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AU9368
USB Multi-LUN Flash Card
Reader Controller
Technical Reference Manual
Product Specification
Official Release
Revision 1.19W
Public Jul 2005

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Revision History
Date Revision Description

Removed the schematics.
Feb 2005 1.17W/D27
Please contact our sales if you need it.
Add “7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics” and modify
Jan 2005 1.18W/D27
“5.1 Pin Descriptions”
Jul 2005 1.19W/D27 To modified “5.1 Pin Descriptions” (pin 56)
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AU9368 USB Multi-LUN Flash Card Reader Controller V1.19W
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Copyright Notice
Copyright 1997 - 2004
Alcor Micro Corp.
All Rights Reserved.
Trademark Acknowledgements
The company and product names mentioned in this document may be the
trademarks or registered trademarks of their manufacturers.
Disclaimer
Alcor Micro Corp. reserves the right to change this product without prior notice.
Alcor Micro Corp. makes no warranty for the use of its products and bears no
responsibility for any error that appear in this document. Specifications are subject
to change without prior notice
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction…………………………………………………………….. 6
1.1 Description…………………………………………………………………………….. 6
1.2 Features…………………………………………………………………………………. 6
2 Application Block Diagram…………………………………………. 7
3 Operating Mode Selection………………………………………….. 8
4 Power Switch Feature………………………………………………… 9
4.1 Card Power Output Current Range……………………………………….. 9
4.2 Card Detect Power-on Timing………………………………………………… 9
5 Pin Assignment………………………………………………………… 10
6 System Architecture and Reference Design………………….. 13
6.1 AU9368 Block Diagram…………………………………………………………. 13
7 Electrical Characteristics…………………………………………… 14
7.1 Recommended Operating Conditions……………………………………. 14
7.2 General DC Characteristics…………………………………………………… 14
7.3 DC Electrical Characteristics for 3.3 volts operation…………… 14
7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics…………………………………………………… 14
7.5 Crystal Oscillator Circuit Setup for Characterization……………. 17
7.6 ESD Test Results…………………………………………………………………..… 17
7.7 Latch-Up Test Results…………………………………………………………….. 18
8 Mechanical Information……………………………………………… 20
9 Abbreviations……………………………………………………………. 21
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List of Figures
2.1 Block Diagram………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

5.1 Pin Assignment Diagram………………………………………………………………….. 10
6.1 AU9368 Block Diagram……………………………………………………………………… 13
7.1 Electrical Characteristics Diagram……………………………………………………. 15
7.2 Crystal Oscillator Circuit Setup for Characterization……………………….. 17
7.3 Latch-Up Test Results……………………………………………………………………….. 18
List of Tables
3.1 Mode Table…………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
5.1 Pin Descriptions……………………………………………………………………………. 11
7.1 Recommended Operating Conditions..…………………………………………. 14
7.2 General DC Characteristics………………………………………………………….. 14
7.3 DC Electrical Characteristics for 3.3 volts operation………………….. 14
7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics…………………………………………………………. 15
7.5 ESD Data……………………………………………………………………………………….. 17
7.6 Latch-Up Test Results……………………………………………………………………. 18
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1.0 Introduction
1.1. Description
The AU9368 is an integrated single chip memory card reader controller specially
designed for notebook, hand-held and other PC peripheral devices, which require
fewer components for small PCB area. It supports a widely used flash memory card
such as CF, MD, SMC, xD Picture Card, MS, MS Pro, MS Duo, SD and MMC. It can be
used as removable storage disks in enormous data exchange applications between
PC and PC or PC and various consumer electronic appliances.
The AU9368 reads digital content saved on memory card that user captured with the
portable device such as notebook, digital camera, MP3 player, PDA and mobile
phone… etc. In addition, AU9368 allows user to transfer information such as data,
graphics, texts or digital images from one electronic device to another quickly and
easily. Furthermore, AU9368 integrates power switch function; manufacturers can
use fewer components in their product design.
With AU9368, user’s experience will be also further enhanced by the Plug-and-Play
nature built into latest operation systems such as Windows 2000/XP and Mac OS X.
1.2. Feature
Support USB v1.1 specification and USB Device Class Definition for Mass
Storage, Bulk-Transport
Support CF、SD、MS、MS PRO、MS Duo、MS ROM Format、MMC、SMC、xD-Picture
Card Format Specification and Microdrive device
Work with default driver from Windows ME, Windows XP, Mac OS 9, and Mac
OS X. Windows 98, Windows 2000 are supported by vendor driver from
Alcor.
Ping-pong FIFO implementation for concurrent bus operation
Support multiple sectors transfer to 4GB to optimize performance
Support optional external EEPROM for VID, PID and string customization
Integrated power switch and power management circuit for each slot to
reduce the BOM cost in PCB and meet USB power consumption requirement
during suspend with card in the slot.
CPU Runs at 30MHz, built-in 480MHz PLL
Built-in 3.3V regulator
64-pin LQFP package
Lead-free package available
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2.0 Application Block Diagram

