Reusable modules for complex integrated circuit devices
US6195593A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The design of an integrated circuit device is simplified by employing reusable modules to avoid or reduce the need to design special purpose glue logic otherwise needed to interconnect the modules. Functional modules comprise interface circuits that are interconnected by buses and operate according to prescribed bus-access protocols. In a preferred embodiments, bus access is arbitrated in an adaptive manner that may be controlled by a principal module in the device. In other embodiments, bus arbitration is not required. The operation of each functional module may be programmed under the control of the principal module.
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