Introduction to the SD Card
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SanDisk Secure Digital (SD) Card Product Manual, Rev. 1.9 © 2003 SANDISK CORPORATION
SD Memory Card
WP Group 1
WP Group 0
Block
n
Sector 1
Block
2
Block
1
Block
0
Sector 2
Sector 3
Sector n
WP Group n
Protected Area (Copyright protection)
Block
n
Sector 1
Block
2
Block
1
Block
0
Sector n
Figure 1-2. Memory Array Partitioning
Table 1-3. Memory Array Structures Summary
Part Number
Block Size
(Byte)
Data Area + Protected size
(Blocks)
Protected Area size
(Blocks)
User Area
(Blocks)
SDSDJ-1024 512
2,004,224
20,480
1,983,744
SDSDJ-512 512
1,001,104
10,240
940,864
SDSDJ-256 512
499,456
5,376
494,080
SDSDJ-128 512
248,640
2,624
246,016
SDSDJ-64 512
123,232
1,376
121,856
SDSDB-32 512
60,512
736
59,776
SDSDB-16 512
29,152
352
28,800
NOTE
: All measurements are in units per card.
Protected Area—The part of the Card that relates to the secured copyright management and has separate DOS
partitioning including sectors and blocks. The card write protection mechanism does not effect this area.