Configurable circuits, IC's, and systems
US7193440B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K19/17756
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The configurable IC includes first and second interconnect circuits. The first interconnect circuit has a set of input terminals, a set of output terminals, and several connection schemes for communicatively coupling the input terminal set to the output terminal set. During the operation of the IC, the second connection circuit supplies sets of configuration data to the first interconnect circuit at a particular rate for at least a particular time period. At least two supplied configuration data sets are different and configure the first interconnect circuit to use two different connection schemes that differently couple the input and output terminal sets.
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