
6
H8
®
Family of Microcontrollers
■ Renesas: The #1
Flash MCU supplier
• Renesas, the world’s #1
supplier of flash, has
shipped over 1 Billion
flash MCUs
• Wide range of sizes of
highly reliable F-ZTAT
(flash) up to 1MB,
in 0.18µm process
• Fastest flash write time:
2.5 sec./ 128KB for
0.18µm process
• Access as fast as
10ns @ 100MHz
• Up to -40°C to +125°C range
• Multiple user-friendly modes for
programming/reprogramming
flash memory
• User mode allows flash to be
programmed or erased by user
application software
• Boot mode allows in-system
programming using RS-232
serial port
• USB devices can be optionally
programmed via the USB port
• User Boot mode allows storing
a custom flash update routine
in a special protected area
• Write mode enables MCU
programming with desktop
or production programmers
• Flash can be programmed via
the on-chip debug emulator
Next-Generation
Non-volatile
Memory
- MRAM
- PRAM
MONOS-type
FLASH
(MONOS = Metal
Oxide Nitride
Oxide Silicon)
80MHz
(0.2- 0.18µm)
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Stacked-type
(NOR) Flash HND
Memory Structure
NOR
80MHz
(150 nm)
NOR
50MHz
(180 nm)
MONOS
133MHz
(65nm)
166MHz
(45nm)
New
NVM
New
NVM
80MHz
100MHz
(150 nm)
MONOS
100MHz
(90nm)
MONOS
All Flash memory accesses are
single cycle, eliminating the
need for pre-fetch operations.
MRAM
80MHz
(130 nm)
NOR
Serial Transfers using DMA only
Parallel operation made possible
by using DMA + EXDMA allows
more data transfers in a given
length of time for increased
system throughput
Parallel Transfers using DMA + EXDMA
A1 A2 A3
B1
B1 B2
B2
A2A1 A3
Bus Bridge
Internal Bus
Peripheral Bus
External Bus
DMA
(4ch)
EXDMA
(Full Speed)
Flash
ROM
INTC BSC
H8S CPU
RAM DTC
External SRAM
External Device
Time Saved
“A” Transfers
“B” Transfers
I/O Ports
Powerful Data Path
Management
H8 products are fully optimized system
solutions, so besides powerful CPU core
processing, H8 MCUs have advanced
data path management.
There are three types of data movement
engines: System DMA, External DMA
and Data Transfer Controller. The
Advanced Bus System Controller
manages complex data and control
across the multiple-bus architecture.
The H8S and H8SX MCU architectures
use 3 separate buses. Data movement on
the External Bus and System Bus can
operate in parallel, greatly increasing
system performance by optimizing
operation per clock cycle.
This example shows system operation (red) using the
System DMA, while in parallel the External DMA is
transferring data between an external device and the MCU
(yellow). This parallel operation reduces time for operation.
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