Datasheet
Section 5 Interrupt Controller 
Rev. 6.00 Mar. 18, 2010 Page 154 of 982 
REJ09B0054-0600 
(4) Usage Notes 
The SCI and A/D converter interrupt sources are cleared when the DMAC* or DTC reads or 
writes the stipulated register. This does not depend on the DTA, DTCE, and DISEL bits. 
Note:  *  Supported only by the H8S/2239 Group. 
5.6 Usage Notes 
5.6.1  Contention between Interrupt Generation and Disabling 
When an interrupt enable bit is cleared to 0 to disable interrupt requests, the disabling becomes 
effective after execution of the instruction. 
When an interrupt enable bit is cleared to 0 by an instruction such as BCLR or MOV, and if an 
interrupt is generated during execution of the instruction, the interrupt concerned will still be 
enabled on completion of the instruction, and so interrupt exception handling for that interrupt will 
be executed on completion of the instruction. However, if there is an interrupt request of higher 
priority than that interrupt, interrupt exception handling will be executed for the higher-priority 
interrupt, and the lower-priority interrupt will be ignored. 
The same also applies when an interrupt source flag is cleared to 0. 
Figure 5.9 shows an example in which the CMIEA bit in the TCR register of the 8-bit timer is 
cleared to 0. 
The above contention will not occur if an enable bit or interrupt source flag is cleared to 0 while 
the interrupt is masked. 










