Datasheet
PIC16HV540
DS40197B-page 10 Preliminary 2000 Microchip Technology Inc.
3.1 Clocking Scheme/Instruction Cycle
The clock input (OSC1/CLKIN pin) is internally divided
by four to generate four non-overlapping quadrature
clocks namely Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4. Internally, the pro-
gram counter is incremented every Q1, and the instruc-
tion is fetched from program memory and latched into
instruction register in Q4. It is decoded and executed
during the following Q1 through Q4. The clocks and
instruction execution flow is shown in Figure 3-2 and
Example 3-1.
3.2 Instruction Flow/Pipelining
An Instruction Cycle consists of four Q cycles (Q1, Q2,
Q3 and Q4). The instruction fetch and execute are
pipelined such that fetch takes one instruction cycle
while decode and execute takes another instruction
cycle. However, due to the pipelining, each instruction
effectively executes in one cycle. If an instruction
causes the program counter to change (e.g., GOTO)
then two cycles are required to complete the instruction
(Example 3-1).
A fetch cycle begins with the program counter (PC)
incrementing in Q1.
In the execution cycle, the fetched instruction is latched
into the Instruction Register (IR) in cycle Q1. This
instruction is then decoded and executed during the
Q2, Q3, and Q4 cycles. Data memory is read during Q2
(operand read) and written during Q4 (destination
write).
FIGURE 3-2: CLOCK/INSTRUCTION CYCLE
EXAMPLE 3-1: INSTRUCTION PIPELINE FLOW
Q1
Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1
Q2 Q3 Q4
Q1
Q2 Q3 Q4
OSC1
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
PC
OSC2/CLKOUT
(RC mode)
PC PC+1 PC+2
Fetch INST (PC)
Execute INST (PC-1) Fetch INST (PC+1)
Execute INST (PC) Fetch INST (PC+2)
Execute INST (PC+1)
Internal
phase
clock
Note 1: Frequencies of CLKIN8 to CLKIN/1024 are possible.
CLKIN/8
(1)
All instructions are single cycle, except for any program branches. These take two cycles since the fetch instruction is “flushed”
from the pipeline while the new instruction is being fetched and then executed.
1. MOVLW 55H
Fetch 1 Execute 1
2. MOVWF PORTB
Fetch 2 Execute 2
3. CALL SUB_1
Fetch 3 Execute 3
4. BSF PORTA, BIT3
Fetch 4 Flush
Fetch SUB_1 Execute SUB_1