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Operational cycle assignment in a configurable IC

US7428721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2005
Grant dateSep 23, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/17758
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method of designing a configurable integrated circuit (“IC”) with several configurable circuits. The method receives a design having several sets of operations for the configurable circuits to perform in different operational cycles. For at least a first set of operations that has a start operation and an end operation, the method assigns a particular operation in the first set to a first operational cycle based at least partially on the position of the particular operation with respect to the start and end operations.

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