Genesys Logic, Inc.

GL834
USB 2.0 SD 3.0/MMC/MS/xD/CF
Card Reader Controller

Datasheet

Revision 1.01
Jul. 06, 2012
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Revision History

Revision Date Description

1.00 01/11/2012 Formal Release
1. Modify Chapter 4 Block Diagram, p.11
1.01 07/06/2012 2. Modify AVDD, DVDD to AVDD33, DVDD33, p8~10
3. Modify Chapter 6 Package Dimension, p15

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION......................................................................... 6

CHAPTER 2 FEATURES .................................................................................................... 7

CHAPTER 3 PIN ASSIGNMENT....................................................................................... 8

3.1 LQFP 48 Pinout ............................................................................................................. 8
3.2 Pin List/Descriptions ..................................................................................................... 9

CHAPTER 4 BLOCK DIAGRAM.................................................................................... 11

4.1 USB PHY...................................................................................................................... 11
4.2 USB Controller ............................................................................................................ 11
4.3 EPFIFO ........................................................................................................................ 11
4.4 MCU ............................................................................................................................. 11
4.5 MHE ............................................................................................................................. 12
4.6 Regulator ...................................................................................................................... 12
4.7 PMOS ........................................................................................................................... 12

CHAPTER 5 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................... 13

5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings ....................................................................................... 13
5.2 Operating Conditions.................................................................................................. 13
5.3 DC Characteristics ...................................................................................................... 13
5.4 AC Characteristics of Reset Timing .......................................................................... 14

CHAPTER 6 PACKAGE DIMENSION........................................................................... 15

CHAPTER 7 ORDERING INFORMATION................................................................... 16

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List of Figures

Figure 3.1 - 48 Pin LQFP Pin out Diagram ........................................................................... 8 

Figure 4.1 - Functional Block Diagram................................................................................ 11 
Figure 5.2 - Timing Diagram of Power Good to USB command receive ready ............... 14 
Figure 6.1 - LQFP 48 Pin Package........................................................................................ 15 

List of Tables

Table 3.1 - GL834 Pin List/Descriptions ................................................................................ 9 

Table 5.1 - Absolute Maximum Ratings............................................................................... 13 
Table 5.2 - Operating Conditions.......................................................................................... 13 
Table 5.3 - DC Characteristics .............................................................................................. 13 
Table 5.4 - Reset Timing ........................................................................................................ 14 
Table 7.1 - Ordering Information......................................................................................... 16 
  

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The GL834 is a crystal-less USB 2.0 to Single LUN SD3.0 (UHS-I/SDR-50)/MMC/MS/xD/CF Memory Card
Reader controller.

The GL834 is a USB 2.0 Memory Card Reader single chip. It supports USB 2.0 high-speed transmission to
CompactFlashTM ,Secure DigitalTM (SD), SDHC, miniSD, microSD (T-Flash), MultiMediaCardTM (MMC),
TM
RS-MMC, MMCmicro, MMCmobile, Memory Stick (MS), Memory Stick DuoTM (MS Duo), High Speed
TM
Memory StickTM (HS MS), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO), Memory Stick PROTM Duo (MS PRO Duo),
TM
Memory Stick PRO-HG (MS PRO-HG) and MS PRO Micro and xD-picture card on one chip. It also supports
huge density memory cards (up to 2TB), such as SDXC and Memory Stick XC, and high speed memory cards,
SD3.0 UHS-I cards. As a single chip solution for USB 2.0 flash card reader, the GL834 complies with Universal
Serial Bus specification rev. 2.0, USB Storage Class specification ver.1.0, and SD/MMC/MS/xD/CF card
interface specification.

The GL834 integrates a high speed 8051 microprocessor and a high efficiency hardware engine for the best data
transfer performance between USB and flash card interfaces. Its’ pin assignment design fits to card sockets to
provide easier PCB layout. Inside the chip, it integrates 5V to 3.3V and 3.3V to 1.8V regulators and power
MOSFETs and it enables the function of on-chip clock source (OCCS) which means no external 12MHz XTAL
is needed and that effectively reduces the total BOM cost.