Following is the application diagram of a typical card reader product with AU9368.
By connecting the card reader to a desktop or notebook PC through USB bus,
AU9368 is implemented as a bus-powered, full speed USB card reader, which can be
used as a bridge for data transfer between Desktop PC and Notebook PC.
Figure 2.1 Au9368 Application Block Diagram
Digital Camera
MP3 Player
PC with USB Host Controller
PDA
CF/MS/MD/
SMC/SD/MMC
USB 9-in-1
Flash Memory Moble Phones
Card Reader
PC
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3.0 Operating Mode Selection

The Au9368 offers two operating modes. Mode 0 is used for CF/SD/SMC/MS/xD
combo socket. While mode 1 is designed for single function socket. Mode 1 support
xD card in a shared SMC socket.
Table 3.1 Mode definition table
Mode 0 (Modesel : 0) Mode 1 (Modesel : 1)
Slot 1 SD
Slot 2 CF
Slot 1 CF/SD/SMC/MS/xD
Slot 3 SMC/XD
Slot 4 MS
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4.0 Power Switch Feature

AU9368 integrates a 5V to 3.3V voltage regulator and power switch to replace all
MOS chips for flash card power supply.
4.1. Card Power Output Current Range
For MS/SD
MAX: 100mA
For XD/SMC
MAX: 70mA
For CF
MAX: 250mA
Card power output voltage range

MS/XD/SD/SMC/CF: 3.3V±0.3V
AU9368 will turn off all of Card Power in suspend mode
4.2. Card Detect Power-on Timing

1ms to 10ms ( Depend
Load Capacitor )
3.3V+/- 0.3V
CARD_POWER
100ms + System
Polling timing
CARD_DETECT
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5.0 Pin Assignment

The AU9368 is packed in 64-LQFP-form factor. The following figure shows signal
name for each pin and the table in the following page describes each pin in detail.
Figure 5.1 Pin Assignment Diagram

MODESEL
MSDATA
SDDATA
MSINSN
XDCDN
SMRBN
SDCMD
SDCDN
SMCEN
GPON7
MSCLK
SDCLK
SDWP
GNDK
MSBS
VCCK
64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49
VCCA 1 48 SMALE
GNDA 2 47 SMCLE
XTAL1 3 46 SMWPN
XTAL2 4 45 SMCDN
SD_VCC 5 44 XDCEN
XD_VCC 6 43 CFRDN
MS_VCC 7
Alcor Micro 42 CFAD0
CF_VCC 8
AU9368 41 CFAD1
VCC5V 9
64-PIN LQFP 40 CFAD2
VCC3V 10 39 CFAD3
GNDIO 11 38 CFAD9
XDWPN 12 37 CFWTN
USB_DM 13 36 CFOEN
USB_DP 14 35 CFWEN
SMWRN 15 34 CFWRN
SMRDN 16 33 CFCDN
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
CFD7
CFD0
CFD4
CFD5
SMDATA2
SMDATA1
SMDATA0
CFD1
CFD2
CFD6
SMDATA4
CFD3
SMDATA5
SMDATA6
SMDATA3
SMDATA7
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Table 5.1 Pin Descriptions

