Programmable logic device with highly routable interconnect
US6181162A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K19/17728
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A programmable logic device architecture with a highly routable programmable interconnect structure. The arrangement of the logic array blocks (LABs), programmable interconnect structure, and other logical elements forms a Clos network. After specific constraints have been met, the architecture is guaranteed to route. The architecture is provably routable when there is no fan-out in the middle stage. A LAB (200) comprises an input multiplexer region (504), logic elements (300), input-output pins (516), and output multiplexer region (508).
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