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CHAPTER 2 FEATURES
 USB specification compliance
- Comply with 480Mbps Universal Serial Bus specification rev. 2.0
- Comply with USB Storage Class specification rev. 1.0
- Support one device address and up to four endpoints:
Control (0)/ Bulk Read (1)/ Bulk Write (2)/Interrupt (3)
 Integrated USB building blocks
- USB2.0 transceiver macro (UTM), Serial Interface Engine (SIE), Build-in power-on reset (POR)
 Embedded 8051 micro-controller
- Embedded mask ROM and internal SRAM
TM
 Secure Digital (SD)
- Support SD specification v1.0 / v1.1 / v2.0/ SDHC (Up to 32GB)
- Support SD specification v3.0 UHS-I: SDR25/SDR50/DDR50
- Support 1.8V/3.3V switch signal pads
- Support SDXC (Up to 2TB)
TM
 MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- Support MMC specification v3.x / v4.0 / v4.1 / v4.2.
- x1 / x4 / x8 bit data bus
 Memory StickTM / Memory Stick PRO / Memory Stick PRO Duo / Memory Stick Micro /Memory Stick
PRO-HG / Memory Stick XC
- Comply with Memory Stick specification: MS 1.43 / MS PRO 1.05 / MS HG Micro 1.00 / MS
PRO-HG Duo 1.03 with 8-bit data bus / MS XC 1.00
- Support Read/Write quad data access (512Bytex4) for MS PRO-HG to enhance the transmission rate
 Support CompactFlashTM v6.0 with PIO mode 6 / Ultra DMA mode 7 and LBA48 (Capacity up to 144PB)
 Support xD-PictureTM v1.2C Type M/H
 On chip clock source (OCCS) and no need of 12MHz Crystal Clock input.
 On-Chip 5V to 3.3V and 3.3V to 1.8V regulators
 Support 5V to 3.3V Band Gap Regulator for stable voltage supply
 Support 5V power input and 3.3V power input
 Provide Over-Current protection mechanism for safety power supply
 On-Chip power MOSFETs for supplying flash media card power
 Support Power Saving mode/ Selective suspend mode for better power management.
 Support power/memory card access LED
 Package available in 48 pin LQFP (7x7 mm)

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CHAPTER 3 PIN ASSIGNMENT

3.1 LQFP 48 Pinout

DVDD33

CF_CDZ
CF_D14
VDD18

CF_D6

CF_D7
SB13

SB12

SB11

SB10

SB9

SB8
36

35

34

33

32

31

30

29

28

27

26

25
10

11

12
1

9
VBUS

DM

DP

AVDD33

MS_INS

SB0

SB1

SB2

CF_D8

CF_D1

CF_D0

CF_A0

Figure 3.1 - 48 Pin LQFP Pin out Diagram

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3.2 Pin List/Descriptions

Table 3.1 - GL834 Pin List/Descriptions

Pin name LQFP48 Type Description

VBUS 1 P VBUS 5V
DM 2 A USB D-
DP 3 A USB D+
AVDD33 4 P Analog power 3.3V
MS insertion detect
MS_INS 5 I, PU 0: Card insert
1: No card
SB0 6 I, PD CF_D10/xD_D7/SD_D7/MS_CLK
SB1 7 I, PD CF_D9/xD_D6/SD_D6/MS_D3
SB2 8 I, PD CF_D2/xD_D5
CF_D8 9 I, PD CF_D8
CF_D1 10 I, PD CF_D1
CF_D0 11 I, PD CF_D0
CF_A0 12 I, PD CF_A0
CF_DACK 13 I, PD CF_DACK
SB3 14 I, PD CF_A1/xD_D4/SD_D5/MS_D2
SB4 15 I, PD CF_DRQ/xD_D3/SD_D4/MS_D0
SB5 16 I, PD CF_A2/xD_D2/SD_WP/MS_D1
CF_IORDY 17 I, PD CF_IORDY
CF_RSTZ 18 I, PD CF_RSTZ
CF_IOWZ 19 I, PD CF_IOWZ
SB6 20 I, PD CF_IORZ/xD_D1/MS_BS
SB7 21 I, PD CF_D15/xD_D0
Remote Wakeup
GPIO1 22 I, PU 0:Enable
1:Disable(default)
TEST 23 I, PD TEST PIN
Power Input Selection
GPIO5 24 I, PU 0:5V input
1:3.3V input(default)
CF_CDZ 25 I, PU CF_CDZ
CF_D7 26 I, PD CF_D7
CF_D14 27 I, PD CF_D14
CF_D6 28 I, PD CF_D6
SB8 29 I, PD CF_D13/xD_ALE/SD_D1/MS_D7

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SB9 30 I, PD CF_D5/xD_CLE/SD_D0/MS_D6
SB10 31 I, PD CF_D12/xD_WEZ/SD_CLK
SB11 32 I, PD CF_D4/xD_CEZ/SD_CMD
SB12 33 I, PD CF_D11/xD_REZ/SD_D3/MS_D4
SB13 34 I, PD CF_D3/xD_RBZ/SD_D2/MS_D5
PLL 1.8V Power, the power source of this pin
VDD18 35 P comes from the internal regulator of GL834
and no need of external 1.8V power input
DVDD33 36 P Digital Power 3.3V
GND 37 P GND
GPIO0 38 I, PD Power and Access LED
GPIO2 39 I, PU I2C SDA
GPIO3 40 I, PU I2C SCL
Power Saving Mode Selection
GPIO4 41 I, PU 0:Normal Mode
1:Power Saving Mode (default)
CF_CS0Z 42 I, PD CF_CS0Z
SB14 43 I, PD CF_CS1Z/xD_WPZ
XD_CDZ 44 I, PU xD_CDZ
SD_CDZ 45 I, PU SD_CDZ
RSTZ 46 I, PU RESET
DVDD33 47 P Digital Power 3.3V
PMOS 48 P Card Power 500mA

