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13.6.1
Factory-Locked Area (64 words)
The factory-locked area of the Secured Silicon Sector (000000h-00003Fh) is locked when the part is shipped, 
whether or not the area was programmed at the factory. The Secured Silicon Sector Factory-locked Indicator 
Bit (DQ7) is permanently set to a “1”. Optional Spansion programming services can program the factory-
locked area with a random ESN, a customer-defined code, or any combination of the two. Because only 
Spansion can program and protect the factory-locked area, this method ensures the security of the ESN once 
the product is shipped to the field. Contact your local sales office for details on using Spansion’s programming 
services. Note that the ACC function and unlock bypass modes are not available when the Secured Silicon 
sector is enabled.
13.6.2
Customer-Lockable Area (64 words)
The customer-lockable area of the Secured Silicon Sector (000040h-00007Fh) is shipped unprotected, which 
allows the customer to program and optionally lock the area as appropriate for the application. The Secured 
Silicon Sector Customer-locked Indicator Bit (DQ6) is shipped as “0” and can be permanently locked to “1” by 
issuing the Secured Silicon Protection Bit Program Command. The Secured Silicon Sector can be read any 
number of times, but can be programmed and locked only once. Note that the accelerated programming 
(ACC) and unlock bypass functions are not available when programming the Secured Silicon Sector.
The Customer-lockable Secured Silicon Sector area can be protected using one of the following procedures: 
 Write the three-cycle Enter Secured Silicon Sector Region command sequence, and then follow the in-
system sector protect algorithm as shown in 
Figure 13.1  on page 49
, except that 
RESET# may be at 
either V
IH
 or V
ID
. This allows in-system protection of the Secured Silicon Sector Region without raising any 
device pin to a high voltage. Note that this method is only applicable to the Secured Silicon Sector.
 To verify the protect/unprotect status of the Secured Silicon Sector, follow the algorithm shown in 
Figure   
on page 51
.
 Once the Secured Silicon Sector is locked and verified, the system must write the Exit Secured Silicon 
Sector Region command sequence to return to reading and writing the remainder of the array.
The Secured Silicon Sector lock must be used with caution since, once locked, there is no procedure 
available for unlocking the Secured Silicon Sector area and none of the bits in the Secured Silicon Sector 
memory space can be modified in any way. 
13.6.3
Secured Silicon Sector Protection Bits
The Secured Silicon Sector Protection Bits prevent programming of the Secured Silicon Sector memory area. 
Once set, the Secured Silicon Sector memory area contents are non-modifiable.
Figure 13.3  
Secured Silicon Sector Protect Verify
Write 60h to 
any address
Write 40h to SecSi  
Sector address  
with A6 = 0, 
A1 = 1, A0 = 0
START
RESET# = 
V
IH
 or V
ID
Wait 1 
μ
s
Read from SecSi 
Sector address
with A6 = 0, 
A1 = 1, A0 = 0
If data = 00h,  
SecSi Sector is 
unprotected. 
If data = 01h,  
SecSi Sector is 
protected. 
Remove V
 or V
ID
from RESET#
Write reset 
command
SecSi Sector 
Protect Verify 
complete