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Integrated circuit including programmable logic and external-device chip-enable override control

US7030649B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2004
Grant dateApr 18, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45166
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, a monitoring input, a condition-sensing circuit coupled to the monitoring input and configured to generate a condition-sensed signal at an output in response to sensing a condition at the monitoring input, a first digital input, a first digital output, and a gating circuit configured in the programmable logic block and coupled between the first digital input and the first digital output. The gating circuit has a gating input coupled to the condition-sensing circuit and generates an output. The output is related to an input state of the first digital input in the absence of the condition-sensed signal and assumes an override state in the presence of the condition-sensed signal.

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