is 128 words in length, and
uses a SecSi Sector Indicator Bit (DQ7) to indicate
whether or not the SecSi Sector is locked when
shipped from the factory. This bit is permanently set at
the factory and cannot be changed, which prevents
cloning of a factory locked part. This ensures the secu-
rity of the ESN once the product is shipped to the field.
AMD offers the device with the SecSi Sector either
fac t or y l ocke d or c u s t om e r l o ck abl e. T he fac -
tory-locked version is always protected when shipped
from the factory, and has the SecSi (Secured Silicon)
Sector Indicator Bit permanently set to a “1.” The cus-
tomer-lockable version is shipped with the SecSi Sec-
tor unprotected, allowing customers to utilize that
sector in any manner they choose. The customer-lock-
able version also has the SecSi Sector Indicator Bit
permanently set to a “0.” Thus, the SecSi Sector Indi-
cator Bit prevents customer-lockable devices from
being used to replace devices that are factory locked.
The SecSi sector address space in this device is allo-
cated as follows:
*All Uniform Devices (not including Uniform High) such as Am29LV640GU
has its Sector starting at address 0.
The system accesses the SecSi Sector through a
command sequence (see “Enter SecSi Sector/Exit
SecSi Sector Command Sequence”). After the system
has written the Enter SecSi Sector command se-
quence, it may read the SecSi Sector by using the ad-
dresses normally occupied by the first sector (SA0).
This mode of operation continues until the system is-
sues the Exit SecSi Sector command sequence, or
until power is removed from the device. On power-up,
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000000h–000007h
000008h–00007Fh
Address Range
SecSi Sector
Table 5. SecSi Sector Contents
Factory Locked
Unavailable
Standard
ESN
Factory Locked
ExpressFlash
Determined by
determined by
customer
customer
A D V A N C E
ESN or
Determined by
Customer
Lockable
customer
Am29LV641G
I N F O R M A T I O N
or following a hardware reset, the device reverts to
sending commands to sector SA0.
Factory Locked: SecSi Sector Programmed and
Protected At the Factory
In devices with an ESN, the SecSi Sector is protected
when the device is shipped from the factory. The SecSi
Sector cannot be modified in any way. A factory locked
device has an 8-word random ESN at addresses
000000h–000007h.
Customers may opt to have their code programmed by
AMD through the AMD ExpressFlash service. The de-
vices are then shipped from AMD’s factory with the
SecSi Sector permanently locked. Contact an AMD
representative for details on using AMD’s Express-
Flash service.
Customer Lockable: SecSi Sector NOT
Programmed or Protected At the Factory
As an alternative to the factory-locked version, the de-
vice may be ordered such that the customer may pro-
gra m an d p r ot ec t t he 12 8 - wo rd Se cS i se ct or.
Programming and protecting the SecSi Sector must be
used with caution since, once protected, there is no
procedure available for unprotecting the SecSi Sector
area and none of the bits in the SecSi Sector memory
space can be modified in any way.
The SecSi Sector area can be protected using one of
the following procedures:
Once the SecSi Sector is programmed, locked and
verified, the system must write the Exit SecSi Sector
Region command sequence to return to reading and
writing within the remainder of the array.
Write the three-cycle Enter SecSi Sector Region
command sequence, and then follow the in-system
sector protect algorithm as shown in Figure 2, ex-
cept that RESET# may be at either V
allows in-system protection of the SecSi Sector
without raising any device pin to a high voltage.
Note that this method is only applicable to the SecSi
Sector.
Write the three-cycle Enter SecSi Sector Region
command sequence, and then use the alternate
method of sector protection described in the “Sector
Group Protection and Unprotection” section.
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