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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Van Den Bout, Apex, NC (US);
Harry L Tredennick, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361767 ; 361760 ; 361781 ; 361783 ; 439 74 ; 439 75 ; 439 68 ;
Abstract
A universal reconfigurable printed circuit board that provides multiple sockets that can receive field reprogrammable logic devices, hard-wired interconnection circuits, or field reprogrammable interconnection devices interchangeably. Optimized interconnection topologies provide a large number of options for a variety of applications. A versatile interface circuit is used to interface with a personal computer bus during board configuration, and then can be reconfigured to perform application-specific functions.