Genesys Logic, Inc.

GL823K
USB 2.0 SD/MSPRO Card Reader
Controller

Datasheet

Revision 1.05
May 24, 2016
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New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Revision History

Revision Date Description

1.00 06/13/2014 First formal release
1.01 06/18/2014 Add ordering information in Ch.7, p16
1.02 07/02/2014 Release for SSOP16 (150mil) package
Modify Figure 3.1, p8
1.03 12/17/2014
Add Ch5.3 DC Characteristics, p12
1.04 11/11/2015 Update Figure 6.1 – SSOP 16 Pin Package (150 mil), p.14
1.05 05/24/2016 Update CH2 Features

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Table of Contents

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

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

CHAPTER 3 PIN ASSIGMENT ........................................................................................... 8

3.1 SSOP16 Pinout .......................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Pin Description .......................................................................................................... 9

CHAPTER 4 BLOCK DIAGRAM ..................................................................................... 10

4.1 OCCS USB PHY ..................................................................................................... 10
4.2 SIE ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.3 EPFIFO .................................................................................................................... 10
4.4 MCU ......................................................................................................................... 10
4.5 MHE ......................................................................................................................... 11
4.6 Regulator ................................................................................................................. 11
4.7 PMOS ....................................................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER 5 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................... 12

5.1 Temperature Conditions ......................................................................................... 12
5.2 Operating Conditions ............................................................................................. 12
5.3 DC Characteristics .................................................................................................. 12
5.4 Memory Card Clock Frequency ............................................................................ 12

CHAPTER 6 PACKAGE DIMENSION ............................................................................ 14

CHAPTER 7 ORDERING INFORMATION .................................................................... 15

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List of Figures

Figure 3.1 – SSOP 16 Pinout Diagram ................................................................................... 8

Figure 6.1 – SSOP 16 Pin Package (150 mil) ........................................................................ 14

List of Tables

Table 3.1 – Pin Description ...................................................................................................... 9

Table 4.1 – Functional Block Diagram ................................................................................. 10
Table 5.1 – Temperature Conditions..................................................................................... 12
Table 5.2 – Operating Conditions ......................................................................................... 12
Table 5.3 – DC Characteristics .............................................................................................. 12
Table 5.4 – SD/MMC Card Clock Frequency ...................................................................... 12
Table 5.5 – MS PRO Card Clock Frequency ....................................................................... 13
Table 7.1 – Ordering Information ......................................................................................... 15

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The GL823K is a USB 2.0 Single-LUN card reader controller which can support SD/MMC/MSPRO Flash
TM
Memory Cards. It supports USB 2.0 high-speed transmission to Secure Digital (SD), SDHC, SDXC,
TM TM TM TM
miniSD , microSD (T-Flash), MultiMediaCard (MMC), RS MultiMediaCard (RS MMC), MMCmicro ,
HS-MMC, MMCmobile, Memory Stick PROTM (MS PRO), Memory Stick PROTM Duo (MS PRO Duo),
Memory Stick PRO-HGTM (MS PRO-HG), MS Micro (M2) on one chip. As a single chip solution for USB 2.0
flash card reader, the GL823K complies with Universal Serial Bus specification rev. 2.0, USB Storage Class
Specification ver.1.0, and each flash card interface specification.

The GL823K 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 regulator, 3.3V to 1.8V regulator 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.

The GL823K implements USB disconnect function; it can be used for Mobile cable/ OTG reader/ PC card reader
application.

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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) and
low-voltage detector (LVD)
 Embedded 8051 micro-controller
- Operate @ 60 MHz clock, 12 clocks per instruction cycle
- Embedded mask ROM and internal SRAM
TM TM
 Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- Supports SD specification v1.0 / v1.1 / v2.0 / SDHC (Up to 32GB)
- Compatible with SDXC (Up to 2TB)
- Supports MMC specification v3.x / v4.0 / v4.1 / v4.2
- Supports 1 / 4 bit data bus
- Compliant with Secure DigitalTM v5.0
 Memory Stick PRO / Memory Stick PRO Duo / Memory Stick PRO-HG / MS Micro (M2)
- Compliant with Memory Stick Series Specification: MS PRO v1.05, MS PRO-HG Duo 1.03, MS
Micro (M2) v1.06
- Support 4bit data bus
 Support boost mode for SD3.0 for better performance
 Support non-SD Card Detect pin, non-MS Insertion/Removal pin design to save BOM cost
 Support non-SD Write Protection pin design to save BOM cost
 Support LED function to indicate power and access status
 On chip clock source and no need of 12MHz Crystal Clock input
 On-Chip 5V to 3.3V and 3.3V to 1.8V regulators
 On-Chip power MOSFET for supplying flash media card power
 Support USB disconnection by memory card unplug or manual switch for Mobile cable/ OTG reader/ PC
card reader application
 Available in SSOP16 package (150 mil)

