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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Kalyana Kantipudi, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil Da Cunha, San Jose, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A programmable integrated circuit includes rows of circuit blocks and up and down driving vertical interconnect resources. Each of the up and down driving vertical interconnect resources comprises a programmable signal path coupled to at least two of the rows of circuit blocks. A defect in any one of the up driving vertical interconnect resources in the programmable integrated circuit causes circuit blocks in a different set of the rows to store incorrect values compared to defects in the up driving vertical interconnect resources that originate in different ones of the rows of circuit blocks. A defect in any one of the down driving vertical interconnect resources in the programmable integrated circuit causes circuit blocks in a different set of the rows to store incorrect values compared to defects in the down driving vertical interconnect resources that originate in different ones of the rows of circuit blocks.