Notation:
Type O Output
I Input
B Bi-directional
pu Internal pull-up when input
pd Internal pull-down when input
P Power / Ground
A Analog

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CHAPTER 4 BLOCK DIAGRAM

MHE EPFIFO Regulator

MHE EP0/3 FIFO 5V to 3.3V
Controller 3.3V to
BULK FIFO 1.8V
SD/MMC
8-bit I/F PMOS 500

MS-PRO/HG USB
8-bit I/F Controlle USB PHY EHCI
r
Control
xD-Picture I/F
Register MCU
8051 RAM
CF I/F CORE
ROM

Figure 4.1 - Functional Block Diagram

4.1 USB PHY

The USB 2.0 Transceiver Macrocell is the analog circuitry that handles the low level USB protocol and signaling,
and shifts the clock domain of the data from the USB 2.0 rate to one that is compatible with the general logic. On
chip clock source and no need of 12MHz Crystal Clock input.

4.2 USB Controller

The USB controller, which contains USB PID and address recognition logic, and other
sequencing and state machine logic to handle USB packets and transactions.

4.3 EPFIFO

Endpoint FIFO includes Control FIFO (FIFO0), Interrupt FIFO (FIFO3), Bulk In/Out FIFO
 Control FIFO FIFO of control endpoint 0. It is 64-byte FIFO and used for endpoint 0 data transfer.
 Interrupt FIFO 64-byte depth FIFO of endpoint 3 for status interrupt
 Bulk In/Out FIFO It can be in the TX mode or RX mode:
1. It contains ping-pong FIFO (512 bytes each bank) for transmit/receive data continuously.
2. It can be directly accessed by micro-control
4.4 MCU
8051 micro-controller inside.
 8051 Core Compliant with Intel 8051 high speed micro-controller
 ROM FW code on ROM
 RAM Internal RAM area for MCU access


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4.5 MHE
 MIF Media Interface: CF/xD/SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/MS PRO-HG
 MCFIFO It can access by MCU for memory card short data packet.

4.6 Regulator
 5V to 3.3V Band Gap Regulator for stable voltage supply for USB PHY, PMOS..
When Power source is 3.3V, the 5V to 3.3V regulator will be disabled.
 3.3V to 1.8V For core logic and internal memory.

4.7 PMOS
On-Chip power MOSFETs provide Over-Current protection mechanism

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CHAPTER 5 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

5.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings
Table 5.1 - Absolute Maximum Ratings
Parameter Value
Storage Temperature -65C to +150 C
DC Input Voltage to Any Pin -0.5V to +5.8V

5.2 Operating Conditions

Table 5.2 - Operating Conditions
Parameter Value
Ta (Ambient Temperature Under Bias) 0C to 70C
Supply Voltage (5V Power Source) 4.75V to 5.25V
Supply Voltage (3.3V Power Source) 3.135V to 3.465V
Ground Voltage 0V

5.3 DC Characteristics
Table 5.3 - DC Characteristics
Symbol Parameter Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit
V CC Supply Voltage 5V source 4.75 - 5.25 V
V IH Input High Voltage 2.0 - V
V IL Input Low Voltage - 0.4 V
II Input Leakage current 0 < V IN < V CC -10 - 10 A
V OH Output High Voltage 2.8 - - V
V OL Output Low Voltage - - 0.4 V
I OH Output Current High - 8 - mA
I OL Output Current Low - 8 - mA
C IN Input Pin Capacitance - 5 - pF
I SUSP Suspend current 1.5K external pull-up included - - 450 A
Connect to USB with 8051
I CC Supply current - - 70 mA
operating

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5.4 AC Characteristics of Reset Timing

Trst
EXTRSTZ
Figure 5.1 - Timing Diagram of Reset width

Figure 5.2 - Timing Diagram of Power Good to USB command receive ready

Table 5.4 - Reset Timing

Parameter Description Min. Unit
Trst Chip reset sense timing width 1 ms
T1 External reset valid from power up to high 0.5 ms
T2 Reset Desertions to respond USB command ready 12 ms

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CHAPTER 6 PACKAGE DIMENSION

Green
Internal Package
No. + CU Wire
Versio
n No.

Date
Lot Code
Code

Figure 6.1 - LQFP 48 Pin Package

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CHAPTER 7 ORDERING INFORMATION

Table 7.1 - Ordering Information

Part Number Package Green/Wire Material Version Status

GL834-MNYXX LQFP 48 Green Package + CU Wire XX Available

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