Pin Pin Name I/O Type Description
1 VCCA PWR Analog 3.3V input
2 GNDA PWR Analog GND
3 XTAL1 I Crystal Oscillator input (12MHz)
4 XTAL2 O Crystal Oscillator output (12MHz)
5 SD_VCC PWR SD card power
6 XD_VCC PWR SMC/XD power
7 MS_VCC PWR MS card power
8 CF_VCC PWR CF card power
9 VCC5V PWR VCC 5V power supply from USB
10 VCC3V PWR VCC 3.3V
11 GNDIO PWR PAD GND
12 XDWPN O XD write protect
13 USB_DM I/O USB DM
14 USB_DP I/O USB DP
15 SMWRN O SMC Write Enable
16 SMRDN O SMC Read Enable
17 SMDATA4 I/O SMC DATA4
25 CFD0 I/O CF card data0
33 CFCDN I CF card detect
34 CFWRN O CF card IOWR
35 CFWEN O CF card WE
36 CFOEN O CF card OE
37 CFWTN I CF card WAIT
38 CFAD9 O CF card addr09
43 CFRDN O CF card IORD
44 XDCEN O XD card enable
45 SMCDN I SMC card detect
46 SMWPN I SMC write protect
47 SMCLE O SMC command latch enable
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48 SMALE O SMC address latch enable

49 SMRBN I SMC Ready/Busy
50 SMCEN O SMCEN
51 SDCMD I/O SD CMD
52 SDCLK O SD CLK
53 SDDATA I/O SD DAT
54 SDCDN I SD card detect
55 SDWP I SD write protect
Card active LED; Active when card inserted; Blinking when
56 GPON7 I/O
card opeating
57 XDCDN I XD card detect
58 VCCK PWR Core 3.3V VCC
59 GNDK PWR Core Ground
60 MSINSN I MS card INS.
61 MSBS O MS card BS
62 MSCLK O MS card CLK
63 MSDATA I/O MS card SDIO
64 MODESEL I Mode selection. ("0":1 slot mode;"1": 4.5 slots mode)
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6.0 System Architecture and

Reference Design
6.1. AU9368 Block Diagram
Figure 6.1 AU9368 Block Diagram
CF/MD/SM/
SD/MMC/MS/ CF
USB xD Control MD
USB
XCVR
SIE RAM FIFO SM
Upstream SD
Port MMC
MS
xD
Processor ROM Arbitrator
3.3V
Voltage
3.3 V
Regulator
/Power Switch
12MHz
XTAL
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7.0 Electrical Characteristics

7.1. Recommended Operating Conditions
Table 7.1 Recommended Operating Conditions

SYMBOL PARAMETER MIN TYP MAX UNITS
VCC Power Supply 4.75 5 5.25 V
VIN Input Voltage 0 VCC V

O
TOPR Operating Temperature 0 85 C
O
TSTG Storage Temperature -40 125 C
7.2. General DC Characteristics
Table 7.2 General DC Characteristics

SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS
IIL Input low current no pull-up or pull-down -1 1 µA
IIH Input high current no pull-up or pull-down -1 1 µA
IOZ Tri-state leakage current -10 10 µA
CIN Input capacitance 5 ρF
COUT Output capacitance 5 ρF
CBID Bi-directional buffer capacitance 5 ρF
7.3. DC Electrical Characteristics for 3.3 volts

operation
Table 7.3 DC Electrical Characteristics for 3.3 volts operation

SYMBO PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN TYP MAX UNITS
VIL Input Low Voltage CMOS 0.9 V
VIH Input Hight Voltage CMOS 2.3 V
VOL Output low voltage IOL=4mA, 16mA 0.4 V
VOH Output high voltage IOH=4mA,16mA 2.4 V
RI Input Pull-up/down resistance Vil=0V or Vih=VCC 10K/200K KΩ
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7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics