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CHAPTER 3 PIN ASSIGMENT

3.1 SSOP16 Pinout

13 VDDA

11 GPIO

9 VDD
12 LED
14 VSS
16 DM

10 5V
15 DP

GL823K
SSOP-16 (150mil)
CMD 5

D3 6

PMOS 8
VSS 1

D0 3

D2 7
D1 2

CLK 4

Figure 3.1 – SSOP 16 Pinout Diagram

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3.2 Pin Description

Table 3.1 – Pin Description

Pin Name PIN NO. Type Description

Power/Ground
VDDA 13 P USB2.0 PHY 3.3V power source.
VDD 9 P Digital 3.3V power source
VSS 1,14 P Power ground
5V 10 P VBUS 5V input
PMOS 8 P Card power 200mA
USB PHY Interface
DP 15 A USB 2.0 D+
DM 16 A USB 2.0 D-
Memory Card Interface
CLK 4 O SD/MS clock signal
CMD 5 B SD command/MS BS signal
D0 3 B SD/MS data 0 signal
D1 2 B SD/MS data 1 signal
D2 7 B SD/MS data 2 signal
D3 6 B SD/MS data 3 signal
Others
GPIO 11 I, pu General Purpose I/O
LED 12 O Access LED

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

Regulator
MHE EPFIFO
5 to 3.3V
3.3 to 1.8V
EP0/EP3 FIFO

SD 4bit I/F SIE

BULK FIFO
OCCS
EHCI
USB PHY

MSPRO 4bit
I/F RAM
Control 8051
Register CORE
ROM

Table 4.1 – Functional Block Diagram

4.1 OCCS 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 SIE
The Serial Interface Engine, which contains the 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) and Bulk In/Out FIFO
 EP0 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 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-controller

4.4 MCU
8051 micro-controller inside.
 8051 Core Compliant with Intel 8051 high speed micro-controller
 ROM FW code on ROM
 SRAM Internal RAM area for MCU access

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4.5 MHE
 MIF Media Interface: SD/MMC
 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
 3.3V to 1.8V For core logic and internal memory.

4.7 PMOS
On-Chip power MOSFETs for memory card power

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CHAPTER 5 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

5.1 Temperature Conditions
Table 5.1 – Temperature Conditions

Parameter Value
Storage Temperature -65C to +150 C
Operating Temperature 0C to +70 C

5.2 Operating Conditions

Table 5.2 – Operating Conditions

Parameter Value
Supply Voltage +4.75V to +5.25V
Ground Voltage 0V

5.3 DC Characteristics
Table 5.3 – DC Characteristics

Symbol Parameter Condition Min. Typ. Max. Unit

V5 Supply Voltage 5V power source 4.75 - 5.25 V
INORMAL Idle current - 45 - mA
IACTIVE Active current - 50 - mA
ISUS Suspend current - 0.3 - mA
ICABLE Cable mode current - 0.15 - mA

5.4 Memory Card Clock Frequency

Table 5.4 – SD/MMC Card Clock Frequency

Parameter Description Max. Unit

FID Clock frequency Identification Mode 187 KHz
FDS Clock frequency Default Speed Mode 24 MHz
FHS Clock frequency High Speed Mode 48 MHz
FUHS Clock frequency Ultra High Speed Mode (SD only) 80 MHz

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Table 5.5 – MS PRO Card Clock Frequency

Parameter Description Max. Unit

FDS Clock frequency Default Speed Mode 20 MHz
FMSP Clock frequency MS PRO 4bit Mode 40 MHz
FMSPHG Clock frequency MS PRO HG 4bit Mode 40 MHz

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CHAPTER 6 PACKAGE DIMENSION

Internal Version
No. GL823K No.
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Lot Code
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Figure 6.1 – SSOP 16 Pin Package (150 mil)

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CHAPTER 7 ORDERING INFORMATION

Table 7.1 – Ordering Information

Part Number Package Green/Wire Material Version Status

GL823K-HCYXX SSOP 16 Green Package + CU Wire XX Available

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