Datasheet
Section 5 Interrupt Controller 
Rev. 2.00 Sep. 28, 2009 Page 124 of 994 
REJ09B0452-0200   
5.6.3  Interrupt Exception Handling Sequence 
Figure 5.10 shows the interrupt exception handling sequence. The example shown is for the case 
where interrupt control mode 0 is set in advanced mode, and the program area and stack area are 
in on-chip memory. 
(14)(12)(10)(6)(4)(2)
(1) (5) (7) (9) (11) (13)
Prefetch of 
instruction in 
interrupt 
handling routineVector fetch
Stack access
Instruction 
prefetch
Internal
processing
Internal
processing
Interrupt is 
accepted
Interrupt level 
determination and 
wait for end of 
instruction
Interrupt 
request signal
Internal
address bus
Internal read
signal
Internal write
signal
Internal 
data bus
φ
(3)
(1)
(2) (4)
(3)
(5)
(7)
Instruction prefetch address (Not executed. 
Address is saved as PC contents, becoming 
return address.)
Instruction code (Not executed.)
Instruction prefetch address (Not executed.)
SP – 2
SP – 4
Saved PC and CCR
Vector address
Start address of interrupt handling routine (contents of 
vector address)
Start address of interrupt handling routine ((13) = (10) (12))
First instruction in interrupt handling routine
(6) (8)
(9) (11)
(10) (12)
(13)
(14)
(8)
Figure 5.10 Interrupt Exception Handling 










