8.1.5.2 Memory Plane and Sector Organization

Each memory plane is organized in sectors. Each sector has a physical size of 128 Kbytes.

Each sector is organized in 32 blocks of 4 Kbytes. One block is made of 8 pages of 512 bytes.

  • Write Operation
    • By page
  • Erase Operation
    • By 4-Kbyte blocks
    • By 2 x 4-Kbyte blocks
    • By 4 x 4-Kbyte blocks
    • By 8 x 4-Kbyte blocks
    • By sectors of 128 Kbytes
    • Full Chip Erase by HW erase signal

The figure below illustrates the organization of the Flash depending on its size.

Figure 8-2. Flash Size