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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide techniques which allow use of option conductors to connect components in an oscillator circuit.SOLUTION: An oscillator circuit 200 includes transistors that are cross-coupled through routing conductors in a first conductive layer. The oscillator circuit also includes varactors 203 to 206, capacitors 221 to 226, and option conductors 207, 208, and 212 to 216 in a second conductive layer. The option conductors each form at least a portion of a connection between one of the transistors and one of a capacitor and a varactor. The oscillator circuit may further include an inductor coupled to one of a plurality of first transistors through the routing conductors in the first conductive layer, and a second option conductor in the second conductive layer that forms a first portion of the inductor.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital adaptation circuit network and a method for a programmable logic device. SOLUTION: The method controls the equalization of an incoming data signal. The method includes steps for: detecting bits having two consecutive different values out of the data signal; determining whether transition in the incoming data signal between the two bits is relatively low in speed or relatively high in speed; and increasing the equalization of the incoming data signal when the transition is relatively low in speed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a programmable logic device ("PLD") that can support over a wide range of assumed serial data communication speeds (including 10 to 12 Gbps). SOLUTION: A high-speed serial data transceiver network on a programmable logic device ("PLD") includes some channels that are able to operate at data rates, up to a first, relatively low maximum data rate, and other channels that are able to operate at data rates, up to a second, relatively high maximum data rate. The relatively low-speed channels are served by relatively low-speed phase-locked loop ("PLL") network, and have other circuit components that are typically needed for handling the data that are transmitted at relatively low data rates. The relatively high-speed channels are served by a relatively high-speed PLL network, and have other circuit components that are typically needed for handling data that are transmitted at relatively high data rates. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a CDR architecture operable over a wide range of data rates. SOLUTION: A wide range and dynamically reconfigurable CDR architecture recovers an embedded clock signal from serial input data with a wide range of operating frequencies. In order to support a wide range of data rates, the CDR architecture includes multiple operating parameters. These parameters include various pre/post divider settings, charge pump currents, loop-filter and bandwidth selections, and VCO gears. The parameters may be dynamically reprogrammable without powering down the circuitry or PLD. This allows the CDR circuitry to switch between various standards and protocols on-the-fly. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interconnection resource for applying to a programmable logic device for increasing the operating speed of a programmable logic array integrated circuit device. SOLUTION: A programmable logic integrated circuit device (10) has a plurality of programmable logic regions (20), disposed on the device with a plurality of intersecting the rows and columns of such regions. Interconnection resources for making programmable interconnections to, from and/or between the regions (e.g., interconnecting conductors or the like) are provided on the device. At least some of these interconnection resources are constituted of two forms, that are architecturally similar but that have markedly different signal propagation speed characteristics. For example, a major or larger portion of such dual-form interconnection resources (200a, 210a, 230a) may have what is called a "normal signal speed", while the smaller of the portions (200b, 210b, 230b) has a significantly higher signal speed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes physical media attachment (PMA) circuitry that includes two different kinds of transceiver channels for serial data signals. One kind of transceiver channel is adapted for transceiving relatively low-speed serial data signals. The other kind of transceiver channel is adapted for transceiving relatively high-speed serial data signals. A high-speed channel is alternatively usable as phase-locked loop (PLL) circuitry for providing a clock signal for use by other high- and/or low-speed channels. A low-speed channel can alternatively get a clock signal from separate low-speed PLL circuitry.