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公开(公告)号:US10020267B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-10
申请号:US15412535
申请日:2017-01-23
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Arifur Rahman , Karthik Chandrasekar
IPC: H01L23/52 , H01L23/00 , G06F17/50 , H01L21/48 , H01L23/498
CPC classification number: H01L23/562 , G06F17/5077 , G06F17/5081 , G06F2217/06 , G06F2217/08 , G06F2217/40 , G06F2217/78 , G06F2217/80 , G06F2217/82 , G06F2217/84 , H01L21/4853 , H01L21/4857 , H01L21/486 , H01L23/49822 , H01L23/49827 , H01L23/49838 , H01L23/5226 , H01L23/528 , H01L24/16 , H01L27/0688 , H01L2224/16227 , H03K19/177
Abstract: A 2.5D electronic package is provided in which at least one integrated circuit is mounted on an interposer that is mounted on a package substrate. To reduce warpage, the interconnection array of the integrated circuit does not include a thick metallization layer; and at least part of the power distribution function that would otherwise have been performed by the thick metallization layer is performed by one or more metallization layers that are added to the interposer. A method is provided for optimizing the design of the electronic package by choosing the appropriate number of metallization layers to be added to the interposer.
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公开(公告)号:US10007748B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-26
申请号:US15633461
申请日:2017-06-26
Applicant: ALTERA CORPORATION
Inventor: Adam Titley
IPC: G06F17/50
CPC classification number: G06F17/505 , G06F17/5045 , G06F17/5054
Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to electronic design automation using high level synthesis techniques to generate circuit designs that include safety features. The algorithmic description representation can be specified in a first language and include at least one programming language construct associated with a first safety data type. Compiling the algorithmic description may involve identifying the at least one construct, accessing a first safety data type definition associated with the first safety data type, and generating a second representation of the circuit design based on the algorithmic description representation and the first safety data type definition. The second representation can be provided in a second language and include at least one safety feature for a portion of the circuit design associated with the at least one construct.
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公开(公告)号:US09985635B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-29
申请号:US15589688
申请日:2017-05-08
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Steven Perry
IPC: H03K19/177 , G06F17/50
CPC classification number: H03K19/17728 , G06F17/505 , G06F17/5054 , H03K19/17736 , H03K19/17748 , H03K19/1776
Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring circuitry for use with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) are disclosed. The circuitry includes an array of signal processing accelerators (SPAs) and an array of network nodes. The array of SPAs is separate from a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and the array of SPAs is configured to receive input signals from the FPGA. The array of network nodes controllably route the input signals to the array of SPAs.
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公开(公告)号:US09984734B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-29
申请号:US15471325
申请日:2017-03-28
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Andy L. Lee , Shankar Sinha , Ning Cheng
CPC classification number: G11C7/22 , G11C5/14 , G11C7/20 , G11C11/413 , G11C11/419 , G11C2207/002
Abstract: Integrated circuits may include partial reconfiguration (PR) circuitry for reconfiguring only a portion of a memory array. In some applications, partial reconfiguration may be performed during user mode. During partial reconfiguration, write assist techniques such as varying the power supply voltage may be applied to help increase write margin, but doing so can potentially affect the performance of in-operation pass gates that are being controlled by the memory array during user mode. In one suitable arrangement, ground power supply voltage write assist techniques may be implemented on memory cells that include p-channel access transistors and that are used to control n-channel pass transistors. In another suitable arrangement, positive power supply voltage write assist techniques may be implemented on memory cells that include n-channel access transistors and that are used to control p-channel pass transistors.
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公开(公告)号:US09966933B1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-08
申请号:US15161210
申请日:2016-05-21
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Volker Mauer , Martin Langhammer
CPC classification number: H03H17/0248 , H03H17/06 , H03H2220/04 , H03H2220/06
Abstract: A systolic FIR filter circuit includes a plurality of multipliers, a plurality of sample pre-adders, each respective one of the sample pre-adders connected to a sample input of a respective multiplier, and an output cascade adder chain including a respective output adder connected to a respective multiplier. The output cascade adder chain includes a selectable number of delays between adjacent output adders. An input sample chain has a first leg and a second leg. Each respective one of the sample pre-adders receives a respective input from the first leg and a respective input from the second leg. The input sample chain has, between adjacent sample points in at least one of the legs, a selectable number of sample delays related to the selectable number of output delays. Connections of inputs from the input sample chain to the sample pre-adders are adjusted to account for the selectable number.
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公开(公告)号:US09966362B1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-08
申请号:US14605238
申请日:2015-01-26
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Tony Ngai , Arifur Rahman
IPC: H01L23/34 , H01L25/065 , H01L23/367 , H01L23/48 , H01L25/00 , H01L21/768
CPC classification number: H01L25/0657 , H01L21/76898 , H01L23/3128 , H01L23/367 , H01L23/3677 , H01L23/4334 , H01L23/481 , H01L25/50 , H01L2224/16145 , H01L2224/16225 , H01L2224/73204 , H01L2225/06513 , H01L2225/06517 , H01L2225/06541 , H01L2225/06586 , H01L2225/06589 , H01L2924/15311
Abstract: Integrated circuit (IC) packages with an inter-die thermal spreader are disclosed. A disclosed IC package includes a plurality of stacked dies disposed on a package substrate. A heat spreader is disposed on a top die of the plurality of stacked dies. The IC package further includes a thermal spreader layer disposed adjacent to at least one die of the plurality of stacked dies. The thermal spreader layer may extend out of a periphery of the plurality of stacked dies and may be attached to the heat spreader through a support member.
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公开(公告)号:US09960937B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-01
申请号:US15495622
申请日:2017-04-24
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Weiqi Ding , Mengchi Liu , Wilson Wong , Sergey Y. Shumarayev
CPC classification number: H04L25/03885 , H04L7/0054 , H04L25/03019 , H04L25/03878
Abstract: Circuitry for receiving a high-speed serial data signal (e.g., having a bit rate in the range of about 10 Gbps and higher) includes a two-stage, continuous-time, linear equalizer having only two serially connected stages. Phase detector circuitry may be provided for receiving the serial output of the equalizer and for converting successive pairs of bits in that output to successive parallel-form bit pairs. Further demultiplexing circuitry may be provided to demultiplex successive groups of the parallel-form bit pairs to final groups of parallel bits, which can be quite large in terms of number of bits (e.g., 64 parallel bits). Another aspect of the invention relates to multiplexer circuitry for efficiently going in the opposite direction from such relatively large groups of parallel data bits to a high-speed serial data output signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09946826B1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-17
申请号:US14843313
申请日:2015-09-02
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Sean Atsatt , Ting Lu , Dana How , Herman Schmit
IPC: G06F17/50
CPC classification number: G06F17/505 , G06F17/5054
Abstract: In server virtualization, the resources of an integrated circuit are partitioned into smaller portions, and each of these smaller portions is then operated independently. Software is used to represent the smaller portions as virtual environments. For the purpose of server virtualization, an integrated circuit may include several different circuit designs, each implemented in a secure partition in the integrated circuit. The operation of the circuit design implementations in the integrated circuit may require that each circuit design implementation can be verified as un-altered and from the respective user or owner and as having been approved by the integrated circuit owner and/or the circuit design implementation owner. The operation of the circuit design implementations in the integrated circuit may require that each circuit design implementation can be operated securely and independently of the other circuit design implementations in the integrated circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US20180102776A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-12
申请号:US15288927
申请日:2016-10-07
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Karthik Chandrasekar , Chee Hak Teh
IPC: H03K17/687 , H01L23/498 , H01L23/00 , H01L25/18
CPC classification number: H01L25/18 , G06F1/3225 , G06F1/3275 , G06F1/3287 , G11C5/14 , H01L24/16 , H01L2224/16227 , H01L2924/1433 , H01L2924/1434 , Y02D10/14 , Y02D10/171 , Y02D50/20
Abstract: A multichip package is provided that includes multiple integrated circuit (IC) dies mounted on a shared interposer. The IC dies may communicate with one another via corresponding input-output (IO) elements on the dies. The interposer may include a system-level power management block that is configured to coordinate low-power entry and exit for the IO elements based on customer application needs. Performing application-specific power gating, which may include a combination of coarse-grained and fine-grained power gating control of the IO elements while the IO interface is sitting idle, can help maximize power savings in memory and a variety of other user applications.
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公开(公告)号:US09941890B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US15187534
申请日:2016-06-20
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Chee Seng Leong
CPC classification number: H03L7/0807 , H03L7/0891 , H03L7/091 , H03L7/0995 , H03L7/14
Abstract: An integrated circuit with a phase-locked loop (PLL) is provided. The PLL may include a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, a source follower circuit, a variable oscillator, a frequency divider, and a control block. The phase frequency detector may be configured to align or lock a feedback clock signal to a reference clock signal. The control block includes clock loss detection circuits that are used to determine whether the reference clock signal or the feedback clock signal has stopped toggling. In response to detecting a clock loss event for either the reference or the feedback clock signal, the control block may disable the phase frequency detector to place the charge pump in a tristate mode and may apply a predetermined bias voltage to the source follower circuit to help minimize electrical overstress.
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