GND=0V, tR = tF =3.0 ns; CL =50 pF; RL=500 Ohms
Table 7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics
LIMITS (TAMB)
SYMBOL PARAMETER WAVEFORM 00˚C to +250˚C 00˚C to +700˚C UNIT
MIN TYP MAX MIN MAX
tpLH VMO/VPO to D+/D- 0 12 0 14

1 ns
tpHL Full Speed 0 12 0 14
trise Rise and Fall Times 4 9 20 4 20

2 ns
tfall Full Speed 4 9 20 4 20
tRFM Rise and Fall Time

90 110 90 110 %
Matching Full Speed
tpLH VMO/VPO to D+/D- 120 300 300

1 ns
tpHL Low Speed 120 300 300
trise Rise and Fall Times 75 300 75 300

2 ns
tfall Low Speed 75 200 75 200
tRFM Rise and Fall Time

70 130 70 130 %
Matching Low Speed
tpLH 9 16 16
D+/D- to RCV 3 ns
tpHL 9 16 16
tpLH 4 8 8
D+/D- to VP/VM 1 ns
tpHL 4 8 8
tpHZ 12 12
tpZH OE# to D+/D- RL = 12 12
ns
tpLZ 500ohm 4 10 10
tpZL 10 10
tsu Setup for SPEED 5 0 ns
Vcr Crossover point1 3 1.3 2.0 1.3 2.0 V
NOTES:
1. The crossover point is in the range of 1.3V to 2.5V for the low speed mode with
a 50 pF capacitance.
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Figure 7.1 Electrical Characteristics Diagram
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7.5 Crystal Oscillator Circuit Setup for

Characterization
The following setup was used to measure the open loop voltage gain for crystal
oscillator circuits. The feedback resistor serves to bias the circuit at its quiescent
operating point and the AC coupling capacitor, Cs, is much larger than C1 and C2.
Figure 7.2 Crystal Oscillator Circuit Setup for Characterization
7.6 ESD Test Results

Test Description: ESD Testing was performed on a Zapmaster system using the
Human-Body-Model (HBM) and Machine-Model (MM), according to MIL-STD 883 and
EIAJ IC-121 respectively.
Human-Body-Model stresses devices by sudden application of a high voltage
supplied by a 100pF capacitor through 1.5k-ohm resistance.
Machine-Model stresses devices by sudden application of a high voltage
supplied by a 200pF capacitor through very low (0 ohm) resistance.
Test circuit & condition

Zap Interval: 1 second
Number of Zaps: 3 positive and 3 negative at room temperature
Criteria: I-V Curve Tracing
Table 7.5 ESD Data

Model Mode S/S Target Results
HBM Vdd, Vss, I/C 15 6000V PASS
MM Vdd, Vss, I/C 15 200V PASS
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7.7 Latch-Up Test Results

Test Description: Latch-Up testing was performed at room ambient using an
IMCS-4600 system which applies a stepped voltage to one pin per device with all
other pins open except Vdd and Vss which were biased to 5Volts and ground
respectively.
Testing was started at 5.0V (Positive) or 0V (Negative), and the DUT was biased for
0.5 seconds.
If neither the PUT current supply nor the device current supply reached the
predefined limit (DUT=00mA, Icc=100mA), then the voltage was increased by
0.1Volts and the pin was tested again.
The JEDEC JC-40.2 CMOS Logic standardization committee recommended this
procedure.
Notes:
1. DUT: The device under test.
2. PUT: The pin under test.
Figure 7.3 Latch-Up Test Results
Test Circuit: Positive Input/Output Overvoltage/Overcurrent
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Test Circuit: Negative Input/Output Overvoltage/Overcurrent
Supply Overvoltage Test
Table 7.6 Latch–Up Data
Mode Voltage (V)/Current (mA) S/S Results

