Cautions
1. Hitachi neither warrants nor grants licenses of any rights of Hitachi’s or any third party’s patent, 
copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights for information contained in this document. 
Hitachi bears no responsibility for problems that may arise with third party’s rights, including 
intellectual property rights, in connection with use of the information contained in this document.
2. Products and product specifications may be subject to change without notice. Confirm that you have 
received the latest product standards or specifications before final design, purchase or use.
3. Hitachi makes every attempt to ensure that its products are of high quality and reliability. However, 
contact Hitachi’s sales office before using the product in an application that demands especially high 
quality and reliability or where its failure or malfunction may directly threaten human life or cause risk 
of bodily injury, such as aerospace, aeronautics, nuclear power, combustion control, transportation, 
traffic, safety equipment or medical equipment for life support.
4. Design your application so that the product is used within the ranges guaranteed by Hitachi particularly 
for maximum rating, operating supply voltage range, heat radiation characteristics, installation 
conditions and other characteristics. Hitachi bears no responsibility for failure or damage when used 
beyond the guaranteed ranges. Even within the guaranteed ranges, consider normally foreseeable 
failure rates or failure modes in semiconductor devices and employ systemic measures such as failsafes, so that the equipment incorporating Hitachi product does not cause bodily injury, fire or other 
consequential damage due to operation of the Hitachi product.
5. This product is not designed to be radiation resistant.
6. No one is permitted to reproduce or duplicate, in any form, the whole or part of this document without 
written approval from Hitachi.
7. Contact Hitachi’s sales office for any questions regarding this document or Hitachi semiconductor 
products.
Hitachi, Ltd.
Semiconductor & Integrated Circuits. 
Nippon Bldg., 2-6-2, Ohte-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan 
Tel: Tokyo (03) 3270-2111 Fax: (03) 3270-5109
Copyright ' Hitachi, Ltd., 1999. All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
Hitachi Asia Pte. Ltd. 
16 Collyer Quay #20-00 
Hitachi Tower 
Singapore 049318 
Tel: 535-2100 
Fax: 535-1533
URL NorthAmerica  : http:semiconductor.hitachi.com/
Europe : http://www.hitachi-eu.com/hel/ecg 
Asia (Singapore) : http://www.has.hitachi.com.sg/grp3/sicd/index.htm 
Asia (Taiwan) : http://www.hitachi.com.tw/E/Product/SICD_Frame.htm 
Asia (HongKong) : http://www.hitachi.com.hk/eng/bo/grp3/index.htm 
Japan : http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Sicd/indx.htm
Hitachi Asia Ltd. 
Taipei Branch Office 
3F, Hung Kuo Building. No.167, 
Tun-Hwa North Road, Taipei (105) 
Tel: <886> (2) 2718-3666 
Fax: <886> (2) 2718-8180
Hitachi Asia (Hong Kong) Ltd. 
Group III (Electronic Components) 
7/F., North Tower, World Finance Centre, 
Harbour City, Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, 
Kowloon, Hong Kong 
Tel: <852> (2) 735 9218 
Fax: <852> (2) 730 0281 
Telex: 40815 HITEC HX
Hitachi Europe Ltd. 
Electronic Components Group. 
Whitebrook Park 
Lower Cookham Road 
Maidenhead 
Berkshire SL6 8YA, United Kingdom 
Tel: <44> (1628) 585000 
Fax: <44> (1628) 778322
Hitachi Europe GmbH 
Electronic components Group 
Dornacher Stra§e 3 
D-85622 Feldkirchen, Munich 
Germany 
Tel: <49> (89) 9 9180-0 
Fax: <49> (89) 9 29 30 00
Hitachi Semiconductor 
(America) Inc. 
179 East Tasman Drive, 
San Jose,CA 95134  
Tel: <1> (408) 433-1990 
Fax: <1>(408) 433-0223
For further information write to: