Datasheet
Section 3 Exception Handling 
Rev. 3.00 Mar. 15, 2006 Page 60 of 526 
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Internal
address bus
Internal 
read signal
Internal 
write signal
Internal 
data bus
Interrupt 
request signal
(14)
(12)(10)(6)
(4)
High
(2)
(1) (5) (7) (9) (11)
(13)
Instruction prefetch of 
interrupt handling 
routine
Internal
processing
Vector fetchStack
Instruction 
prefetch
Internal
processing
Interrupt level 
decision and wait for 
end of instruction
Interrupt 
accepted
(3)
(1)
(2), (4)
(3)
(5)
(7)
Instruction prefetch address (not executed;
return address, same as PC contents)
Instruction code (not executed)
Instruction prefetch address (not executed)
SP – 2
SP – 4
PC and CCR saved to stack
Vector address
Starting address of interrupt handling routine (contents of vector address)
Starting address of interrupt handling routine; (13) = (10), (12)
First instruction of interrupt handling routine
(6), (8)
(9), (11)
(10), (12)
(13)
(14)
(8)
Figure 3.3 Interrupt Sequence 