+ 11.0 5 Pass
Voltage
- 11.0 5 Pass
+ 200 5 Pass
Current
- 200 5 Pass
Vdd - Vxx 9.0 5 Pass
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8.0 Mechanical Information
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9.0 Abbreviations
This chapter lists and defines terms and abbreviations used throughout this
specification.
PCB Printed Circuit Board

BOM Bill of Material
SIE Serial Interface Engine
CF Compact Flash
MD Micro Drive
SMC SmartMedia Card
MS Memory Stick
SD Secure Digital
MMC Multimedia Card
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【MEMO】
About Alcor Micro, Corp
Alcor Micro, Corp. designs, develops and markets highly integrated and advanced
peripheral semiconductor, and software driver solutions for the personal computer
and consumer electronics markets worldwide. We specialize in USB solutions and
focus on emerging technology such as USB and IEEE 1394. The company offers a
range of semiconductors including controllers for USB hub, integrated
keyboard/USB hub and USB Flash memory card reader…etc. Alcor Micro, Corp. is
based in Taipei, Taiwan, with sales offices in Taipei, Japan, Korea and California.
Alcor Micro is distinguished by its ability to provide innovative solutions for

spec-driven products. Innovations like single chip solutions for traditional multiple
chip products and on-board voltage regulators enable the company to provide
cost-efficiency solutions for the computer peripheral device OEM customers
worldwide.
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2.1 Block Diagram………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

2.0 Application Block Diagram

Figure 2.1 Au9368 Application Block Diagram

PC with USB Host Controller

3.0 Operating Mode Selection

Table 3.1 Mode definition table

Mode 0 (Modesel : 0) Mode 1 (Modesel : 1)

4.0 Power Switch Feature

4.1. Card Power Output Current Range

Card power output voltage range

AU9368 will turn off all of Card Power in suspend mode

4.2. Card Detect Power-on Timing

5.0 Pin Assignment

Figure 5.1 Pin Assignment Diagram

Table 5.1 Pin Descriptions

48 SMALE O SMC address latch enable

6.0 System Architecture and

Figure 6.1 AU9368 Block Diagram

Processor ROM Arbitrator

7.0 Electrical Characteristics

Table 7.1 Recommended Operating Conditions

VCC Power Supply 4.75 5 5.25 V

VIN Input Voltage 0 VCC V

7.2. General DC Characteristics

Table 7.2 General DC Characteristics

IIL Input low current no pull-up or pull-down -1 1 µA

IIH Input high current no pull-up or pull-down -1 1 µA

IOZ Tri-state leakage current -10 10 µA

CIN Input capacitance 5 ρF

COUT Output capacitance 5 ρF

CBID Bi-directional buffer capacitance 5 ρF

7.3. DC Electrical Characteristics for 3.3 volts

Table 7.3 DC Electrical Characteristics for 3.3 volts operation

7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics

Table 7.4 AC Electrical Characteristics

tpLH VMO/VPO to D+/D- 0 12 0 14

trise Rise and Fall Times 4 9 20 4 20

tRFM Rise and Fall Time

tpLH VMO/VPO to D+/D- 120 300 300

trise Rise and Fall Times 75 300 75 300

tRFM Rise and Fall Time

tsu Setup for SPEED 5 0 ns

Vcr Crossover point1 3 1.3 2.0 1.3 2.0 V

Figure 7.1 Electrical Characteristics Diagram

7.5 Crystal Oscillator Circuit Setup for

Figure 7.2 Crystal Oscillator Circuit Setup for Characterization

7.6 ESD Test Results

Test circuit & condition

Table 7.5 ESD Data

HBM Vdd, Vss, I/C 15 6000V PASS

MM Vdd, Vss, I/C 15 200V PASS

7.7 Latch-Up Test Results

Figure 7.3 Latch-Up Test Results