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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Naoki Yada, Sayama, JP;
Eiichi Ishikawa, Higashimurayama, JP;
Naoki Yada, Sayama, JP;
Eiichi Ishikawa, Higashimurayama, JP;
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Hokkai Semiconductor, Ltd., Hokkaido, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a microcomputer wherein in a system which needs to respond to events developed at intervals each shorter than an erase/program process time, erase/programming can be effected on an on-chip non-volatile memory as necessary during its processing. An erase and program control program for an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile memory is configured inclusive of a loop of the application of a high voltage pulse and data verify or the like, for example. If a program jumped to a subroutine for an address specified by a user is programmed in advance during this loop, then a process by a CPU can be temporarily jumped to the subroutine for the user defined address. Thus, erase and programming can be effected on a system which needs to confirm internal and external events every predetermined intervals or a system with a learning function, or the like during the execution of a user program.