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Crossbar structure with mechanism for generating constant outputs

US8245177B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

META SYSTEMS CO., LTD · FR

Inventors

Olivier LePape · Paris, FR
Philippe Piquet · Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2008
Grant date	Aug 14, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K19/1736
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments provide crossbar structures, and reconfigurable circuits that contain crossbar structures, that include n inputs and an output, where n is an integer, chains of transistors coupled to the n inputs and the output, a plurality of control signal elements—each coupled to one or more transistors of the plurality of chains of transistors to selectively couple said n inputs to the output—and an additional chain of transistors coupled to at least some of the plurality of control signal elements and the output to selectively couple a constant output voltage to the output. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.

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