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Programmable logic device macrocell with an exclusive feedback and an exclusive external input line for a combinatorial mode and accommodating two separate programmable or planes

US5384500A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1993
Grant dateJan 24, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/17708
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable logic device (PLD) with an output macrocell circuit is disclosed. Specifically, there is a macrocell having an exclusive logic signal feedback line and an exclusive external input signal line both feeding into the input of the PLD. Exactly, this PLD can disable the I/O pad and still have an internal feedback to its logic circuitry.

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