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Programmable clock manager for a programmable logic device that can be programmed without reconfiguring the device

US6060902A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1997
Grant dateMay 9, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/1774
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable logic device (PLD), such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), has a programmable clock manager (PCM) that converts an input clock into at least one output clock and the PCM can be programmed during PLD operations, without reconfiguring the PLD.

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