Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hardened programmable devices
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Application No.: US14247030Application Date: 2014-04-07
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Publication No.: US09654109B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Andy L. Lee , Jeffrey T. Watt
- Applicant: Altera Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Andrew C. Milhollin
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; H03K19/173 ; G11C5/00 ; H01L27/02 ; H03K19/177

Abstract:
Hardened programmable logic devices are provided with programmable circuitry. The programmable circuitry may be hardwired to implement a custom logic circuit. Generic fabrication masks may be used to form the programmable circuitry and may be used in manufacturing a product family of hardened programmable logic devices, each of which may implement a different custom logic circuit. Custom fabrication masks may be used to hardwire the programmable circuitry to implement a specific custom logic circuit. The programmable circuitry may be hardwired in such a way that signal timing characteristics of a hardened programmable logic device that implements a custom logic circuit may match the signal timing characteristics of a programmable logic device that implements the same custom logic circuit using configuration data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140218068A1 HARDENED PROGRAMMABLE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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