DATA PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE

摘要

A data processing circuit includes a rewritable nonvolatile memory and a controller performing nonvolatile memory control and external interface control. A first detector and a second detector are employed to detect respectively whether the operation of the data processing circuit deviates from a first operating condition and a second operating condition, wherein the second operating condition is severer than the first operating condition. When the first detector detects deviation from the first operating condition, reset is instructed to the controller. When the second detector detects deviation from the second operating condition, the controller backs up an internal state and imposes a restriction on external access to a storage region of the nonvolatile memory. Accordingly, when operation of the microcontroller deviates from specific operating conditions within an operation guarantee range and performance degradation is exhibited, an unauthorized access to the data inside the microcontroller can be suppressed.