eMMC Host Controller IP

Overview

The eMMC Host controller IP  is a highly integrated host controller IP solution that supports three key memory card I/O technologies:

  • eMMC 4.51
  • SD 3.0
  • SDIO 3.

The eMMC Host controller IP handles all of the timing and interface protocol requirements to access these media as well as processing the commands in hardware thereby scaling in both performance and access speeds. The eMMC 4.51 Host IP supports connection to a single slot and performs multi-block writes and erases that lower access overhead. In addition, a host can utilize this IP to boot directly from an attached eMMC memory, thereby simplifying system initialization during power up. The host interface is based on a standard 32-bit AHB bus which is used to transfer data and configure the IP.

 

Key Features

Compliances

  • eMMC Spec v4.51
  • SD Host Controller Spec v3.0* (SDXC)
  • SDIO Spec v3.0
  • SD Memory Spec v3.01
  • eSD Memory Spec v2.1

IP Details

  • Supports eMMC4.51 Security Protocol Commands
  • Supports Standard Capacity (SDSC), High Capacity (SDHC) and Extended Capacity (SDXC) cards
  • Supports all UHS-I Operation Modes (DS, HS, SDR12, SDR25, SDR50, SDR104, DDR50)
  • Supports UHS50 and UHS104 cards
  • Supports MMCPlus™ and MMCMobile™ cards
  • Supports Clock Tuning Mechanism
  • Host clock rate variable between 0 and 208 MHz for SD and upto 200 MHz for eMMC
  • Boot capability to boot directly from SD, eMMC cards
  • Up to 104MBytes/sec read and write rates with 4 parallel SD data lines.
  • Up to 200MBytes/sec read and write rates with 8 parallel MMC data lines.
  • Supports HS 200 mode for eMMC 4.51 devices
  • Supports Test Register to generate events by software
  • Supports non-DMA, SDMA, ADMA1, and ADMA2 modes
  • Supports both normal Boot mode and Alternate Boot Operation mode
  • Supports Hardware Reset Signal.
  • Supports Wakeup mechanism.
  • Card detection (insertion / removal) during power down or when clock is turned off
  • Password protection of cards
  • Supports 1 and 4-bit SD modes and 1/4/8-bit MMC modes
  • Supports multi media card interrupt mode
  • Supports eMMC 4.51 features such as 4KB sector size, Packed commands, RTC, Context ID, Data tag, Sanitize, Discard operations
  • Optional support for multiple slots
  • Allows card to interrupt host in 1-bit, and 4-bit SD modes
  • Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC7 for command and CRC16 for data integrity
  • Error Correction Code (ECC) support for MMC4.x cards
  • Designed to work with I/O cards, read-only cards and read/write cards.
  • Supports read wait control, suspend/resume operation
  • Optional support for SPI mode to handle legacy SD, MMC cards

Benefits

  • RTL design in Verilog
  • UHS-I PHY GDSII
  • Easy-to-use test environment
  • Synthesis scripts
  • Technical documentatio

Block Diagram

eMMC Host Controller IP Block Diagram

Deliverables

  • RTL design in Verilog
  • UHS-I PHY GDSII
  • Easy-to-use test environment
  • Synthesis scripts
  • Technical documentation

Technical Specifications

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